Ray Connolly

Mar 21, 2024 | theoldie.co.uk | Ray Connolly

"The Oldie is an incredible magazine - perhaps the best magazine in the world right now" Graydon Carter, founder of Air Mail and former Editor of Vanity Fair Subscribe to the Oldie and get a free cartoon book Subscribe Blog | By Ray Connolly | Mar 21, 2024 After 60 years as a journalist, Ray Connolly recalls a regretful Elvis, a revealing Dusty Springfield and a charming Terry Wogan Should diamond jubilees exist in journalism, I would be celebrating one around now. It’s 60 years since I first...

Nov 16, 2023 | dailymail.co.uk | Ray Connolly

Beatles roadie whose passion for the band (and groupies) wrecked his life: Mal Evans toured the world in luxury with the Fab Four, but after the group broke up his marriage collapsed - and his life ended in a hail of police gunfire... Published: 15:23 EST, 16 November 2023 | Updated: 15:23 EST, 16 November 2023 One lunchtime in 1961, a young telephone engineer called Mal Evans took a different route back to work after eating his sandwiches at Liverpool’s Pier Head.

Nov 16, 2023 | thisismoney.co.uk | Ray Connolly |Kenneth Womack

BOOK OF THE WEEK LIVING THE BEATLES LEGENDby Kenneth Womack (Mudlark £25, 592pp)One lunchtime in 1961, a young telephone engineer called Mal Evans took a different route back to work after eating his sandwiches at Liverpool’s Pier Head. Choosing a short-cut down a back alley, he heard what sounded like Elvis Presley music coming from a fruit cellar. Paying a shilling, he went down some steps to investigate, and found himself in the Cavern Club at one of the Beatles’ pre-fame lunchtime sessions.

Sep 12, 2023 | express.co.uk | Ray Connolly

14:46, Tue, Sep 12, 2023 | UPDATED: 14:46, Tue, Sep 12, 2023 Link copied Bookmark What could be so special about that particular instrument, they might wonder on reading that Hofner, the German company that manufactured the guitar, have set up a website dedicated to finding it? Musicians, however, will understand. Paul bought his violin-shaped Hofner bass in Germany before the Beatles became famous.

Aug 19, 2023 | dailymail.co.uk | Ray Connolly

Some moments you remember all your life. One of mine happened 15 minutes after England won the World Cup in 1966. Like almost everybody else in the country, Plum, my wife of three months, and I had just watched the final on TV and were driving in my little red MG Midget to celebrate with friends. I was 25 and Plum was 21. People married young in those days. It wasn't a particularly warm summer's day in Liverpool but we had the car's hood down anyway. We wanted everyone to see how happy we were.