Title: “Yesterday & Today: A Life in Full” – A Review of Paul McCartney’s Autobiography**
*By Carys Bellamy*
*Published: June 20, 2025*
On 18 June 2025, Sir Paul McCartney turned 83 years old—and gifted the world *Yesterday & Today: A Life in Full*, his long-awaited, deeply personal autobiography. Released on his birthday, the 640-page memoir reads like a final love letter to a century of music, memories, and meaning, penned by one of its most enduring poets.
The title alone—*Yesterday & Today*—tells us something vital. It isn’t just a nod to the Beatles’ 1966 compilation album, or the wistfulness of his most-covered ballad. It signals McCartney’s intent: to walk us through the arc of time not as a legend, but as a man who still wakes each morning with a song in his head and a need to understand where it all came from.
### **An Honest Man in a Mythical Life**
What strikes the reader first is McCartney’s tone—casual, self-aware, charmingly Liverpudlian, and unafraid to puncture the myth with a grin. “I never set out to be the last Beatle standing,” he writes early on. “But if you hang around long enough, people start calling you a legend, and eventually, you’
