The new issue of UK specialist magazine, "Record Collector", cover date December 2003, is now on sale, and features a large article of huge interest to Floyd fans.

Since posting the story below yesterday about Snowflake, the albino gorilla who was the star of Roger's "What God Wants" video, the news has now come through that he has sadly passed away. Barcelona city officials said on Monday (yesterday) that Snowflake's condition had worsened rapidly over the past few weeks. Zoo director Jordi Portabella said vets finally decided to put Snowflake down early on Monday to spare him further pain. Snowflake's fans have been filing past his cage to say goodbye since learning that his death was imminent.

We've had a large number of concerned enquiries as to the current condition of Storm Thorgerson. We are in contact with a close personal friend of Storm's, who has been visiting him in hospital on a weekly basis. Storm is still in a London hospital, and his friend said: "he is in reasonably good spirits; there's certainly no problem with his intellect which is as sharp as ever!"

There is no definite date for him to leave hospital yet. We asked his friend to pass on everyone's continued good wishes to Storm... take care Storm, we're thinking of you.

The BBC news website has another sad story for Roger Waters fans. The rare albino gorilla, called Snowflake, who appeared in Roger's video for "What God Wants", and who has enchanted visitors to Barcelona Zoo for decades, is dying of skin cancer. Snowflake has been at the zoo since being captured by a hunter in Equatorial Guinea in 1966. He is believed to be 38-40 years old - around 80 in human terms. He is expected to live for only a few months. Vets have known since 2001 that the albino gorilla has the disease, but it has suddenly progressed.

Snowflake (Copito de Nieve in Spanish) is thought to be the world's only living white gorilla. "Being albino, he's very sensitive to the sun," said the zoo's chief vet, Jesus Fernandez. "Though we've tried our best to protect him this is an incurable, progressive disease, and it will follow its natural course. We don't know how long he'll live, but probably not more than a few months." The zoo has promised to ensure that Snowflake has a "dignified death".