Glass Onion: On John Lennon

Episode 3 is the first of a 2-part interview with ex and current member of The Quarrymen, Rod Davis. As well as talking ... Read more

The wonderful Jude Southerland Kessler joins me to talk about John Lennon's breathtaking year of 1964 (in fact, as you'l... Read more

Part 1 of a very interesting talk with Philip Kirkland, the author of a new book which traces John's ancestry and tells ... Read more

Part 1 of a very enjoyable freeform discussion on all things John Lennon (plus some inevitable Macca/Beatles crossover)w... Read more

We end the year with a deep dive into the much-maligned sound collage extraordinaire from John Lennon and Yoko Ono. Ther... Read more

The conclusion of my talk with Jude Southerland Kessler about John Lennon's breathtaking year of 1964, primarily coverin... Read more

The concluding part of my talk with Philip looks at the remarkable figure of Julia Lennon and her tragic family history ... Read more

Film podcaster and Lennon/Beatles superfan Scott Phipps joins me to discuss with great affection John and Yoko’s artisti... Read more

Part 1 of another 2-parter, this time with former and current Quarrymen drummer Colin Hanton. We talk about his book (an... Read more

The conclusion of my epic talk with Ken McNab, author of a new book called 'And In The End: The Last Days of The Beatles... Read more

Jason Barnard of the Strange Brew podcast joins me in the first of a 2-parter looking at John Lennon's best and worst so... Read more

A short interlude between interviews, as I read a blog post from 2014 that has a philosophical look at a magic pre-fame ... Read more

Part 2 of a 2-part discussion with Beatles author and podcaster Kit O'Toole. After finishing off discussion of the 'Betw... Read more

Jason and I conclude our talk, this time choosing (and waxing lyrical about) what we consider to be John Lennon's best s... Read more

Part 1 of a delightful talk with renowned Beatles author David Bedford, recorded at the famous Jacaranda club in Liverpo... Read more

The second of two bonus episode features an appearance by your humble host on the Beatles podcast 'When They Was Fab' ea... Read more

Music professor and Beatles podcaster Dave Thurmaier joins me to talk about the remarkable year of 1970 and John Lennon'... Read more

Part 2 of a very enjoyable freeform discussion with music professor and Beatles podcaster Dave Thurmaier In this part, D... Read more

My friend Eoghan Lyng joins me to talk about the tumultuous year (for the world and John Lennon)of 1966. Eoghan is a pop... Read more

Using John Lennon's famous song as a starting point, I take the opportunity to dive into a variety of aspects of that el... Read more