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Harry Benson and The Beatles Pillow Fight

George V Hotel, Paris, January 1964

The Beatles were on tour in Paris, and Benson was covering the tour for the Express, photographing them at pavement cafés and souvenir shops and during their nightly performances at the Olympia. Benson quickly got to know the band. One evening they were having a drink after a performance at Olympia when Ringo Starr mentioned a pillow fight they had had the night before. Harry was intrigued but as there was a photographer from the Daily Mail sitting with them, kept quiet.

Two nights later he was invited back to their room for more after show drinks. Brian Epstein burst in with a telegram: ‘I Want to Hold Your Hand’ was number one in America. Harry suggested they celebrate with another pillow fight and took what became one of his most iconic photographs.

© Harry Benson

Listen to Mr Benson talking about this photo:

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BBC Radio 4's Crossing continents: Spain

The BBC's Madrid correspondent, Steve Kingstone, examines the growing antagonism between Spain's Socialist government and the Roman Catholic Church.

You can hear Steve Kingstone's report about Spain on BBC iplayer:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/console/b00fq3qz


You can also read his article Moral battle over Spanish schools on the BBC website:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/pr/fr/-/2/hi/programmes/crossing_continents/7762702.stm




Thanks for the link, Almudena.

One Man's Work

Justo Gallego is a man who is building a cathedral in Mejorada del Campo (Madrid) with his own hands. If you want to listen to his story, click on this link:

http://www.npr.org/templates/player/mediaPlayer.html?action=1&t=1&islist=false&id=6402595&m=6402596

You can also see some photos of the cathedral here: