Gilmour

As moving as Kes… the tale of how troubled Charlie Gilmour was healed by a thieving magpie

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Featherhood Charlie Gilmour W&N £16.99 Rating: Like many children, Charlie Gilmour never had much success with goldfish and hamsters and mice. ‘No matter what you do, it seems like they always end up in the same place: a shoebox at the bottom of a shallow grave.’ Charlie with his pet magpie, Benzene. Benzene’s bad habits were … Read more

Abandoned as a baby, Charlie Gilmour struggled until a magpie helped him fly free of his demons  

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BOOK OF THE WEEK  Fatherhood by Charlie Gilmour (Weidenfeld £15.99, 288 pp) Featherhood, it would be tempting to say, is where Helen Macdonald’s H Is For Hawk meets Gerald Durrell’s My Family And Other Animals. But Charlie Gilmour’s memoir is so original and ingeniously wrought, it stands on its own as a book to which … Read more

Pink Floyd’s Roger Waters launches scathing attack on bandmate David Gilmour 

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Pink Floyd founder Roger Waters has launched a scathing attack on David Gilmour after he was refused access to the band’s social media sites. In a video message on Twitter, the 76-year-old rocker hit out at David, 74, claiming the guitarist had taken over the band and former members such as himself were no longer allowed to contribute. … Read more

Neighbours blast Pink Floyd legend Dave Gilmour builders continue to work on his seafront home

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Just another brick in the wall: Neighbours blast Pink Floyd legend Dave Gilmour as ‘irresponsible and entitled’ as builders continue to work on his £2.5million seafront home despite lockdown The rock star has been branded ‘irresponsible and entitled’ by his neighbours  The team of builders is putting the finishing touches to the property in Hove … Read more