It might seem silly to ask Victoria Mary Clarke how she’s doing. When we speak it’s barely two weeks since her husband, the Pogues frontman and musical icon Shane MacGowan, died at the age of 65. They’d known each other for more than 40 years, and been together for most of that time. But, as it turns out, my question is not so daft.
“I’ve actually been doing fine, because I feel like he’s still here,” she says. “Especially when I’m sitting in his chair or looking at his picture, I feel that he’s communicating with me. I can tell him stuff, and I can feel him watching me and being very much with me.”
