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Paul McCartney and John Lennon, backstage at the Finsbury Park Astoria, London, during the Beatles’ christmas residency in 1963. Picture: Val Wilmer/Redferns

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 Colm o'Callaghan

  • John and Paul: A Love Story in Songs
  • Ian Leslie 
  • Faber and Faber, €15.99

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