In truth, Yoko Ono has a vast and somewhat unnerving back-catalogue. Some of it ("Cut Piece") demonstrates real genius, while other pieces (many of the arty statements she makes on Twitter, for example) can feel a tad trite and vacuous. But in the presence of the work itself, much of it performance art that can only be experienced in the moment, one feels somewhat overwhelmed.

I was at a gig in south London last week when, so to speak, my day job popped up. One minute I was "chillaxing" (as I believe the kids and the prime minister like to say) to some genial indie rock, the next ... I'm listening to a longish poem about Russian authoritarianism.

Yoko Ono has long been thought of as a divisive figure, the butt of countless jokes about breaking up the greatest band of all time. The irony, of ...

The life of Yoko Ono, who turns 80 today, can be divided into four distinct parts, each of which regarded separately would mark her out as unusual. Co...

Yoko Ono has described the break up of the Beatles as a 'divorce' between her late husband John Lennon and Paul McCartney, saying the split happened b...

Sir Paul McCartney has revealed that it was difficult having Yoko Ono sit on the recording sessions of the Beatles, but that he never blamed her for t...

Had he lived, John Lennon would have celebrated his 72nd birthday today. The former Beatle who penned the peace-loving classic Imagine, was shot d...

John Lennon was not always the angel people like to think he was. Since his death and canonisation little has been said about his bouts of questionable behaviour. In his formative years he had more than his fair share of fisticuffs.