The man who epitomised punk rock: The Pogues' frontman Shane MacGowan was a belligerent former drug addict with a love of cursing and raising hell...but that didn't stop him becoming the unlikely patron saint of Christmas | Daily Mail Online

With his double act with the tragic Kirsty MacColl on 1987 festive hit Fairytale of New York, MacGowan cemented himself into the hearts of millions