The concept of the ‘official secret’ is the specific invention of bureaucracy,” Max Weber wrote, “and nothing is so fanatically defended by the bureaucracy.” Democratic politics requires a public informed
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John Lennon’s harshest critics would have to admit that he was, at the very least, a forward thinker. Even if he slipped into tone deafness, or hypocrisy, or just generally
John Lennon was in the throes of a debaucherous, hedonistic, and at times violent “Lost Weekend” in the mid-1970s, so it’s unsurprising that the recording sessions he scheduled for his
Today, on John Lennon’s birthday, we dive deep into the world of rare Beatles memorabilia — the most extraordinary items ever appraised on Antiques Roadshow! From John Lennon’s personal photographs
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While there are many reasons and countless rumours, the actual truth of why The Beatles split can only ever be
John Lennon was a lot of things, but compromising wasn’t one of them. Be that with his own music or
Most artists can only hope to have a say in how their final bows are going to go in the
Without wanting to be too crass about it, one would imagine there were few more effective ways of selling an
Just as Dr Frankenstein hated his monster, and Robert Oppenheimer wasn’t thrilled about having created the atomic bomb, John Lennon wasn’t too keen on the musical landscape which had established
