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The Teutonic goddess who ‘created’ the Rolling Stones

Of the Stones’ talented wives and girlfriends, Anita Pallenberg contributed most, dictating the band’s style and even how they should remix tracks

29 July 2023

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29 July 2023

9:00 AM

Parachute Women: Marianne Faithfull, Marsha Hunt, Bianca Jagger, Anita Pallenberg and the Women Behind the Rolling Stones Elizabeth Winder

Hachette, pp.288, 25

Feminism? Pfft! Marianne Faithfull practically spat the word at me when I interviewed her in 2017. Then she rowed back, conceding that she’d spent most of her life ‘standing up for women’s rights… I’ve had to.’

In chronic pain with arthritis, she’d struggled into a comfy chair while directing me to squat on the mucky floor at her feet.

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