The latest screen-to-stage adaptation, it seems amazing it took this long for Iain Softley's 1994 film Backbeat to end up in a theatre, so good a fit is it. Nick Blood plays Stuart Sutcliffe, the original Fifth Beatle (a title later claimed by so many people, there must have been more Fifth Beatles than there were Actual Beatles.) John Lennon ( ( Read more... )

...but nothing borrowed or blue because this isn't a wedding, it's just a Friday afternoon which means I'm sharing some more nice things so if you're at work you can use them to get a couple of minutes closer to home time. I sometimes link to a new YouTube video but this time I'm going for an old one, and one of my all-time favourite things: Peter ( Read more... )

OH BLOODY HELL The X Factor is still on isn't it? Even worse, I'm still watching it. After everyone thought the show had reached its nadir with Elton John Week, this week's episode decides to prove us wrong. It's sponsored by Apple Mac and their delightful iTunes contraption, which, by a stunning coincidence, has finally added the Beatles to their ( Read more... )