Richard Hogan: Why I think Paul McCartney was the father figure of The Beatles

What really strikes me about the Get Back documentary is just how decent a person Paul McCartney is

The Beatles: Paul McCartney, John Lennon, Ringo Starr and George Harrison

One of the most magical things about being a parent is watching the formation of a person. The personality taking shape, interests developing. Watching my eldest daughter fall in love with The Beatles has been a joyous experience. Every night, she drifts off into reverie slumbering the sounds of The Beatles into her jaded ears. 

It gives me a great kick to walk past her room and hear, ‘Eleanor Rigby picked up the rice in the church where the wedding has been’ or ‘We all live in a yellow submarine’ spilling through the keyhole. Her first infatuation was the music of ‘Frozen’, in those early days I was Elsa, crown on head under the covers of her bed while she knocked on the bedroom door and sang ‘Elsa, do you want to build a snowman’.