11 December 1975 and 31 January 1981 I've been to Strawberry Fields, the area of Central Park in New York that is now a memorial to John Lennon. (Call me morbid, but I had first popped across the street to the outside of the Dakota building, where he was shot.) Its main feature is a … Continue reading John Lennon – ‘Imagine’ →

10 January 1981 '(Just Like) Starting Over', the first single off John Lennon and Yoko Ono's 'comeback' album Double Fantasy, went top ten in Ireland and the UK in November 1980. Into the following month it was still at number four in the Irish singles chart, but had dropped outside the top twenty of the … Continue reading John Lennon – ‘(Just Like) Starting Over’ →