Pogues’ hard-living former frontman finds success as an artist

Shane MacGowan has no studio and draws on sick bags' with his wife's lipstick, but Kate Moss has bought his art

Shane MacGowan is bemused and amazed by the positive response to his first London show. I was just blown away by the whole thing," he told the Observer.

His name is a byword for hard living, but this month the renowned former frontman of the Pogues has revealed a hidden talent for drawing. Now the 64-year-old has learned that his Knightsbridge gallery has sold almost all of the work on display and extended the show.