Obituaries
Obituaries
Benedict "Ben" le Vay (1953-2022)
He judged the Club's Greatest British Eccentric of the Year award in 2009, and went on insisting to the end…
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Outside World
The High Wheel Turns Again
Once dismissed as a Victorian curiosity, penny farthing racing has become a fiercely competitive international sport, with new records falling…
Literature & Arts
A Week of Foreign Weather
In which the author endures seven days of a temperature absolutely unacceptable for Oxfordshire, and tries everything to escape, overcome…
Literature & Arts
Village Voices: “Children should be seen and not heard.”
Early Warning Signs, Part 3. Before screens, schedules and constant supervision, childhood meant wandering wherever curiosity led. In this evocative…
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Outside World
Fancy A Margarita for Your Inconvenience?
A Soho pop-up proposes a novel monetary system — your worst grievance, redeemed at the counter for a cocktail. A…
Literature & Arts
They Turned Out to Be My Friends
A personal recollection of representing The Eccentric Club in Devon by our member Colin Shaddick, who won one of The…
Outside World
The River's Wife
When Meg Avon married the River Avon in 2023, many dismissed it as performance art. Three years later, after becoming…
Literature & Arts
Sid The Adventurer
Who is Sid? Meet the eccentric cartoon character born from imagination, ADHD, creative frustration and the very human fear of…
Literature & Arts
The Tin Roof Symphony
Early Warning Signs, Part 2 . A corrugated tin roof, a wooden bench and the sound of rain become the…
Literature & Arts
Slide Back the Air
In this short reflective memoir, Colin (as Sid) discovers the value of solitude, long walks and quiet observation, revealing how…
Literature & Arts
Expressing Random Thoughts
More Artworks by Colin Shaddick
Literature & Arts
The Twitcher
I’ve always loved sketching. Much of my childhood was spent doing just that.
Literature & Arts
On A Cold Step
A new poem by Colin Shaddick.
Literature & Arts
Sid’s World
A series of light-hearted, whimsical images about Sid, a character invented by Colin Shaddick.
Literature & Arts
An Unsentimental Question in the Night
In front, it wasn’t the dunes; in front, was the sea. He ran into the flood. “But I was outside,…