The NSPCC (National Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children) is the UK's leading charity specialising in child protection and the prevention of cruelty to children. They have been directly involved in protecting children and campaigning on their behalf since 1884. This Wednesday, November 6th, , the NSPCC release a set of Christmas Cards, entitled "The Twelve Days Of Christmas", each featuring a verse from the famous carol. The photos have been taken by acclaimed royal and society photographer, Lord Lichfield. All the participants - stars of sport, fashion, music, TV and politics - gave their time for free, for the cards which are being sold through UK branches of Woolworth at £4.99 a set.

Apart from being a very good cause, the twelfth day is interesting to readers of this site. Being "Twelve drummers drumming", it features the following: Mick Avory (The Kinks), Roger Taylor (Duran Duran), Kenney Jones (The Who), Rob Green (Toploader), Dave Rowntree (Blur), Roger Taylor (Queen), Caroline Corr (The Corrs), Dylan Jones (Earth Sauce), Eds Chester (The Bluetones), Darren Mooney (Primal Scream), Jon Brookes (The Charlatans)... oh, and Nick Mason! All are dressed in black (with the exception of Caroline Corr). Go and buy a set today!

Recently, Kylie Minogue, Nelly Furtardo, Foo Fighter frontman Dave Grohl, Spooks, and Embrace were amongst the stars who autographed 10 guitars that Yamaha had donated for auction in aid of the NSPCC FULL STOP Campaign.

NSPCC National Appeal Board member Nick Mason was there to accept the guitars on the NSPCC's behalf. Nick said: "I'm sure the guitars will attract lots of bidders and I hope that if all goes well Yamaha will be back with a signed drum kit that I can bid for!"

Capitol Records have confirmed to us that in a parallel to the UK, David Gilmour In Concert will be broadcast in edited format on US TV (VH1 Classic) on the day of release of the DVD and VHS, November 5th, along with an exclusive one-on-one interview with David. Now, the press release in full from Capitol:

The Customs House Theatre in South Shields, the north of England, held on Saturday (October 26th) an exhibition of long-time Floyd friend and artist, Storm Thorgerson. The walls were decked with various pieces of artwork (going up the stairs to the gallery) relating to his work with Pink Floyd, together with other original works. Arranged at very short notice, it included a public appearance by Storm between 2pm and 5pm to sign anything thrust towards him. Posters were on sale at GBP10, together with variously priced original artworks...