Heaven knows I'm miserable over this John Lewis ad

What irks me is that the Smiths allowed a song so clearly about non-material values to be used to part us from our cashWell, once Bob Dylan had cracked and allowed Love Sick to appear in the service of Victoria's Secrets, it was bound to happen: artists, even the ones we might most expect to hold out, can't live on fresh air. But on Friday lunchtime, the line was crossed when John Lewis released its Christmas advert and split, perhaps forever, legions of Smiths fans.Over one of the condensed fe...

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