In Nowhere Boy, the biological parents of the five-year-old John Lennon force him to pick a side on Blackpool Promenade. Is that what really happened? medium.com/the-beatles-fa… this photo taken a few months after the sudden reappearance of Alf (aka Fred/Freddie) after 18 years

I published “Tug of Love on Blackpool Beach?” on Medium ift.tt/bCh1w0Q

I published “The French Revolution also demonstrated that there is a dynamic continually redefining these terms.” on Medium ift.tt/DJ2Yb4p

I published “These Foolish Things (Remind Me of You)” on Medium ift.tt/3It0qMT

I published “Days of Wine and Roses” on Medium ift.tt/W6M3puj

Days of Wine and Roses medium.com/song-stories/d… The bittersweet hangover of a romance fuelled by the hard stuff - music by Mancini words by Johnny Mercer: who had certainly walked the walk... @americansong songbook #songbook #Songs

What were they singing on VE Day? This one was a favourite with the swing band Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy medium.com/song-stories/b… #VEDay80 #music Songbook Academy L M Rabalais

Canterville Ghost by Oscar Wilde Chapter 3 (extract) youtu.be/IycLlJhmdd4?si… via YouTube #English #TEFL #EAL #EnglishTeacher #TESOL Teaching English with Oxford International House TESOL Intl Assn #ghoststory #oscarwilde

I published “Her Majesty” on Medium ift.tt/jxoV1es

I published “The Long Black Veil” on Medium ift.tt/13LEfQB

I published “The Ballad of Marijohn Wilkin” on Medium ift.tt/8z0PBQl

I published “When Cynthia met John” on Medium ift.tt/XSrn1sw

I published “John, Paul, George & Jimmy” on Medium ift.tt/R3KhFxI

I published “John Lennon’s Childhood” on Medium ift.tt/ofJFwx7

I published “When My Girl Comes Home” on Medium ift.tt/ReSj9PV

I published “Water is Wide” on Medium ift.tt/tPMzgml

I published “Good Year for the Roses” on Medium ift.tt/Jz13IFg

medium.com/.../good-year-… The splendily named Jerry Chesnut phones his local garden centre to complain about the performance of his plants. The conversation would lead to a classic country tune, famously covered by Elvis Costello.

I published “Whose songs did The Beatles sing?” on Medium ift.tt/ZtCv9Ne

I published “Which Beatle designed furniture?” on Medium ift.tt/mKxqgl8