Just published is the latest issue (number 32 - cover date December 2018) of the Pink Floyd fanzine "Heyou" run by our friends over at the Italian website of the same name. The 52-page dual language magazine (in Italian and English), which is published every six months or so, catches up with things in the Floyd world.

The magazine has as its two major focuses, Roger Waters performing live as part of his Us + Them 2018 tour in Milan, Italy, and Nick Mason's Saucerful Of Secrets - in particular their pub gigs in May this year. The Waters in Milan piece is a review of the show, taking in every aspect, from arriving at the venue, greeted by bootleg t-shirts and scarves, through each song in the show.

The principal part of the analysis of Nick Mason's Saucerful Of Secrets is a review of the Half Moon, Putney show of May 23rd - the middle show of the three performed there. There's also an interview with Nick conducted by Rock Cellar, which Heyou reprints with an Italian translation too.

Elsewhere there is an article about a Floyd exhibition staged in Padova by the Floydseum, focused on the band's Italian shows. There's also a review of AyseDeniz Gokcin's concert with The Echoes Acoustic Experience, and a reprint (again with an Italian translation) of the press explanation of the story of Roger's The Soldier's Tale release.

As with most issues of Heyou, there's a chronological look at things that have happened in the last few months in the news pages, ranging from various magazines published with Floyd content, to re-issues, books published, and more.

More details of the Heyou fanzine can be found at www.heyou.it/fsubscrbd.html, where you can get individual copies, and subscription enquiries (four issues costing 35 euros within Europe, and 45 euros outside Europe) should go to This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it - make sure you mention Brain Damage when you write!

Our thanks to Seamus Enright from The Anglo Celt newspaper, a weekly publication in Cavan, Ireland, for sharing with us the following story and pictures. You can see the original story at AngloCelt.ie.

The artwork in question goes up for auction tomorrow in a sale at Bonhams in London with a guide price of £3000-5000, alongside some other Pink Floyd items, including a marching hammer animation cel, a couple of the Floyd's touring flight cases, and a contact sheet print from A Momentary Lapse Of Reason's cover photo shoot.

Syd's artwork though is arguably the prime item amongst them, and below, you can find out the background to its recent discovery... UPDATE: the painting sold for £8150 (€9003) on December 11th at Bonhams.

A local antique dealer has had an incredible brush with luck after a €50 painting bought at auction was found to be the work of Pink Floyd's Syd Barrett, and could be worth up to five figures.

Maggie Mathews of the ironically-named 'Junk' in Virginia, [County Cavan, Ireland], says she was drawn to the roughened composition of a young girl when perusing items at one of Dublin's weekly bric-a-brac auctions.

"It was her eyes that drew me in. She was sitting on a table, filthy and covered in dust, as if you weren't supposed to see her really," Maggie explains, of a painting that otherwise could have been destined for the dump.

Just announced is a UK radio broadcast which should be worth tuning into on Boxing Day (December 26th).

The BBC's Radio 4 continue their Soul Music series on that day, with a show to be aired at 9am UK time (and repeated at 9:30pm the same day) taking a detailed look at Shine On You Crazy Diamond.

The series is an analysis of pieces of music that have a powerful emotional impact, and in this edition, David Gilmour recalls the day that Syd Barrett unexpectedly appeared at Abbey Road Studios when the Floyd were recording Wish You Were Here, and talks about the song which bookends the album.

Other contributors will also discuss what makes the song so special for them. After broadcast, it will be available as a podcast on the BBC Sounds app, or via their website.

Some news for (principally) our French speaking friends - there's a recently published Pink Floyd book which may be of interest to them.

The book, "Pink Floyd - Which One's Pink?" was published in France on October 18th, by Le Mot et le Reste publishers, and written by Alexandre Higounet. Whilst we've not seen a copy of it, the synopsis of the book is as follows:

"How can Pink Floyd's music be precisely defined? How can its evolution be explained over time? The author offers an original reading grid to understand its mechanism and deep essence. Built from a detailed analysis of each member's contributions, the book defines what makes the Floydian sound so emblematic, as well as it shows that far from being the result of chance, the various evolutions of Pink Floyd's music actually meet a specific logic, akin to musical tectonics where Rick Wright's place is far more central than the often mentioned Waters-Gilmour partnership."

The book is written in French, and can be ordered from Amazon Canada, Amazon France, Amazon UK, Amazon.com, Amazon Germany, Amazon Spain and Amazon Italy or directly from the publishers.