Sheffield. March. 2010.

At a sold-out 600 capacity venue, the crowd eagerly await this live In Conversation with poet and artist, Patti Smith, who is touring with her recently released book, Just Kids.

She arrives just one minute to stage time and tells John: ‘ask me anything’.

This funny and highly emotive interview digs deep into the proto-punk scene in New York as well as the loving relationship she had with artist Robert Mapplethorpe.

John remembers his meeting with Patti and her true free spiritedness in the article here.

This episode contains swearing.