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Eccentricity in the Blood
In the 1960s, John Blythe recalled growing up in the Eccentric Club founded by his grandfather, Jack Harrison. Half a…
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Outside World
The Name Above the Door
For generations, Britain's greatest pubs were remembered not just for their breweries but for the extraordinary personalities behind the bar.…
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Literature & Arts
Beau Brummell’s Most Famous Retort
Beau Brummell transformed elegance into an art form and wit into a weapon. Friend and rival of the Prince Regent,…
Features
How Eccentric is Downing Street?
Long before Downing Street acquired its latest occupant, Britain had entrusted its fortunes to an extraordinary procession of tree-fellers, tricyclists,…
Obituaries
Obituaries
Gary Bowman (1952-2020)
He took bets on American football from a call centre in Manchester, moved the whole operation to an island in…
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Travel
A Home for Fallen Buildings Turns 100
A Welsh estuary wearing Mediterranean colours, a Jacobean ceiling rescued from demolition, a stone ship, Noël Coward, The Prisoner and…
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Events
A Clock That Makes Tea
What separates a visionary invention from a ridiculous one? - Discover at Eccentric Contraptions at Nuneaton Museum & Art Gallery,…
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Literature & Arts
Early Warning Signs
How does an eccentric begin? In this opening chapter of his memoir, Colin reflects on childhood, solitary curiosity and the…
History
A Prince Among Goons
In the winter of 1973, the future King came through our doors in pursuit of the three silliest men in…
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Outside World
The Freedom of the Peculiar: Vote on London's Most Eccentric Borough
We have shortlisted five contenders for London's most eccentric borough — and then decided to let you be the judge.…
Outside World
The Last Eccentric Ball?
One night at Ferrières : 12 December 1972, an invitation you had to read in a mirror, a château lit…
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Editor at the Roost
Lives and Portraits of Remarkable Characters
A short history of The Eccentric - its editors, its publishers, and why, after more than fifty years and three…
Outside World
Strange Measures: Thirteen Eccentric Cocktails
From Victorian porter heated with a red-hot poker to a cocktail garnished with a mummified human toe , thirteen drinks…
Outside World
The Aunt Is Not For Sale
Colour-drenched walls, mismatched antiques, wallpapered ceilings and curious collections have returned to fashion under the banner of the "Eccentric Aunt."…
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Literature & Arts
The mermaid in a dog collar
From a vicar who dressed as a mermaid, preached with nine cats in church and created what became the modern…