Abbey Road studios must be saved | John Harris

The place where the Beatles recorded is full of wonder. So why are we so bad at preserving our pop-cultural heritage?A simple fact: the British are crap at preserving their pop-cultural heritage. In the States, you cannot move for Halls of Fame, proudly curated museums, and streets named after everyone from Dave Grohl to Elvis. In the UK, however, if the sums fail to add up, in come the demolition men, and there goes another piece of history. Manchester's Hacienda was razed to the ground to make...

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