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Paul mccartney new book5/18/2023 You can also join our mailing list to get news about accessible events and exhibitions.Excerpted in The New Yorker A work of unparalleled candor and splendorous beauty, The Lyrics celebrates the creative life and the musical genius of Paul McCartney through 154 of his most meaningful songs.įrom his early Liverpool days, through the historic decade of The Beatles, to Wings and his long solo career, The Lyrics pairs the definitive texts of 154 Paul McCartney songs with first-person commentaries on his life and music. If you have any access requirements, please sign up to our Access Scheme for discounts, wheelchair spaces, dedicated seats and free companion tickets. Just take your badge and car park ticket to the parking attendant office at the entrance to the car park for validation before you leave.Ī drop-off point at the Royal Festival Hall (30 metres) has been created for visitors who are unable to walk from alternative car parks. Blue Badge parking at APCOA Cornwall RoadĪlternative parking for Blue Badge holders visiting the Southbank Centre can also be found at the South Bank Car Park – APCOA Cornwall Road Car Park. Call 020 7452 3961 or email Īlternative parking is available nearby at the APCOA Cornwall Road Car Park (490 metres), subject to charges. Please contact the National Theatre directly to check before travelling. Please note: when the National Theatre building is closed (on Sundays, and on days without performances) there is no step-free access from the car park. If you are visiting the Hayward Gallery, just take your badge and car park ticket to the Ticket Desk in the gallery foyer for validation before you leave. Blue Badge parking at National TheatreĪlternative parking for Blue Badge holders visiting the Southbank Centre can be found at the National Theatre car park (330 metres). Vehicles that do not display a Blue Badge are refused entry. You must display your Blue Badge as you enter the site. Spaces are allocated on a first-come, first-served basis, and are free to use. There are four Blue Badge parking spaces available for visitors located on the Queen Elizabeth Hall Slip Road. We welcome wheelchair users and guide companion dogs.īlue Badge holders and those with access requirements can be dropped off on the Queen Elizabeth Hall Slip Road off Belvedere Road (the road between the Royal Festival Hall and the Hayward Gallery). All floors are accessible from the main foyer. If you need further assistance, our Visitor Assistants are here to help you. You can also use the external lift near the Artists' Entrance on Southbank Centre Square, Belvedere Road, to Level 2, and enter via Riverside Terrace. Entering the hallįor level access to the Royal Festival Hall from the Queen Elizabeth Hall Slip Road off Belvedere Road, please use the Southbank Centre Square Doors. The JCB Glass Lift is situated at this entrance and will take you to all floors. If you have any queries, please contact or call 020 3879 9555. Boxes aren't able to accommodate larger wheelchairs due to limited space. When booking a wheelchair position in the Royal Festival Hall for large motorised wheelchairs (more than 65cm wide), please book in the rear stalls or side stalls. Presented in partnership with Penguin Live Presented with this is a treasure trove of never-seen-before material from McCartney’s personal archive – drafts, letters, photographs – which make this also a unique visual record of one of the greatest songwriters of all time.ĭon’t miss this unique opportunity to hear McCartney discuss his life, the creative process and the moments of inspiration. The Lyrics encompasses his earliest boyhood compositions through the legendary decade of The Beatles, to Wings and his solo albums to the present.Īrranged alphabetically to provide a kaleidoscopic rather than chronological account, it establishes definitive texts of the songs’ lyrics for the first time and describes the circumstances in which they were written, the people and places that inspired them, and what he thinks of them now. Hear them discuss the extraordinary book in which, with unparalleled candour, McCartney recounts his life and art through the prism of 154 songs from all stages of his career.
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