Hang on, my love, and grow big and strong

Iggy Pop writes to a troubled fan

Photo: Getty Images.

It took nine months for Iggy Pop to reply to then-21-year-old Laurence’s fan letter, but really the timing couldn’t have been more perfect as on the morning his thoughtful note did arrive at her home in Paris, Laurence’s family were being evicted by bailiffs. Laurence recalls that moment back in 1995:

By the time I finished I was in t…