“Seems a novel enough way to commit suicide. Pass me m' pistol. See if I can't bring the blighter down in the lake.”

— Vivian Stanshall

observing a hang glider pilot
Sir Henry at Rawlinson End (1978)

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English musician, artist and author 1943–1995

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