STUART MACONIE: With a Little Help from their Friends

Thursday 19th June, 7.30pm (Doors 6.45pm)

The Old Fire Station, Carlisle

Join Bookends for an evening with broadcaster and journalist Stuart Maconie as he discusses ‘With a Little Help from their Friends’, his new book exploring the supporting cast of people who drove the success of the world-conquering Beatles. The talk will be followed by a Q&A session and book signing.

The most engaging, surprising and revealing look at the Beatles story you’ll read. Everyone knows a Beatles tune. But their story goes beyond the omnipresent songs and iconic albums.

Theirs is a tale that has become one of the core stories we tell about ourselves as a nation. The Beatles narrative has both shaped and reflected the country we live in today. Four lads from Liverpool have taken a seat alongside Shakespeare as one of our key cultural exports to the world, a world they changed and re-made in their own image in a blaze of creativity.

But these four distinct personalities changed the world not in isolation but with more than a little help from their friends. Like all the best stories there’s an incredible supporting cast, and all the most compelling elements of the great dramas: ambition, power, triumph, disaster, heartbreak, tragedy, drama, intrigue, lust…and of course, love. Split into 3 sections, Before The Beatles, With the Beatles and Beyond the Beatles, bestselling writer and broadcaster Stuart Maconie tells the epic tale of the people who made the band who made Britain, and along the way adds his own experiences, encounters and conversations that show the Beatles like you’ve never seen them before.

Please note – This is an e-ticketed event and books can be collected at the venue on the night or beforehand from Bookends Carlisle.