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When It Was the Beatles’ World and We Just Lived in It

LONG FOR YESTERDAY
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The new book “150 Glimpses of the Beatles” traces the band’s history from its early days to 1970. It’s a reminder of why their split was so earth-shattering, writes Malcolm Jones.

The story of the Beatles did not end happily. Break-ups are seldom cheerful. But it was not, as some of us thought at the time, the end of the damn world.

Craig Brown tells that story in 150

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