William Peter Blatty

William Peter Blatty

Evening Standard, January 1972

Before Bill Blatty began to write The Exorcist he was told by a priest friend that … read more

Muhammad Ali

Muhammad Ali

Evening Standard (October 1971)

Muhammad Ali, stretched horizontally across the three first-class seats of the train compartment, was either asleep … read more

Karlheinz Stockhausen

Karlheinz Stockhausen

Evening Standard, September 1971

I’m sitting in the Albert Hall which, apart from a cluster of technicians around the platform, … read more

James Baldwin

James Baldwin

Evening Standard, July 1971

A chat with James Baldwin can be a pleasant, jokey, easy-going relaxed affair, but an interview … read more

Joe Frazier

Joe Frazier

Evening Standard, June 1971

Right on 6.30 yesterday evening, just three weeks after negotiations for our meeting were begun and … read more

Spike Milligan

Spike Milligan

Evening Standard, June 1971

Spike Milligan reckons he was born a clown – just as some people are born with … read more

MICHAEL CAINE

(Evening Standard,  March 1971)

Michael Caine can speak fluent French. I bet you didn’t know that. He’s also very … read more

Dusty Springfield

Dusty Springfield

Evening Standard, September 1970

Dusty Springfield looks as though she’s playing at doctor-during-consulting-hours sitting in a white walled room at … read more

Ronnie Hawkins

Evening Standard, February 1970

They’d told me that Ronnie Hawkins used to hold parties Nero would have been ashamed to … read more

Joni Mitchell

Joni Mitchell

Evening Standard, January 1970

‘The money you get paid as a singer is all out of proportion. In America they … read more