It was always about honesty. There was the honesty of the four mop top Beatles singing fab little songs which now sound like big little songs. By listening to those early records, we discovered black artists like The Marvelettes, the Miracles, Little Richard, Chuck Berry and the art of writing commercial pop songs like Carole King and Gerry Goffin- and Lennon-McCartney. They were sharing and we were absorbing. There was the “We’re more popular than Jesus” moment, the trippy B

It’s not that he doesn’t have any competition, but more to do with simply being extremely good at what he does by using all his skills to succeed in ways that are better than most others. One might say that Zac Purton was “putting on a clinic” or giving a “Masterclass” at Shatin racetrack yesterday afternoon. Maybe he was. Let’s also not overlook those three winners at Shatin from Harry Bentley. His winning ride in the last race was world class. Like Luke Ferraris and Lyle He

Everything changes. The more things change, they also usually end in reverse, and empty vessels keep making the most noise. Probably the one certainty in life is that, for whatever reason, those of us who grew up with them, or are doing a crash course on the subject, get back to that place where they belong with the Beatles. And then, the magic returns. Not just magic, but hope and dreams and love and truth and happiness and honesty. *If only more world leaders and those sash