The cover of Help! shows The Beatles in blue coats, lifting their arms in the air. From a distance, a quick glance could lead one to think they are spelling “help” with their arms — Paul McCartney ...

The Beatles’ movie Help! just isn’t funny. The film tries to be strange but it doesn’t reach the heights of Monty Python, Douglas Adams, or other great British surrealist humor. In addition, none of ...

Director of History & Policy at the Institute of Historical Research and Professor of British and Commonwealth History, School of Advanced Study, University of London I sometimes think that my teenage ...