He emptied his grandfather's shed to build an imaginary chocolate-biscuit machine. Forty years on, he is still doing much the…
One of them wrote a Reformation rap battle between Luther and Leo X. The other canoed under the Rialto singing…
One night at Ferrières: 12 December 1972, an invitation you had to read in a mirror, a château lit to…
He spent sixty years making art out of movement — steel rods that crept in and out of their own…
In the winter of 1973, the future King came through our doors in pursuit of the three silliest men in…
How does an eccentric begin? In this opening chapter of his memoir, Colin reflects on childhood, solitary curiosity and the…
In front, it wasn’t the dunes; in front, was the sea. He ran into the flood. “But I was outside,…
He emptied his grandfather's shed to build an imaginary chocolate-biscuit machine. Forty years on, he is still doing much the…
One of them wrote a Reformation rap battle between Luther and Leo X. The other canoed under the Rialto singing…
For generations, Britain's greatest pubs were remembered not just for their breweries but for the extraordinary personalities behind the bar.…
From a vicar who dressed as a mermaid, preached with nine cats in church and created what became the modern Harvest Festival, to the misunderstood rector…
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Beyond our own club, the flame of eccentricity burns bright across the capital and the Home Counties. So here is…
He took bets on American football from a call centre in Manchester, moved the whole operation to an island in…
In the 1960s, John Blythe recalled growing up in the Eccentric Club founded by his grandfather, Jack Harrison. Half a…
She spent a year at art school under her married name, saying nothing. Then she turned out the lights.
He stuffed a dead pigeon and got the legs on backwards. She waded into the river at Hebden Bridge to…
Wes Anderson had The Royal Tenenbaums. The Eccentric Club knew the Charigs — meet a court jeweller dozing under the…
How does an eccentric begin? In this opening chapter of his memoir, Colin reflects on childhood, solitary curiosity and the…
Colour-drenched walls, mismatched antiques, wallpapered ceilings and curious collections have returned to fashion under the banner of the "Eccentric Aunt."…
One of them wrote a Reformation rap battle between Luther and Leo X. The other canoed under the Rialto singing…
From a vicar who dressed as a mermaid, preached with nine cats in church and created what became the modern…