Paul takes us through what it was like growing up in sync with a band that was producing the most astonishing collection of pop songs witnessed before or since. He also expands on the other cultural changes of that decade, some familiar, many unexpected, from long hair and kaftans to the death of the steam train.

I've put together a playlist of songs name-checked in the episode, all of them by The Beatles apart from the first by Peter and Gordon.

https://open.spotify.com/playlist/2GLqeuCn3RK0qBy7dlSCNb?si=d894f20eb818441e

Paul is a consummate raconteur, as well as being my first boss in London, by which time he had rather shorter hair. This is an episode rich in detail and reflection, not to be missed.