# Brian Epstein & the Beatles - what he did and what he hid

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Podcast: [Word In Your Ear](https://stenobird.com/podcast/word-in-your-ear-4162240)
Published: 2026-06-09T11:53:55+00:00
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Philip Norman has written books about the Beatles – and John, Paul and George - and now turns the spotlight on the man who launched them and the extreme personal and professional obstacles in the dramatic path of his short life, the man who built a shield around them but couldn't protect himself. We talk to him here about ‘Mr Moonlight: Brian Epstein and the Making of the Beatles’ with particular attention to …   … how he changed Britain’s image and was mortified to get no recognition for it   … the Beatle whose demands he was always fastest to execute   … the level of homophobia and anti-Semitism he had to absorb   … his reckless pursuits in the days when homosexuality could mean life imprisonment   … contract killers, blackmail, rigged roulette wheels and why the Krays said “it wasn’t us” when they heard he’d died   … the way he fashioned his own myth and airbrushed others who’d helped the Beatles succeed   … why McCartney’s 21st birthday party could have ended the band   … his genius (and fraudulence) as a salesman      … the double catastrophe of Brian’s US merchandising deal   … John, Aunt Mimi and “a story about the British class system”   … and the chaperone on George and Pattie’s first date.   Order copies of ‘Mr Moonlight’ here: https://www.simonandschuster.co.uk/books/Mr-Moonlight/Philip-Norman/9781398542266 Help us to keep The Longest Continuous Conversation In Rock'n'Roll going: https://www.patreon.com/wordinyourear Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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