Thursday, October 12, 2006

The Beatles

A band from Cornwall is combining its love of Cornish and the music of The Beatles by translating some of the Fab Four's songs.

The band Skwardya, made up of Matthew Clarke and Dave Miller, has translated four songs including She Loves You (Hi a'th kar) and Something (Neppyth).

In other Beatles related news, a gold and silver-plated chess set, modelled on the hands of Beatles drummer Ringo Starr, has gone on show in a Tokyo department store.

Chess set

The piece, commissioned by fellow band member George Harrison in 1973, was displayed at Takashimaya to mark the opening of a new Asprey store.

The London jeweller is selling replica sets for £15,000 each.

The "hands", designed by Robin Crookshank, are set in a certain gestures to represent each chess figure, and include the rings worn by the star.

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