IT WAS THIRTY YEARS AGO TODAY...

...that John Lennon was killed. I was a school girl when it happened, and I remember my overwhelming sadness that he had had died so close to Christmas, and I was worried about how his family would cope. I didn't know much about The Beatles then, but that changed pretty quickly after that tragic day.

I also have to admit that I'd never heard "In My Life" until this summer - Alex (a member of the Dream Team) introduced me to this song. I love its poignancy, and while I guess that a screen shot of "Imagine"'s lyrics would perhaps have been more obvious (I love that hymn for peace too), I heard "In My Life" sung by James Taylor in a BBC TV tribute to John last weekend.