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THE SEARCH FOR JOHN LENNON.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

by Norman Warwick<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

looking at all things Lennon<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

including a new biography by Lesley Anne Jones<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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In the 1980s, Lesley-Anne Jones worked for Chrysalis Records<\/a>, London, the label of some major acts at the time  such as Spandau Ballet<\/a>, Jethro Tull<\/a>, Special AKA<\/a>, Midge Ure<\/a> & Ultravox<\/a> and Blondie<\/a>, where she wrote sleeve notes, prepared press releases and organised interviews for the national press. She moved into television at the inception of Channel 4<\/a>. The prime-time Saturday night magazine series \u2018Ear-Say\u2019, which she co-presented with Capital Radio<\/a> DJs Nicky Horne<\/a> and Gary Crowley<\/a>, led to guest appearances on a variety of TV and radio shows, including Capital’s You Ain\u2019t Heard Nothing Yet, a weekly music quiz produced by pop guru Phil Swern<\/a>, and Radio Clyde\u2019s Bill Padley<\/a> Show, with Padley and singer\/songwriter Jim Diamond<\/a>. She also wrote a weekly column for The Sun<\/a>. She then spent 6 years as a show-business feature writer for the Daily Mail<\/a>, Mail On Sunday<\/a> and YOU<\/a> magazine, touring in a journalistic capacity with Paul McCartney<\/a>, David Bowie<\/a>, the Rolling Stones<\/a>, Elton John<\/a>, Queen<\/a> and other star acts of the day.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As a freelance feature writer, her contributions to publications in the UK, US, Australia and Europe included interviews with Tony Blair<\/a>, Frank Sinatra<\/a>, Raquel Welch<\/a>, Mel Gibson<\/a>, Charlton Heston<\/a>, Paul McCartney<\/a>, Brigitte Bardot<\/a> and HRH Princess Margaret<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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She appeared weekly for several years on BFBS Forces Radio with the late\u00a0Tommy Vance<\/a>, and worked on documentaries on\u00a0Stevie Nicks<\/a>,\u00a0Ken Russell<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0Jermaine Jackson<\/a>. She also appeared on TV shows Fax!, Music Box and Livewire in the UK, and E! Entertainment and Hard Copy in the US. The Pampers diaper commercial she filmed with her baby daughter for\u00a0Saatchi & Saatchi<\/a>\u00a0was aired across Europe for 18 months, one of the campaign\u2019s most successful ads.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Following a number of years writing columns and features for the Sunday Express<\/a> and the Mail on Sunday<\/a>, she revised and updated her 1997 definitive biography of Queen<\/a> frontman Freddie Mercury<\/a>. Republication by Hodder & Stoughton<\/a> in October 2011 (paperback 2012) was due to coincide with the release of a Mercury biopic to commemorate the late singer’s 21st anniversary. However, production of the film was delayed, and it was not released until 2018.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In 2010, she was appointed Showbusiness Editor for SKY<\/a>\/Freesat<\/a>‘s music channel Vintage TV<\/a>. She wrote and presented their celebrity interview series ‘Me & Mrs Jones’ (produced by Transparent Television and featuring heritage rock and pop artists Rick Wakeman<\/a>, Frank Allen<\/a> of The Searchers<\/a>, Lee John<\/a> of Imagination<\/a>, Kim Wilde<\/a>, Steve Harley<\/a> of Cockney Rebel<\/a>, Tony Hadley<\/a> of Spandau Ballet<\/a> and Francis Rossi<\/a> and Rick Parfitt<\/a> of Status Quo<\/a>.)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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In December 2015, she wrote and co-produced ‘The Last Lennon Interview’ for ShowBiz TV. It was internationally acclaimed, and was first aired on Lennon\u2019s 35th anniversary. It was also the first time that former BBC Radio 1<\/a> DJ Andy Peebles<\/a>  (left)<\/strong> had ever talked about his interview with John and Yoko in New York, only a couple of days before he was murdered.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Pulling back the many hidden layers of John Lennon\u2019s life, Lesley-Ann Jones closely tracks the events and personality traits that led to the rock star living in self-imposed exile in New York\u2014where he was shot dead outside his apartment on that fateful day forty years ago.

Late on December 8th, 1980, the world abruptly stopped turning for millions, as news broke that the world’s most beloved musician had been gunned down in cold blood in New York City. The most iconic Beatle left behind an unrivalled body of music and legions of faithful disciples\u2014yet his profound legacy has brought with it as many questions and contradictions as his music has provided truths and certainties.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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John Lennon<\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

In a new biography, The Search For John Lennon she delivers a compelling exploration, and seeks to unravel the enigma that was John Lennon to present a complete portrait of the man, his life, his loves, his music, his untimely death, and, ultimately, his legacy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Using fresh first-hand research, unseen material and exclusive interviews with the people who knew Lennon best, Jones’s search for answers offers a spellbinding, 360-degree view of one of the world’s most iconic music legends. The Search For John Lennon delves deep into psyche of the world’s most storied musician\u2014the good, the bad and the genius\u2014forty years on from his tragic death. However, whether the book does anything to show Lennon in a positive light (other than for his astounding music) is perhaps debatable.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Nevertheless, on Friday 11th<\/sup> September 2020 The Times carried a two page spread, based on the book and revisiting many Lennon myths.<\/p>\n\n\n\n