Barry Miles

"No-one knows The Beatles inside story like Barry Miles, and no-one has had access to anywhere near as much intimate detail"

Doyen of the underground, MIles co-founded the UK’s first counter-culture publication, the International Times, set up Indica, London’s first alternative bookshop (where John first met Yoko); helped organise the legendary 14-hour Technicolour Dream at Alexandra Palace, wrote for NME and co-edited Time Out.

As an author of over 50 published books, Miles has written the only authorised biography of Paul McCartney.

He has received critical acclaim for biographies of personal friends including William S. Burroughs, Allen Ginsberg, and Frank Zappa, while his book London Calling is regarded as the definitive history of underground London since 1945.

Miles also holds a unique place in history as the person who introduced Paul McCartney to the wonderful world of hash-brownies.