Beatles News: Yoko's Renaissance, Mersey Ferry with Beatles Ties Burns, Sean on His Parents Relationship

Is the Yokossance Finally Here? - New York Times

A new biography and film about Yoko Ono offer more opportunities to assess her contributions to culture. Two pop music critics debate if they’re worthy of their subject.

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Mersey ferry that hosted the Beatles gutted in Woolwich fire - Greenwich Wire

A former Mersey ferry moored on the Thames at Woolwich has been gutted by a fire.

The MV Royal Iris hosted early shows by the Beatles in 1961 and 1962 and carried Elizabeth II during her silver jubilee in 1977. 

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John Lennon's son Sean shares rare insight into his father and mother Yoko Ono's 'extremely co-dependent' relationship - Daily Mail

Sean told The Times, ahead of a new documentary about his parents: 'Anyone who pays attention to in the latter part of the Beatles, and then together through the Seventies, can see that my dad had this feeling that John and Yoko had sort of fused into one person'.

While admitting he considers that assessment a 'bit extreme', he said: 'I think a modern psychologist might say that [my dad] was a bit co-dependent. But the reality is, he didn’t want to individuate any more'.

'They were the first power couple, like Brangelina or whatever. He wanted them to be an institution beyond just marriage and family. He wanted them to be an artistic union, a political union, a romantic union'.