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Syd Barrett is to be the subject of a new documentary ... story of Brian Wilson and Kurt Cobain and many others in music and art whose explosive creative drives often rest on fragile exuberant ...

Art Garden Health Syd's Garden will open in the grounds of Addenbrooke's Hospital in 2018 Addenbrooke's offered them a plot a year ago - and fundraising got under way. Mr Pyle knew Barrett as a ...

‘Syd’ Barrett was born Roger Keith Barrett in Cambridge ... He was said to be fond of painting, writing and gardening. Pink Floyd ensured he still got regular royalty payments.

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