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Monday Miscellanea

More London-oriented trivia for a Monday morning.

Backbeat: rare back-to-front Abbey Road image up for sale.

Extra, Extra

And the rest of the day’s news, including some backwards Beatles.

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Weekend Round-Up

Weekend news. From the obvious to the really rather obscure.

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Art Preview: The Gallery At Playboy

The Playboy Club opens its new gallery with an exhibition of iconic 60′s photography.

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Monday Miscellanea

Londony trivia for a Monday morning.

The Fab Four reunited on the BFI IMAX.

A Beatles Reunion (Of Sorts) For The Olympics?

Rumours emerge of a Fab Two (plus offspring) concert at the opening or closing ceremony.

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Top 10 London Album Covers

A whistlestop tour through rock and pop history via the artwork of our Top 10 London album covers

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Abbey Road Crossing Given Listed Status

The crossing in St John’s Wood, immortalised for posterity when four tousle-haired Liverpudlians walked across it one balmy day in 1969, has been granted Grade II listed status.

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Piano Used By The Beatles Up For Sale

Photo / gary8345 A piano from Abbey Road studios, one whose ivories were stroked by at least a few of the Fab Four’s forty digits for the recording of a classic Beatles ditty, is to go on sale at an auction later this month. The …

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Abbey Road Update: National Trust Mulling Purchase

Heritage body the National Trust are considering whether to rescue Abbey Road Studios from an uncertain fate. The St John’s Wood recording facility is likely to close after owners EMI announced their intention to sell. After rapid lobbying by the public, the National Trust are …

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Abbey Road Up For Sale

Photo / Misterweiss Abbey Road Studios, the staid Georgian townhouse in northwest London made famous by a certain quartet of Liverpudlians, is to be sold off by owner EMI. The troubled record company is kept afloat largely thanks to its copious Fab Four assets, and …