Mark Lewisohn
@marklewisohn.bsky.social
Writer of the Beatles biographical history trilogy All These Years. The first volume, Tune In, is out. Volume 2 is taking an age but still progressing steadily. www.marklewisohn.net
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George Martin would have been 100 today. Here he is characteristically being both musical and stylish.
January 3, 2026 at 8:33 AM
George Martin would have been 100 today. Here he is characteristically being both musical and stylish.
Sir George Martin was born 100 years ago today. He and the Beatles lucked into their glorious partnership and humankind is the lasting recipient. I was privileged to work with George and hoped to mark the centenary by touring a theatre show about his life & work – but I must stay focused on writing.
January 3, 2026 at 8:17 AM
Sir George Martin was born 100 years ago today. He and the Beatles lucked into their glorious partnership and humankind is the lasting recipient. I was privileged to work with George and hoped to mark the centenary by touring a theatre show about his life & work – but I must stay focused on writing.
Thank you.
January 2, 2026 at 2:48 PM
Thank you.
Thank you.
The Complete Beatles Recording Sessions by Mark Lewisohn
January 2, 2026 at 2:47 PM
Thank you.
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JAN 1 2026 - UK followers will be able to ADVANCE ORDER copies of The Beatles In Canada: THE EVOLUTION 1964-1970 (BLUE) book ... via Omnibus Press (UK) after tomorrow at the link below. 💙 💙
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The Beatles in Canada: The Evolution 1964-1970
The definitive history of the Beatles in Canada, starting in 1964 and winding in detail all the way through to mid 1970
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January 1, 2026 at 8:04 PM
JAN 1 2026 - UK followers will be able to ADVANCE ORDER copies of The Beatles In Canada: THE EVOLUTION 1964-1970 (BLUE) book ... via Omnibus Press (UK) after tomorrow at the link below. 💙 💙
omnibuspress.com/products/the...
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Great to see George alluding to @marklewisohn.bsky.social 's research for his excellent "The Beatles Live!" book in episode 9 of the Anthology: "He ran out of beauty competitions to judge!" That's all the Threetles who have joked about it now.
How lovely to have given the Fabs a laugh!
#Beatles
How lovely to have given the Fabs a laugh!
#Beatles
January 1, 2026 at 6:04 PM
Great to see George alluding to @marklewisohn.bsky.social 's research for his excellent "The Beatles Live!" book in episode 9 of the Anthology: "He ran out of beauty competitions to judge!" That's all the Threetles who have joked about it now.
How lovely to have given the Fabs a laugh!
#Beatles
How lovely to have given the Fabs a laugh!
#Beatles
The word is that I’ve a 'movie' out shortly. It's true. My 2022 theatre show The Beatles / Evolver:62 was filmed, and selections from that + new material shot in Liverpool and London comprise a feature that'll be streaming from Feb 2026. More details to follow, sample here vimeo.com/1023543808?f...
Evolver : 62 Promo
60 sec trailer for the forthcoming feature length documentary The Beatles Evolver: 62 with Mark Lewisohn Director / Camera / Editor: Chris Purcell Producer / Camera:…
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December 31, 2025 at 10:52 AM
The word is that I’ve a 'movie' out shortly. It's true. My 2022 theatre show The Beatles / Evolver:62 was filmed, and selections from that + new material shot in Liverpool and London comprise a feature that'll be streaming from Feb 2026. More details to follow, sample here vimeo.com/1023543808?f...
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15. The Beatles, All These Years, Volume 1: Tune In, @marklewisohn.bsky.social . I avoided it for years, because even for me, it's surely too much - it can't sustain the interest while ending in 1962, can it? Oh, yes it can. It's magnificent.
www.marklewisohn.net/tune-in/
www.marklewisohn.net/tune-in/
The Beatles: All These Years – Volume 1 – Tune In
Publisher’s press release
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December 28, 2025 at 7:36 PM
15. The Beatles, All These Years, Volume 1: Tune In, @marklewisohn.bsky.social . I avoided it for years, because even for me, it's surely too much - it can't sustain the interest while ending in 1962, can it? Oh, yes it can. It's magnificent.
www.marklewisohn.net/tune-in/
www.marklewisohn.net/tune-in/
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Just up on the Telegraph, a thorough and thoughtful piece about the wrongheaded policy changes at WAC. Thanks to Kate Murphy, @illuminations.bsky.social, @unamccormack.bsky.social and @marklewisohn.bsky.social for giving up their time. Gift link here
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The BBC scandal of 2025 that went unnoticed
The Written Archives Centre has closed its doors to the public, despite being funded by the licence fee
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December 23, 2025 at 5:18 PM
Just up on the Telegraph, a thorough and thoughtful piece about the wrongheaded policy changes at WAC. Thanks to Kate Murphy, @illuminations.bsky.social, @unamccormack.bsky.social and @marklewisohn.bsky.social for giving up their time. Gift link here
www.telegraph.co.uk/gift/65a1031...
www.telegraph.co.uk/gift/65a1031...
In Tune In I quoted a 1960 Paul McCartney letter declaring that the Beatals (yes) had ‘competence, confidence & continuity’ … and just today I’ve found that Paul nicked it from a Midland Bank cheque book, Competence–Continuity–Confidence being printed on the inside back cover. Great nicking, Paul!
December 16, 2025 at 4:36 PM
In Tune In I quoted a 1960 Paul McCartney letter declaring that the Beatals (yes) had ‘competence, confidence & continuity’ … and just today I’ve found that Paul nicked it from a Midland Bank cheque book, Competence–Continuity–Confidence being printed on the inside back cover. Great nicking, Paul!
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@bbcnewsnight.bsky.social
This is a story: an act of self-harm and cultural vandalism by the BBC.
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This is a story: an act of self-harm and cultural vandalism by the BBC.
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DEFENDING THE WAC: MARK LEWISOHN LOOKS AT WHY RENEWED APPRECIATION IS URGENTLY REQUIRED
I was asked to write an op-ed piece saying why I think the BBC’s Written Archives Centre (WAC) is a unique and brilliant resource, which I can do because it’s both – and why, therefore…
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October 25, 2025 at 8:41 PM
@bbcnewsnight.bsky.social
This is a story: an act of self-harm and cultural vandalism by the BBC.
cstonline.net/defending-th...
This is a story: an act of self-harm and cultural vandalism by the BBC.
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Mark’s passion and precision is spot on. And so very vital. The WAC is a *stunning* resource. It must be allowed — empowered — to thrive. SHARE.
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DEFENDING THE WAC: MARK LEWISOHN LOOKS AT WHY RENEWED APPRECIATION IS URGENTLY REQUIRED
I was asked to write an op-ed piece saying why I think the BBC’s Written Archives Centre (WAC) is a unique and brilliant resource, which I can do because it’s both – and why, therefore…
cstonline.net
October 24, 2025 at 3:15 PM
Mark’s passion and precision is spot on. And so very vital. The WAC is a *stunning* resource. It must be allowed — empowered — to thrive. SHARE.
cstonline.net/defending-th...
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Thrilled that @marklewisohn.bsky.social has contributed this passionate, personal post to the CST series against the recent BBC Written Archives policy shifts. His cri de couer is directed squarely at those who came up with the changes. Please read and share widely.
cstonline.net/defending-th...
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DEFENDING THE WAC: MARK LEWISOHN LOOKS AT WHY RENEWED APPRECIATION IS URGENTLY REQUIRED
I was asked to write an op-ed piece saying why I think the BBC’s Written Archives Centre (WAC) is a unique and brilliant resource, which I can do because it’s both – and why, therefore…
cstonline.net
October 24, 2025 at 12:38 PM
Thrilled that @marklewisohn.bsky.social has contributed this passionate, personal post to the CST series against the recent BBC Written Archives policy shifts. His cri de couer is directed squarely at those who came up with the changes. Please read and share widely.
cstonline.net/defending-th...
cstonline.net/defending-th...
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MUST READ! In the latest CST blog about the damaging changes going on at the BBC Written Archives Centre, @marklewisohn.bsky.social delivers his cri de cœur squarely at those who came up with or are signing-off on this policy shift. Please read and share widely.
cstonline.net/defending-th...
cstonline.net/defending-th...
DEFENDING THE WAC: MARK LEWISOHN LOOKS AT WHY RENEWED APPRECIATION IS URGENTLY REQUIRED
I was asked to write an op-ed piece saying why I think the BBC’s Written Archives Centre (WAC) is a unique and brilliant resource, which I can do because it’s both – and why, therefore…
cstonline.net
October 24, 2025 at 11:44 AM
MUST READ! In the latest CST blog about the damaging changes going on at the BBC Written Archives Centre, @marklewisohn.bsky.social delivers his cri de cœur squarely at those who came up with or are signing-off on this policy shift. Please read and share widely.
cstonline.net/defending-th...
cstonline.net/defending-th...
Thank you. I'll try to find it but I know this anecdote well and have it from a much earlier telling.
@marklewisohn.bsky.social wondered if you saw Petula Clark on BBC's One Show last week with her Lennon story? Maybe one for the 3rd instalment of your Trilogy.
October 24, 2025 at 6:36 AM
Thank you. I'll try to find it but I know this anecdote well and have it from a much earlier telling.
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These are FAB! A great collection of interviews by @marklewisohn.bsky.social from International Beatleweek 2025.
So much insight into those early 1960s Liverpool years (plus a fascinating Wings diversion) I can’t recommend it enough!
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Billy J Kramer
youtu.be/4ApGofqRLUw?...
These are FAB! A great collection of interviews by @marklewisohn.bsky.social from International Beatleweek 2025.
So much insight into those early 1960s Liverpool years (plus a fascinating Wings diversion) I can’t recommend it enough!
1/6
Billy J Kramer
youtu.be/4ApGofqRLUw?...
Billy J. Kramer Interviewed by Mark Lewisohn | International Beatleweek 2025
YouTube video by The Cavern Club Liverpool
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October 16, 2025 at 7:01 PM
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These are FAB! A great collection of interviews by @marklewisohn.bsky.social from International Beatleweek 2025.
So much insight into those early 1960s Liverpool years (plus a fascinating Wings diversion) I can’t recommend it enough!
1/6
Billy J Kramer
youtu.be/4ApGofqRLUw?...
These are FAB! A great collection of interviews by @marklewisohn.bsky.social from International Beatleweek 2025.
So much insight into those early 1960s Liverpool years (plus a fascinating Wings diversion) I can’t recommend it enough!
1/6
Billy J Kramer
youtu.be/4ApGofqRLUw?...
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I love this picture of Patrica Routledge, who has died today, taken in London in January of 1966.
October 3, 2025 at 10:27 AM
I love this picture of Patrica Routledge, who has died today, taken in London in January of 1966.
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I am thrilled to be joined by master researcher @marklewisohn.bsky.social for this special season finale. Mark discusses his methods, decades of research and the extraordinary amount of detail that goes into all his books.
gimmesometruth.podbean.com
www.marklewisohn.net
#TheBeatles
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www.marklewisohn.net
#TheBeatles
October 1, 2025 at 8:55 AM
I am thrilled to be joined by master researcher @marklewisohn.bsky.social for this special season finale. Mark discusses his methods, decades of research and the extraordinary amount of detail that goes into all his books.
gimmesometruth.podbean.com
www.marklewisohn.net
#TheBeatles
gimmesometruth.podbean.com
www.marklewisohn.net
#TheBeatles
Sorry, I have absolutely no knowledge of this.
@marklewisohn.bsky.social Asking again since you're active now!
September 29, 2025 at 7:59 AM
Sorry, I have absolutely no knowledge of this.
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@stuartmaconie.bsky.social being interviewed by @marklewisohn.bsky.social at the Liverpool Beatles Convention this year. A very entertaining feel-good 40 minutes!
#Beatles
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#Beatles
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Stuart Maconie in Conversation | International Beatleweek 2025
YouTube video by The Cavern Club Liverpool
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September 22, 2025 at 5:57 PM
@stuartmaconie.bsky.social being interviewed by @marklewisohn.bsky.social at the Liverpool Beatles Convention this year. A very entertaining feel-good 40 minutes!
#Beatles
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#Beatles
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Yes, he does. Photo taken Dublin, 7 November 1963. With Paul and John backstage at the Adelphi are, as you say, Eileen Reid and the Cadets, a local showband.
Wonder if @marklewisohn.bsky.social knows of this?
September 29, 2025 at 6:46 AM
Yes, he does. Photo taken Dublin, 7 November 1963. With Paul and John backstage at the Adelphi are, as you say, Eileen Reid and the Cadets, a local showband.
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RIP to the magnificent Brian Wilson. I love this picture of him with Paul McCartney singing ‘God Only Knows’ at a benefit gig in 2002. Such admiration for each other, so much joy at once.
June 11, 2025 at 5:32 PM
RIP to the magnificent Brian Wilson. I love this picture of him with Paul McCartney singing ‘God Only Knows’ at a benefit gig in 2002. Such admiration for each other, so much joy at once.
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Brian Wilson (1942-2025).
There was simply nobody like him. What gifts he gave us.
Sail on, sailor.
There was simply nobody like him. What gifts he gave us.
Sail on, sailor.
June 11, 2025 at 4:52 PM
Brian Wilson (1942-2025).
There was simply nobody like him. What gifts he gave us.
Sail on, sailor.
There was simply nobody like him. What gifts he gave us.
Sail on, sailor.
A wonderful archive fragment circa 1964. Ringo's mum was asked for an autograph. She didn't want to sign Elsie Starkey or Elsie Graves or Elsie Graves-Starkey and she probably wanted to reassure the applicant she was Ringo's mum, so she signed Mrs E. Starr, a name she never had.
June 10, 2025 at 7:26 PM
A wonderful archive fragment circa 1964. Ringo's mum was asked for an autograph. She didn't want to sign Elsie Starkey or Elsie Graves or Elsie Graves-Starkey and she probably wanted to reassure the applicant she was Ringo's mum, so she signed Mrs E. Starr, a name she never had.