Paul Matthews
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Still my favourite place to stay on Planet Earth. Other planets are available
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Genuine question, we’ve a new road junction and it’s causing a bit of confusion amongst the locals… so let’s test your knowledge. The left to right lane by the grass verge - is that traffic light controlled? 🤔
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Now that the clocks have gone back I thought it’s about time I tried to set the clock on the oven only mine is set to 1708, the War of the Spanish Succession
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Beatlemania and the golden era of what was to follow. Two minutes and twenty six seconds of pure genius and emotion. What a song... https://t.co/XaeErFGifP
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have reflected on love, loss and memory, often with a tear in the eye. It was a sign that pop could handle grown-up emotions. From Rubber Soul onwards, the Beatles stopped writing "pop hits" and started making artistic albums. "In My Life" is the hinge, the bridge between /7
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timeless classical feel, like 18th century Bach meets 1960s pop. It showed how far the Beatles had come musically and technically. "In My Life" wasn't tied to a moment, it was timeless, and has been played countless times since, weddings, birthdays, funerals, anywhere people /6
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Martin to fill it in later, on 22nd October, with his brilliant baroque-style piano work, unfortunately there was no way he could play it that fast so the solution was to record it on a slowed-down tape and then play it back at full speed. That little trick gave the song a /5
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major piece of work", and he wasn't wrong. It marked a turning point in his writing from outward energy to inward honesty. The "middle eight" of the song, the bit where there was usually no singing, just instruments, was left blank during the recording. It was left to George /4
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memory and emotion. "In My Life" was John reflecting on his own past, childhood places, lost friends and time itself, something almost unheard of in pop at the time, before this pop songs were about romance, this one was about life. John would later say it was "my first real /3
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album "Rubber Soul". The afternoon was spent recording a John Lennon song, it only took a couple of hours from start to finish but it was the moment they moved from loveable pop stars to serious artists, where the boyish charm of "She Loves You" gives way to introspection /2
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I've occasionally posted about landmark moments in the history of the Beatles and today, 60 years ago today, 18th October 1965, is one such date, but maybe this is one of the most important. The Beatles arrived at @AbbeyRoad to continue recording songs for their new /1
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Every hotel I’ve stayed in, in the last couple of years in mainland Europe, I could open the window fully but we have to put up with this ridiculousness in the UK even on a sweltering hot night. Why do the UK hotels think they know best and the ones in Europe don’t? 🥵
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Final day in the Ardennes, fantastic weather and a lot of ground covered. Would love to come back to spend more time but so much time and so little to do. Strike that. Reverse it…
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Want to feel old? If Marty McFly went back in time in the De Lorean today, 2nd October 2025 he’d arrive in a strange and confusing world where Oasis have just released “(What’s the Story) Morning Glory?”
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Day 2 and we follow in the footsteps of Band of Brothers Easy Company around Foy and Bastogne. A long and fascinating day
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A super first day in the Ardennes looking at the start of the German Offensive, Dec 1945
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