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ADRIAN THRILLS: How Macca rocked down in lockdown

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Paul McCartney: McCartney III (Capitol) Verdict: The Fab One Rating: Paul McCartney’s two previous all-solo albums arrived at pivotal moments. The first, 50 years ago, was a rough-and-ready affair made as the Beatles were falling bitterly to pieces. The second, in 1980, came as his next band, Wings, were crumbling. Now we have McCartney III, … Read more

CRAIG BROWN: From The Beatles to Wordsworth in three shakes of a lamb’s tail for Macca 

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Last week, there were two major cultural anniversaries. Two hundred and fifty years ago, on April 7, 1770, William Wordsworth was born.  Fifty years ago, on April 10, 1970, The Beatles split up. Does anything link these two anniversaries? They seem to belong to different worlds and, in many ways, they do.  Yet bizarre though … Read more