Ringo Starr: 'I’m blessed she’s in my life, that’s all I can ever say' 

The former Beatle on his enduring love for his wife Barbara, his new book, and his musical output since the Fab Four   

Ringo Starr. 

Ringo Starr had no plans to slow down before the coronavirus pandemic intervened. His youthful appearance and fizzing energy bely his 80 years – and had it not been for Covid-19, the man born Richard Starkey in a working-class area of Liverpool would have been on the road in 2020.

But it turns out even a former Beatle cannot escape the consequences of a global health crisis.