Feeling Very Paternal Towards Chubby Schoolboy Paul Today

LINDA EASTMAN at the Apple Press Conference. May 15, 1968.

Linda Eastman at the Americana Hotel in New York on behalf of Town & Country magazine covering the press conference held by John Lennon and Paul McCartney to announce the Beatles new company Apple Records. Linda famously slipped Paul her number that day.

Paul McCartney & Wings - Helen Wheels

ON THIS DAY, May 15th 1967, LINDA EASTMAN & PAUL McCARTNEY met for the first time at the Bag O’ Nails club.

“ Across a crowded room, as they say, our eyes met and the violins started playing ... There was an immediate attraction between us. As she was leaving -- she was with the group the Animals, whom she’d been photographing –- I saw an obvious opportunity. I said: “My name’s Paul. What’s yours?” I think she probably recognised me. It was so corny, but I told the kids later that, had it not been for that moment, none of them would be here. Later that night, we went on together to another club, the Speakeasy. It was our first date and I remember I heard Procol Harum’s A Whiter Shade of Pale for the first time. It became our song. “

— Paul McCartney.

Horse riding. 1995 / 2025. First photo taken by LINDA McCARTNEY and second photo taken by PAUL McCARTNEY. (x)(x)

‘Paul McViolin’ by Klaus Voormann, 2025

lets stare judgmentally with mama

Photo by Caleb Jack.

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Wings at Checkpoint Charlie, Berlin, March 1976

“George told me once that I smelt like home. I got all paranoid, you know, thinking I smelt of fish and chip shops or dirty bars or something. But he said no, I just always smelt of home.” — Paul McCartney

“It used to be PaulnGeorge… as one word. They were the kids from the grammar school. That’s how we referred to them. For ages we didn’t even know George really, he was just ‘Paul’s mate’.” — Len Garry

“The papers try and stir things and act like there’s some kind of problem, but at the end of the day, I love him, he’s my mate and that’s all there is to it.” — George Harrison

“Paul and George always ganged up on people. Like Stuart. They could get pretty bitchy.” — John Lennon

“They used to spend all of their spare time together. Even the school holidays.” — Hunter Davis

“George didn’t mind slagging Paul off. But he HATED other people doing it.” — Tom Petty