Marianne Faithfull

My parents were extremely unconventional and I was brought up in a delightful bohemian manner. So I sailed right into swinging London with no problem.

My parents were extremely unconventional and I was brought up in a delightful bohemian manner. So I sailed right into swinging London with no problem.

My parents were extremely unconventional and I was brought up in a delightful bohemian manner. So I sailed right into swinging London with no problem.

Well, my father was a real idealist. After the war, he formed a commune, not like a 60s commune, a 50s or even a 40s commune, more like an Iris Murdoch kind of thing. And the purpose of this place, which was called Braziers Park, was to change the world. And to teach people, only Europeans, he couldn't really go further than that, to live together in harmony so that war would never happen again.

Well, my father was a real idealist. After the war, he formed a commune, not like a 60s commune, a 50s or even a 40s commune, more like an Iris Murdoch kind of thing. And the purpose of this place, which was called Braziers Park, was to change the world. And to teach people, only Europeans, he couldn't really go further than that, to live together in harmony so that war would never happen again.

Well, my father was a real idealist. After the war, he formed a commune, not like a 60s commune, a 50s or even a 40s commune, more like an Iris Murdoch kind of thing. And the purpose of this place, which was called Braziers Park, was to change the world. And to teach people, only Europeans, he couldn't really go further than that, to live together in harmony so that war would never happen again.

And that was my father's mission. My mother was also an idealist in a way, but not quite as serious as my father. And she didn't really like it at Braziers Park. She didn't like living in a commune. And it split up and it... She thought she was marrying an English gentleman, you know, and she thought she would have a much more conventional life.

And that was my father's mission. My mother was also an idealist in a way, but not quite as serious as my father. And she didn't really like it at Braziers Park. She didn't like living in a commune. And it split up and it... She thought she was marrying an English gentleman, you know, and she thought she would have a much more conventional life.

And that was my father's mission. My mother was also an idealist in a way, but not quite as serious as my father. And she didn't really like it at Braziers Park. She didn't like living in a commune. And it split up and it... She thought she was marrying an English gentleman, you know, and she thought she would have a much more conventional life.

She didn't realise she was marrying this wonderful world-class loon. Did you live on the commune at all? I used to go at weekends. I had a wonderful time. What was it like as a girl? There was a farm. I watched calves being born. I had a friend who had a pony. I didn't have anything to do with the commune. I was just out from dawn till dusk.

She didn't realise she was marrying this wonderful world-class loon. Did you live on the commune at all? I used to go at weekends. I had a wonderful time. What was it like as a girl? There was a farm. I watched calves being born. I had a friend who had a pony. I didn't have anything to do with the commune. I was just out from dawn till dusk.

She didn't realise she was marrying this wonderful world-class loon. Did you live on the commune at all? I used to go at weekends. I had a wonderful time. What was it like as a girl? There was a farm. I watched calves being born. I had a friend who had a pony. I didn't have anything to do with the commune. I was just out from dawn till dusk.

And did your father talk to you about the philosophy behind it? No. Not till I got much older. And then I found it very interesting. You know, he used to give courses on Alexander Pope and things like that. Before I wrote my book, he did a course specially really for me on the writing of autobiography.

And did your father talk to you about the philosophy behind it? No. Not till I got much older. And then I found it very interesting. You know, he used to give courses on Alexander Pope and things like that. Before I wrote my book, he did a course specially really for me on the writing of autobiography.

And did your father talk to you about the philosophy behind it? No. Not till I got much older. And then I found it very interesting. You know, he used to give courses on Alexander Pope and things like that. Before I wrote my book, he did a course specially really for me on the writing of autobiography.

No.

No.

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He really helped. He was a really great teacher, you know. He was a professor at Bedford College in London. He taught me a lot. For instance, I learned in his course about autobiography that it was absolutely essential to put dialogue in or it got very boring.

He really helped. He was a really great teacher, you know. He was a professor at Bedford College in London. He taught me a lot. For instance, I learned in his course about autobiography that it was absolutely essential to put dialogue in or it got very boring.