Wong, who came of age in the 1960s and died of AIDS in 1999, was deeply, unreconstructedly countercultural.

The largest of all the apians is the humble-bee, or humming-bee (Bombus).

It is allowed that his tones are full and soft, and that his performance called to mind that of the celebrated Rhode; […]

“For the most part I knew the songs were not gonna be used in their entirety,” he [Graham Coxon] adds, “so I did mini versions – intro, verse, chorus, instrumental, out. It was an SAS job – very funsize, like a little chocolate bar.”