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Philip Norman – Mr Moonlight: Brian Epstein and the Making of The Beatles

Posted on June 24, 2026 by Johnny Mindlin

He’s no Diaghilev! The front page of the Daily Mirror on August 28th, 1967 had the story: “Epstein – the Beatle-making prince of pop – dies at 32.” His death has always had a question mark over it, and Philip … Continue reading →

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Philip Norman: George Harrison: The Reluctant Beatle

Posted on October 29, 2023 by Johnny Mindlin

Was George Harrison really the “Economy Beatle”? Philip Norman wrote Shout!, the first grown-up biography of The Beatles, shortly before John Lennon was murdered. People told him he was crazy, that The Fabs were yesterday’s news, that everybody already knew … Continue reading →

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George Cooper – Money, Blood and Revolution

Posted on May 13, 2014 by Johnny Mindlin

Who would you turn to if the discipline of economics was in a crisis and you were looking for a solution: Mr Spock or Captain Kirk? Mr Spock would work through the existing data with methodical rigour and implacable logic, … Continue reading →

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