For Freda Kelly, secretary to the Beatles and head of the band’s fan club, work sometimes involved trailing the Fab Four to the barber shop, sweeping their locks from the floor and mailing strands of hair to adoring female fans. Kelly, one of the Beatles’ longest-serving employees, worked for the British band for more than a decade but had never shared her stories publicly until now.
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Visual treats found in unlikely places
Vibe is one of the channels that you get with your basic Sky package. Many men will put it with the Living Channel in the “avoid at all costs” pile
Review: Ed Sheeran
Ed Sheeran TSB Arena, Wellington, March 8 There’s a lot about Ed Sheeran that I didn’t know.
Fat and Stress: Studies of Monkeys Suggest Link
It’s no secret that stress isn’t good for you. But what’s less clear is how social stressors like a high-pressure job or a failing marriage affect your physical well-being
Another Clue to the Scarcity of Women Executives
Women now dominate the ranks of university graduates across most fields.
Joining the Fight for Freedom at the Underwear Counter
Majid wants to show me a negligee.
Jesus Is Back, and She’s Chinese
Sister Hong’s brainwashing session began when her Bible class ended. Five peasant women had led the Catholic nun to a house in a distant village in Henan province two years ago so that she could teach the life of Jesus.
Rape in Libya: The Crime That Dare Not Speak Its Name
The female doctors at one of the larger hospitals here can tell you stories — of corpses of violated women stripped and strewn on the streets of front-line Ajdabiya; of the women afraid to leave their homes in Brega; of the 13-year-old Misuratah girl gang-raped by soldiers who burst into the family’s living room, forcing her father to watch.
In Peru, the Daughter Who Would Be President Too
Keiko Fujimori is running for President of Peru under a shadow that will never dissipate: her father. He is at once an important reason for the viability of her candidacy as well as a cautionary tale, the lessons of which she must insist she has learned.
Now You See Them, Now You Don’t
Curves, that is. The model’s figure keeps shrinking to new lows, so ahead of Milan’s Fashion Week next month, Italy banned from its runways any body mass index under 18.5