Historian Tom Holland: "the Beatles are the perfect story."

A captivating ramble with historian, author and friend of the pod Tom Holland that stops off at "the '60s are the new Reformation", the Beatles in the shadow of World War 2, chalk streams with Feargal Sharkey, the "intimidating" NME, the 28 Days Later London walk, Caligula and Nero "(what's not to like?"), Dickens, 14th Century plague evasion, daily playings of Here Comes The Sun and Good Day Sunshine and how "joy in any art form is the hardest thing to convey". https://www.tom-holland.org/ @holland_tom Tom Holland and Dominic Sandbrook’s ‘the Rest Is History’ podcast … https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast... Want exclusive early access to every future Word In Your Attic alongside a whole host of additional exciting, enlightening and entertaining content and benefits? Of course you do! Make sure you're signed up to our fabulous Patreon for all this and more:   / wordinyourear