The Beatles

Your digest of analysis from the British and international press

Eight-hour docuseries features unseen footage from more than half a century ago

McCartney’s charming delve into his back catalogue is the ‘closest to an autobiography we’ll get’

And other stories from the stranger side of life

Handwritten lyrics to Hey Jude sell for £730,000 in auction to mark 50 years since the band broke up

The Philharmonic Dining Rooms in Liverpool was a favoured watering hole of the Fab Four

This weekend marks 38 years since the death of the Beatles star

400 rare film posters with an estimated value of £250,000 are going on sale in London next month

London distributor accused of using dead Beatle’s image to promote fizzy drink

Fans get a chance to own a unique piece of Beatles history

As UK consumers embrace physical formats of music once again, here are the blasts from the past now worth a lot of money

Ringo Starr leads tributes as he announces death of legendary record producer known as the 'Fifth Beatle'

New show and book of unearthed photos reveal rare moments from the Beatles' early years

Scientific study of pop genealogy pinpoints the three years that revolutionised music

Cocker, known for his gravelly reinventions and signature onstage contortions, dies at the age of 70

Cheryl Fernandez-Versini becomes most successful British female solo artist in terms of UK No 1 hits

Daft Punk get lucky, while Beyonce and Jay Z open show with raunchy performance of Drunk in Love

Daughter of Michael Jackson attempted to take her life as fourth anniversary of his death approaches