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THERE is an episode of The Simpsons in which Moe Szyslak – the grouchy, cantankerous landlord of Moe’s Tavern – is revealed to shut his bar on Wednesdays so that he can read books to sick children and homeless people. So keen is Moe to maintain his grumpy image that when Ned Flanders recognises him and commends his Christian deeds, Moe threatens Ned with murder.

One can see a parallel with the grouchy, cantankerous John Lydon. The sneering, misanthropic face of punk cynicism – the consistently

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