Why John Lennon wanted a hole drilled in his skull in the late 1960s
Barmy.
John Lennon
‘Call Me Nemo’: The unsettling story of Mark David Chapman’s childhood nickname
“He seemed like such a nice boy”
Let Me Take You Down: why does Mark David Chapman keep getting denied parole?
It just feels wrong, doesn’t it?
The song and the book that made Mark Chapman murder John Lennon
The limits of what we can understand.
War is Over: When John Lennon and Yoko Ono met Marshall McLuhan
Although John Lennon and Yoko Ono were undoubtedly two of the very most famous and talked about people of 1969, Canadian media theorist Marshall McLuhan…
‘Beatlebone’: The witty cult novel of the year imagines John Lennon living in Ireland, 1978
If you ask me, the most audacious and amusing novel of the year is Beatlebone, by Irish novelist Kevin Barry. Beatlebone posits a charged confrontation…
‘Freedom’: Yoko Ono almost takes her bra off, while John Lennon makes electronic noises
Yoko Ono’s films tend to deal with themes of sexuality, intimacy, and the navigation of public life. 1969’s Rape is arguably her most famous work,…