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Academic Insights for the Thinking World
By Gordon Thompson
As the Beatles made their historic debut on American television in February 1964, the cast of Oliver!, the actor playing the role of the Artful Dodger, and other acts on the show watched from the wings as the hysteria unfolded. Davy Jones had started his acting career on British television, making his debut appearance in the venerable Coronation Street followed by the gritty Liverpool police drama, Z-Cars.
Forty-five years ago, in the spring of 1966, as swinging London and its colorful denizens attracted the attention of ‘Time’, the publishers of an American teen magazine found part of a recent interview with John Lennon to be of particular interest. A rapid disintegration ensued of the complex identity that the Beatles management, the media, the fans, and even the musicians themselves had constructed, setting in motion a number of dark forces.
In Spring 2010, Lauren and Michelle decided it was time Oxford University Press got a podcast, and by September, The Oxford Comment was born. Reporting at special events, live on the street, and from the “studio,” each episode features commentary from Oxford authors and friends of the Press.
In memory of Bobby Graham.
The solution to Gordon Thompson’s riddle.
The answer to yesterday’s riddle.
Can you solve the riddle?
The riddle answer!
The third and final clue in Gordon Thompson’s riddle.
Gordon Thompson provides clue number two.
Gordon Thompson’s first riddle clue.
Will you be able to solve Gordon Thompson’s riddle?
The 40th anniversary of Tommy.
A look at The Beatles in the late 60’s.
Gordon Thompson looks at The Beatles.
Thompson celebrates the Beatles’ 45th anniversary of being on the Ed Sullivan Show.