The making of Pink Floyd’s 1975 masterpiece was partly a tribute to their former frontman - but when Syd Barrett himself ...

It led to his departure from the band and his eventual return to Cambridge as a semi-recluse. Pink Floyd (from left to right: Roger Waters, Nick Mason, Syd Barrett and Richard Wright) pictured in ...

Get All That, Ant? is one of a number of films about Syd Barrett, who would have turned 70 this year, and Pink Floyd and will premiere on Friday October 21 at the Cambridge Guildhall as part of ...

2. He Became Syd Syd Barrett was born Roger Keith Barrett in Cambridge, England on January 6, 1946. As a teenager, Barrett ...

And when they first met, in Cambridge in the Christmas of 1964, neither could know she would become a rock-solid island of stability in his life. Syd Barrett was just launching on a rocket-like ...

In 1979, Syd returned to Cambridge for good ... Shine On You Crazy Diamond, Barrett, as we all know, turned up at the studio, allegedly unrecognised by the band at first.

Though Mr. Barrett dropped out of the music world in 1972 and lived out his years at his mother’s home in Cambridge, England, his stature and allure never faded. “Syd was the guiding light of ...

The earliest known painting by Pink Floyd founding member, the late Syd Barrett, is going under auction later this month. The painting, a pastel and watercolour work entitled Dried Flowers (which ...

As the spark that launched Pink Floyd into orbit, Syd Barrett left behind a small but unbelievably potent body of work. He was the principal songwriter behind the band’s debut – 1967 ...

An artwork commemorating Pink Floyd legend Syd Barrett is being unveiled in his home city of Cambridge following years of campaigning by fans for a permanent memorial. Why has it taken so long for ...

As Cambridge celebrates the life and work of one its most famous musical sons, BBC News looks at the legacy Syd Barrett left in the city and beyond.

An artwork commemorating Pink Floyd legend Syd Barrett is being unveiled in his home city of Cambridge following years of campaigning by fans for a permanent memorial. Why has it taken so long for ...