Nic ThompsonCaroline Flack: complexity, kindness and being smarterToday, Twitter is full of people imploring each other to be kinder, to be gentler. Which is absolutely right, and it’s a message that…Feb 16, 2020Feb 16, 2020
Nic ThompsonLet It Be: a study in late-Beatle madnessThe Beatles’ Let It Be feels like it’s part of the collective consciousness of Western culture. Its quasi-religious feel gives it an eerie…Jan 31, 20201Jan 31, 20201
Nic ThompsonAnxiety and OCD: how music can help you manage your mental healthMusic is a therapy. It is a communication far more powerful than words, far more immediate, far more efficient.Dec 3, 20191Dec 3, 20191
Nic ThompsonThe Beatles in ’67 — It’s All Too MuchRecorded in May and early June 1967, It’s All Too Much was created as the Beatles waited for Sgt Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band to drop…Dec 2, 2019Dec 2, 2019
Nic ThompsonOn childhood idols: in defence of 11-year-old girls everywhereOver the weekend, I curled up to watch the (really good) 2009 Lennon biopic, Nowhere Boy. I’m on a Beatles kick at the moment and have…Apr 23, 2019Apr 23, 2019