john walked into the room one day and said, i m leaving the beatles. and he said, it s quite thrilling, it s rather like a divorce. and then we were left to pick up the pieces. but i didn t instigate the split. that was ourjohnny! so, sir paul went on to say in the interview thatjohn lennon wanted to spend more time with yoko ono and staging his famous peace prote5t5 staging his famous peace protests and we knowjohn mi55ed staging his famous peace protests and we knowjohn missed the last ever full recording session with the beatles in 1970 because he was on beatle5 in 1970 because he was on holiday with yoko. but the interesting thing at the end of the interview was that sir paul said if john hadn t walked away, the beatles would have continued to make albums. 0h, fascinating. mark savage, thank you so much. 0h, fascinating. mark savage, thank you so much- a new report says periods, low confidence and being watched by other people are factors preventing about a third of girls in e
for breaking up the beatles. but in a new bbc interview, he has said the split was actually intitiated byjohn lennon. let s get more from our music correspondent, mark savage. what s sir paul been saying? well, like you say, sir paul has been shouldering the blame for breaking up bond since the 19705. firstly, he was the first person to acknowledge the break for a press release for his debut album. he said he couldn t foresee a time when he would ever work with john he couldn t foresee a time when he would ever work withjohn lennon again. breaking up the beatles. he sued the rest of the band to dissolve their business relationship di55olve their business relationship and since then, fan5 di55olve their business relationship and since then, fans and scholars had assumed it was sir paul who instigated the break up of the beatles. but in a new interview for bbc radio four, he said that s not the case. i m not the person who instigated the split. you brought the lawyers in, though, didn