Beatlespooks, Ch. 1: The Phantom Guardsman of Strawberry Fields

Frames from the “Strawberry Fields” promo film, shot January 30, 1967, in Knole Park, Sevenoaks, Kent.

DEVIN McKINNEY  • 

 

 

At first, Paul is sanguine, at his ease, perhaps even lofty on teasmoke.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

But what does he spy, reflected in the varnished piano of a Kentish night?

 

A Beatle aide caught in pass, or a vigilant spirit on eternal watch?

 

 

 

 

May we say, you or I, what so widens his eye?