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John Lennon festival to return next year – with a different name

8 Nov 2007

A festival in the north of Scotland to celebrate John Lennon’s links with a remote Highland village will carry on next year, but under a different name. The Northern Lights Festival in Durness, which was recently voted best new event at the UK…

Lennon festival gets underway in Sutherland

28 Sep 2007

The John Lennon Northern Lights Festival opens today in Durness in Sutherland, with a host of bands and artists expected to make appearances over the three days The location was chosen due to the musician’s links with the community – Lennon often…

Peace tower to remember Lennon

12 Sep 2007

Yoko Ono will unveil a peace tower in memory of John Lennon, with “like minded friends from all over the world” invited to join the ceremony next month. The tower has been designed by Ono and has ‘imagine peace’ engraved in 24 languages. Capsules…

Lennon portrait attracts £45,000 bid

3 Sep 2007

A portrait of John Lennon by Scottish artist Peter Howson has received a bid of £45,000 – 50% higher than the painter’s valuation. The portrait will go on show at the John Lennon Northern Lights Festival in Durness in Sutherland at the end of…

News round-up

News round-up

23 Aug 2007

Sir Sean Connery has topped a poll as the celebrity most people would want to hear reading their emails and text messages. The survey was launched by Avaya Inc, a company which creates software to combat the dangers of listening to voicemails while…

The US vs John Lennon

(4 stars)27 Nov 2006

This incisive and engrossing documentary is both a portrait of the former Beatle as political activist and a slice of secret history from America’s recent past. It follows its subject from 1966-76, the heady years during which Lennon left The Beatles…

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