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Ringo Starr

Ringo Starr in 1965.

He was the only good Beatle.

In fact the Beatles were rubbish.

Photograph: Sipa Press/Rex Shutterstock

Ringo was the only good Beatle …

so what is your most unpopular music opinion?

The Guardian

Friday 8 January 2016    01.14 GMT

Last modified on Friday 8 January 2016    01.30 GMT

https://www.theguardian.com/music/2016/jan/08/
ringo-was-the-only-good-beatle-so-what-is-your-most-unpopular-music-opinion

Ringo Starr

Photograph: Shahrokh Hatami

Rex/Shutterstock

A day in the life:

Shahrokh Hatami's Beatles photographs, 1963

Iranian photojournalist Shahrokh Hatami has died aged 89.

He covered front-page events from the revolution in Iran

to the Beatles backstage as Beatlemania took off.

A 1963 Paris Match assignment

took him to Liverpool to meet the band

The Guardian

Mon 27 Nov 2017    13.48 GMT

https://www.theguardian.com/music/gallery/2017/nov/27/
shahrokh-hatamis-beatles-photographs-1963-cavern-club

Ringo Starr on the train during the filming of A Hard Day’s Night,

UK, 1964

 ‘I was asked by director Dick Lester

to be the photographer on the Beatles film.

The experience was an eyeopener.

I had no idea of the fear within oneself

that can be evoked by a swarm of excited followers.

I was always frightened – what it must have been like for the four!

So much time was spent trying to hide, and trying to escape.

The pressure was relentless’ – David Hurn

Photograph: David Hurn/Magnum Photos

Magnum’s great escape: confinement and liberation – in pictures

It’s been 16 months since the pandemic grounded the world.

These images from Magnum’s

July square print sale explore themes of being shut in

– and getting away from it all

G

Mon 12 Jul 2021    14.00 BST

https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/gallery/2021/jul/12/
magnums-great-escape-confinement-and-liberation-in-pictures

Ringo Starr

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in-pictures - Guardian pictures gallery

http://www.npr.org/2017/09/17/
551199002/ringo-starr-on-brexit-beatlemania-and-give-more-love

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ringo-starr-cancels-concert-north-carolina-protest-anti-lgbt-law

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http://www.theguardian.com/music/gallery/2015/sep/09/
ringo-starr-photographs-national-portrait-gallery

http://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2015/09/14/
440284860/ringo-starr-cleaning-house-will-auction-beatles-stuff-for-charity

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400929833/ringo-starr-makes-second-appearance-into-rock-and-roll-hall-of-fame

http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2013/apr/21/
fight-to-save-ringo-starr-estate

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thebeatles-housing

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/07/06/
arts/music/06ringo.html

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http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=122620250 - January 15, 2010

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