.... which is all just classic rock star, leather trousered guy narcisism writ large. Like Larkin and Pound and a whole host of middle aged English creators the fear of the "other" kicks in around the same time as a major upheaval in their personal lives or when creative, physical or psychic powers are waning. Homophobia and misogyny (which is a joke coming from someone who does what he does for a living) is hardly either faith or race specific.