Fab: An Intimate Life of Paul McCartney (89 page)

The Cabin is finished/PM’s generosity to wife: Bennett judgment.

Dinner party: author’s interview with Nitin Sawhney (quoted).

Thirteen homes: Bennett judgment and author’s enquiries in the UK and USA.

Larry King Live
booking: Bennett judgment.

HM’s complaints: quoted from HM’s response to PM’s divorce petition, leaked to the press.

Glastonbury Festival: author’s interview with Michael Eavis (quoted); film of the show (PM quoted) and BBC News Online coverage.

PM’s interest in ley lines, etc.: his comments on stage at Glastonbury; interviews and author’s correspondence with Geoff Baker (astrology).

Heather and Baker not talking/Baker fired: author’s discussion with Baker (quoted); also
Mail on Sunday
(12 Sept. 2004).

HM and the
Sunday Times
article: HM’s response to PM’s divorce petition, leaked to the press.

PM on Baker: his 2005 statement at
www.heathermillsmccartney.com
. Also PM’s defence of his wife.

PM tells Nigel Goodrich to ‘fuck off’:
Rolling Stone
(20 Oct. 2005).

PM had
The Pilgrim’s Progress
as a child:
New Yorker
(4 June 2007). Refusal to say who he had in mind for ‘Riding to Vanity Fair’:
Observer Music Monthly
(Sept. 2005).

New York building/row: New York public records and Bennett judgment.

Money and gifts given by PM to wife and her requests to Paul Winn for money to clear a nonexistent mortgage: Bennett judgment, in which Justice Bennett revealed that Sir Paul’s QC had ‘put to [Heather in court] that that was a fraudulent attempt to extract money from the husband…’ The Judge decided it didn’t go as far as fraud. ‘However, it is not an episode that does her any credit whatsoever.’ See also Chapter 29.

PM at St John’s Wood Church: thanks to church worker Christine Barnwell.

Planning application: Rother District Council.

Posing with seals:
Hello!
(14 March 2006). HM asks MPL again for money: Bennett judgment.

Events leading up to separation: HM’s response to PM’s divorce petition, leaked to the press.

Separation date/purchase of Pandora’s Barn: Bennett judgment.

Separation statement: BBC News online (17 May 2006).

PORN SHAME story: the
Sun
(5 June 2006).

£5K HOOKER story: the
News of the World
(11 June 2006).

Love
:
All Together Now
documentary (2008).

PM turns 64:
Sunday Mirror
(18 June 2006) and PM’s interview with
The Times
(14 Dec. 2007).

PM files for divorce, etc: Bennett judgment.

HM locked out of Cavendish:
Evening Standard
(8 Aug. 2006).

Justice Bennett quoted on ‘very strong terms’ from his High Court judgment.

Ernst & Young audit: Bennett judgment. Leaking of the cross-petition, contents and aftermath:
Evening Standard
and
Daily Mail
(18 Oct. 2006);
Press Gazette
(27 Oct. 2006);
The Times
(24 Oct. 2006) and the
Sunday Times
(5 Nov. 2006). Also Bennett judgment.

Defamation action never came to trial: Heather Mills McCartney vs. News Group, Queen’s Bench, # HQ06X03218 (stayed).

PM’s lawyers respond: the
Sun
(19 Oct. 2006).

Danny Fields and Eric Stewart quoted from author’s interview.

Brian Brolly dies: death certificate.

Beatrice McCartney’s third birthday:
News of the World
and
Mail on Sunday
reports (29 Oct. 2006).

Jonathan Ross quip:
Daily Mail
(31 Oct. 2006).

Première of
Ecce Cor Meum
: DVD of the première; author’s interview with Anthony Smith.
Independent
review by Michael Church (4 Nov. 2006).

Family trouble: author’s interviews.

Mike Robbins quoted from author’s interview.

Christmas/new year divorce negotiations: Bennett judgment.

29: THE EVER-PRESENT PAST

McCartney divorce: Bennett judgment. PM leaves EMI:
The Times
(15 Dec. 2007) and the
New Yorker
(4 June 2007). Writes ‘The End of the End’:
Interview
(July 2007).

US Government vs. Vincente Gigante, Myron Shevell and others: Case # 88-4396 (thanks to the US Dept of Labor). The author also referred to
www.nemf.com
, Bruce Blakeman’s law firm site,
www.abramslaw.com
, and spoke with Myron Shevell’s ex-wife Jane.

Nitin Sawhney quoted from author’s interview.

HM on
GMTV
; video tape of 31 Oct. 2007 show.

HM’s donation to Viva!: Bennett judgment. The organisation’s lack of charitable status at the time was confirmed by Tony Wardle of Viva!

PM quote - ‘As Winston Churchill once …’ - the
Radio Times
(Oct. 2007).

At the Royal Courts of Justice: author’s notes and the Bennett judgment.

Fan asks PM for autograph at High Court:
Daily Telegraph
(16 Feb. 2008).

Death of Jon Shevell: death certificate.

Final hearings in the McCartney divorce: author’s notes and Bennett judgment.

HM statement on the High Court steps: author’s notes.

Maccagate story: the
Sunday Mirror
(4 Nov. 2007).

Fiona Mills at court to author (quoted).

Wikipedia manipulation: author’s interview with a Mills employee who wished to speak off the record.

Neil Aspinall dies: AP obituary (24 March 2008) and author’s interview with Peter Brown (quoted).

RS comments on Jonathan Ross show and reaction:
Liverpool Echo
(21 Jan. 2008).

Cabbie to author.

PM’s June 2008 tour of Liverpool: author’s notes and interviews including ‘Brickhead’ John Halliday (both quoted).

YO at Mendips/LIPA fashion show (May 2008): author’s notes. Mark Featherstone-Witty quoted from author’s interview.

Liverpool Sound concert: author’s notes and interviews with fellow attendees including Joe Flannery, Sam Leach and Brenda Rothwell (last two quoted).

PM - ‘I think it’s basically magic…’ -
Rolling Stone
(3 May 2007).

Third Fireman album: author’s interview with Youth and Linda Aiello (quoted).

US ticket grosses:
Los Angeles Times
(31 Dec. 2009).

PM on Michael Jackson’s death:
www.paulmccartney.com
.

PM in Paris:
Evening Standard
(5 Oct. 2009).

Guitar Concerto:
New Yorker
(4 June 2007).

PM the driving force behind Beatles Rock Band: Yoko Ono to the [
Daily
]
Telegraph magazine
(19 Sept. 2009).

Biggest acts of decade: the
Guardian
(9 Dec. 2010).

High in the Clouds
: the book and author’s interview with Geoff Dunbar (quoted).

Hamburg show: author’s notes.

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