United Kingdom, March 23 -- Sir Paul McCartney mended his friendship with John Lennon by bonding over their shared love of baking.

The pair's relationship became frosty around the time of the Beatles split in 1970 but Paul has now opened up about how the childhood friends grew close again in the years after the break-up.

Speaking in new Audible's new Words + Music, series The Man on the Run, Paul explained the pair started talking about fatherhood after John welcomed son Sean in 1975 and they went on to bond over bread. He said: "Eventually we were actually able to talk to each other instead of [arguing] ...

"It was more chatting about what we were doing. John had had Sean so he was now the father of a young baby so we would talk about...