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Brian Jones’s letter asking Charlie Watts to join Rolling Stones to be auctioned

The previously unseen letter offers an insight into the origins of the chart-topping group more than six decades later.

Evening Standard · 4h ago

The letter Brian Jones used to try and poach Charlie Watts for the Rolling Stones

In a handwritten letter sent to ‘Mr C Watts’ on 3 June 1962, Stones co-founder Jones complained to Watts, then playing in a rival band, of their ‘atrocious’ drummer and urged him to join their fledgling rock group

The Independent UK · 6h ago

‘Dear Charlie’: letter revealing move to snare future Rolling Stones drummer up for auction

Brian Jones wrote to Charlie Watts in 1962 asking him to leave his R&B group and join his ‘far better’ band instead

The Guardian - UK · 10h ago

Inside Winnie-the-Pooh author A.A. Milne's former home... now available to rent for £10,000-a-month

The 16th century Sussex House is where Milne wrote all the Winnie-the-Pooh books, inspired by the surrounding landscapes

Evening Standard · Jul 9

The Rolling Stones release song with Robert Smith and video with Anya Taylor-Joy

Both songs feature an appearance from former Spencer Davis Group and Traffic musician Steve Winwood on keys.

Evening Standard · Jun 25

“What a weird song. Weird chord sequences, weird everything. I have no recall of what was going on in my head. For that to be your most streamed song… kind of weird, don’t you think?”: Mick Jagger on The Rolling Stones’ deathless classic

“I wish we could do something like that now”

MusicRadar · Jun 16

Keith Richards created the most iconic riff in rock in his sleep – and other key moments from the new Rolling Stones biography

IN FOCUS: A new book about the world’s greatest rock’n’roll band traces their extraordinary history, from the notorious Altamont concert to the Rock and Roll Circus, meeting Marianne Faithfull and Anita Pallenberg, and the Redlands raid. Roisin O’Connor chooses just some of the key moments

The Independent UK · May 28

California veteran known for pro-Trump display outside his home dies after assault

Authorities have said they are still investigating motive of alleged attack on Kerry Sheron, 69, by Thomas Butler

The Guardian - US · May 27

The Balloonists review – divas and disasters in tale of first round-the-world hot-air balloon flight

Polite documentary about Bertrand Piccard and Brian Jones, who faced off much wealthier rivals Richard Branson and Steve Fossett in the race to circumnavigate the globe

The Guardian - UK · May 20

Mick Jagger reveals how Robert Smith ended up featuring on new Stones album

The cover for Foreign Tongues is designed by American artist Nathaniel Mary Quinn.

Evening Standard · May 6