John Lennon/Beatles Mega Thread

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Liverpool Daily Post
August 24, 2011
John Lennon and Yoko Ono inspired bed-in protest to save ‘lifeline’ facility based at Lennon’s old Mossley Hill school

Young campaigners are to put on their pyjamas to recreate John Lennon and wife Yoko Ono’s famous bed-in protest – in a bid to save a “lifeline” facility based on the site of the Beatle’s former school.Children armed with teddy bears will join their families and a John and Yoko look-alike couple in a protest which organisers said showed they will not take the planned closure of Church and Mossley Hill children’s centre “lying down”.The centre based within the site of Dovedale Infants provides free support to parents of young children.It is one of four city children’s centres Liverpool council intend to close in a move the local authority blames on government cuts.

http://www.liverpooldailypost.co.uk/...2534-29290906/

Liverpool Echo
August 22, 2011
Meet the paperback writers taking part in Liverpool's first Mathew Street Literary Festival

There's a theory that if you want a bestseller, you just need to write a book about The Beatles. There’s certainly a huge appetite for books about the Fab Four, and this month International Beatle Week is hosting its first ever Mathew Street Literary Festival. It features talks with authors who have written about all aspects of The Beatles.“We always have a lot of authors who come to the Beatles convention,” says the festival’s musical director Jon Keats.“There have been so many books written about The Beatles, and there was always an element of The Beatles Convention which looked at showcasing the best Beatles authors.

http://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/liver...0252-29278440/

Metro.UK
August 23, 2011
John Lennon joke form expected to sell for £15,000

Former Beatle John Lennon described his occupation as ‘hazardus’ in a joke form he filled in months before his death.The singer made the prophetic entry on a Japanese landing card in 1980, the year he was shot dead in New York.The 40-year-old claimed his name was ‘blowjob’, his nationality ‘weird’ and his passport’s issuing authority was the ‘god of air’. The form, owned by a private collector, is expected to fetch £15,000 when it is sold online today by London-based auctioneer, the Fame Bureau. ‘Whether it was filled out on a trip to Japan or whether it was a document he and Yoko had knocking around following a previous visit is unclear,’ said auctioneer James Wilkinson.

http://www.metro.co.uk/music/873262-...#ixzz1Vy2OLRuJ