Beatles expert, author & speaker.
I was born in Liverpool in 1949. I grew up on Merseyside and in the late 60s studied Law at the University of Liverpool. After I graduated in 1970 I decided on a career change and became a teacher. In 2004 I became the custodian of ‘Mendips’, John Lennon’s former home, in Woolton, Liverpool.
Since then I have won two awards for my work at Mendips, was part of the successful WBBC production company with Bob Harris & Trudie Myerscough-Harris who won a Sony Award for the BBC Radio 2 documentary ‘The Day John Met Paul’. I have written two books ‘The Songs The Beatles Gave Away’ and ‘PreFab!’. ‘PreFab!’, co-written with Colin Hanton, the original drummer in the Quarry Men, has since been made into a documentary film that was chosen for both the Florida Film Festival 2022 and the Cleveland Film Festival 2023.
Tour Dates
Image credit Mark Tipping Photography
2024
April
19/04/2024 Wareham (The Purbeck School) Get Tickets
20/04/2024 Isle of Wight (Quay Arts) Get Tickets
21/04/2024 Southampton (Hanger Arts) Get Tickets
26/04/2024 Braemar (St Margarets) Get Tickets
27/04/2024 Aberdeen (Lemon Tree) Get Tickets
28/04/2024 Cumbernauld (Lantern Theatre) Get Tickets
May
03/05/2024 Sunderland (Seventeen Nineteen Church) Get Tickets SOLD OUT
04/05/2024 Berwick Upon Tweed (The Maltings) Get Tickets
11/05/2024 Filey (Filey Literature Festival) Get Tickets
25/05/2024 Liverpool (Tung Auditorium) Get Tickets
26/05/2024 Barnoldswick (Barnoldswick Music & Arts Centre ) Get Tickets SOLD OUT
June
01/06/2024 Reeth (Swaledale Festival) Reeth Memorial Hall Get Tickets
02/06/2024 Hexham (Queens Hall) Get Tickets
25/06/2024 Lymm (Lymm Festival) Get Tickets
July
02/07/2024 Ashbourne (Ashbourne Festival) Get Tickets
12/07/2024 Brightlingsea (Community Centre) Get Tickets
13/07/2024 Hampton (Hampton Hub Club) Get Tickets
September
06/09/2024 Ripley (Ripley Live) Get Tickets
07/09/2024 Beverley (The East Riding Theatre) Get Tickets
08/09/2024 Melbourne (The Assembly Rooms) Get Tickets
14/09/2024 Bridgnorth (St Leonard’s Church) Get Tickets
27/09/2024 Aberdare (The Coliseum) Get Tickets
October
12/10/2024 Whitby (Pavilion Theatre) Get Tickets
November
02/11/2024 Wantage Literature Festival Get Tickets
21/11/2024 Peebles (Eastgate Theatre) Get Tickets
22/11/2024 Kinross (The Green Hotel) Get Tickets SOLD OUT