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Mary Quant, fashion mastermind of Swinging ‘60s style, dies at 93

Quant helped popularize the miniskirt — some credit her with inventing it — and the innovative tights and accessories that were an integral part of the look. She also created dresses and other simple mix-and-match garments that had an element of whimsy.

Chicago Sun-Times · Apr 14, 2023

Movie review: 'Little Richard: I Am Everything' doc rocks

A stirring addition to such revisionist rock and roll-related documentaries as “Summer of Soul (Or… When The Revolution Could Not be Televised)", “The Velvet Underground” and “Moonage Daydream,” Lisa Cortes’ “Little Richard: I Am Everything” takes perhaps the original rock music pioneer and argues that he was marginalized because of…

Boston Herald · Apr 13, 2023

Mary Quant, designer who epitomized Swinging 60s, dies at 93

Mary Quant, the designer whose fashions epitomized the Swinging 60s, has died at the age of 93

The Independent UK · Apr 13, 2023

Ed Sheeran, Taylor Swift and Drake become the UK’s biggest streaming artists of 2022

Harry Styles’ As It Was was the biggest hit of 2022 in a record breaking year for streaming

Evening Standard · Apr 6, 2023

The Beatles autographs obtained in Newcastle on police charge sheet sold at auction for £3,400

The Beatles were asked to sign the only piece of paper to hand - a police charge sheet for motoring offences

Chronicle Live · Apr 6, 2023

Man who made £1.2m from fake vinyl records caught out by Clash fan

Richard Hutter charged up to £35 for counterfeit albums by bands like the Beatles and Nirvana over six-year period

The Guardian - UK · Apr 5, 2023

Paul McCartney, 80, delights fans as he smokes in Jamaica next to daughter Stella

The Beatles legend Sir Paul McCartney was stood next to his daughter Stella McCartney as he was filmed being passed a rolled cigarette to puff on while out and about in Jamaica

Daily Mirror · Apr 5, 2023

Recording of The Beatles playing in school hall in 1963 emerges 60 years on

John Bloomfield, then 15, had no idea what to expect when the Fab Four turned up to play at his boarding school for £100 on April 4, 1963

Daily Mirror · Apr 4, 2023

Former cinema and school kitchen that had the 'spirit of the sixties'

It boasted a bright and vibrant history

Liverpool Echo · Apr 4, 2023

One of the earliest live recordings of the Beatles emerges 60 years later, but will we ever get to hear it?

John Bloomfield was a teenager at the all-boys Stowe boarding school in 1963 when the Fab Four came to play, and after all these years, he reveals to the BBC that he recorded the set

MusicRadar · Apr 4, 2023