The Backpages Interview: Marianne Faithfull

ON A SUNNY evening in the fair city of Dublin, Marianne Faithfull pads about her kitchen, barefoot in a denim skirt, preparing a rack of lamb for dinner. "I didn’t manage to do fashion queen today," she says. "Sorry, but I thought you’d have to take me as I am... I should have put high heels on, but I couldn’t face it."