EM Forster and Syd Barrett form an unlikely bond in the Cambridge of the 60s in a fancy version of fan fiction

From Stuart Maconie romping up the Eiger with Stone Roses to Vivien Goldman having her mind blown by reggae sound systems, writers and editors from four decades of NME delve behind the front pages

Fifty years ago, homosexuality was decriminalised – and pop was never the same again. From Dusty and Motown to Mick Jagger and the Kinks, here are the songs, clubs and clothes that liberated Britain

This exhaustive document of Pink Floyd’s sonic explorations contains some tantalising glimpses of the different paths they could have taken – as well as 15 versions of Careful With That Axe, Eugene

Alan Bissett evokes the whimsy of The Wind in the Willows in his insightful eulogy to Pink Floyd’s wayward genius

‘Syd Barrett swopped his Mini for this Pontiac. But it was too massive to drive and eventually got towed’

An emotional retelling of the Pink Floyd legend's story – with one goose-bumps moment

Who was that tall, thin Irishman intently watching as Syd Barrett or Jimi Hendrix did their thing onstage? Lila O'Forp reveals all

Burley Cross Postbox Theft by Nicola Barker, Syd Barrett: A Very Irregular Head by Rob Chapman and The Life and Opinions of Maf the Dog and of His Friend Marilyn Monroe