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32 days ago

John Lennon, Paul McCartney, and George Harrison deserve their own biopics. But not Ringo Starr, he isn't on the same creative level, says PHILIP NORMAN

It's often wearing to be the Beatles ' biographer. Such is the enduring fascination of the Fab Four that at parties, rather like a doctor, I try to keep my occupation a secret, writes PHILIP NORMAN.

42 days ago

Tumblers of brandy before breakfast. A £10,000-a-week heroin habit. And a love life as outrageous as it was tragic... As Eric Clapton turns 80 his biographer PHILIP NORMAN reveals what star's wild life is REALLY like up close

In Clapton's 60-year career he has survived the double whammy of heroin addiction and alcoholism that often left him incapable of doing anything on stage other than lie flat on his back.

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