Pick of the day
Phil Daoust
Tuesday July 3, 2007The GuardianForty-nine-years, 11 months and 28 days ago, in the leafy Liverpool suburb of Woolton, St Peter's church was holding its summer fete. The highlight was supposed to be the crowning of the Sunday school Rose Queen. With hindsight, however, it was a performance by a young skiffle group called the Quarrymen. The band's leader was John Lennon; in the audience was a friend-of-a-friend, Paul McCartney, who had come not for the music but for the chance to meet girls. One imagines the future Beatles gazing into each other's eyes and whispering: "Let us make beautiful music together."
Or maybe not. We'll probably find out in Well Met in Woolton (11.30am, Radio 4), in which attendees of the fete remember that historic occasion. The voices include previously unheard recordings from McCartney himself, and Lennon's half-sister, Julia Baird.
There's also another chance to hear one of Mary Shelley's less well-known works. The Mortal
Immortal (6.30pm, BBC7), read by Shaun Dooley, tells how a young man drinks a magic potion after his love life takes a turn for the worse. He thinks the liquid will cure him of all emotion, but instead it grants him eternal life. And that's not the blessing you might imagine.
harleyblues take:
I'm wondering how Paul will celebrate this fated day?
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