Yoko Ono Talking

by Nick Johnstone

Published 9 January 2006
She's the world's most famous widow, the often maligned, largely mysterious Japanese avant-garde artist whose relationship with John Lennon turned them into a single entitity. JohnandYoko. It took the death of John for he world to warm to her, yet she remains controversial and confrontational, an icon of unpredictability and the most misunderstood figure in the ongoing saga of the greatest pop group the world has ever known. Here's what she has to say about her extraordinary life.

The Clash: 'Talking'

by Nick Johnstone

Published 5 June 2006
Of all the straight talking bands thrown up in the Seventies punk explosion, none talked straighter than The Clash. Fiercely proud of their rebel status, Joe Strummer, Mick Jones, Paul Simonon and Topper Headon rarely wavered in their commitment to spreading a message of social justice through their music. Here's what they said at the time, and after it was over. Author Nick Johnstone presents The Clash, in their own words...Parental advisory note: Explicit contents.

Lou Reed 'talking'

by Nick Johnstone

Published 6 February 2006
Lou Reed has barely been lost for words. Over the past decade, he has re-invented himself, ditching his image as a drug-addicted poet of despair and emerging as a clear thinker whose decadent past is now a distant memory.