The Eccentric Club

01/10/2026

Read our interview with Clayton Hartley: https://www.theeccentric.co.uk/article/clayton-hartley-speakeasy-by-candlelight

Clayton Hartley, founder of the Candlelight Club, on Jazz Age culture, secret speakeasies, dressing up, cocktails, editing, and his perfectly ordinary, non-eccentric life.

27/09/2026

Read our interview with Stevyn Colgan, the Greatest British Eccentric of 2025: https://www.theeccentric.co.uk/article/the-man-who-wanted-to-know-everything

Stevyn Colgan on policing, Douglas Adams, QI, folklore, eccentricity, his new book Awakenings, and why all you really need is enough.

02/09/2026

A 1908 drawing by the club member, Ernest Jackman, a graphic artist and engraver who worked for the Post Office designing, inter alia, postal stamp designs. This was an illustration for the back cover of the club menu.

01/09/2026

Read our interview with Robin Dutt: https://owlsy.org/A3sk70

Robin Dutt explores Dandyism, art, Warhol, Sebastian Horsley, salons and individuality, revealing why being yourself remains the ultimate Dandy philosophy.

17/08/2026

https://www.eccentricclub.co.uk/magazine/article/mind-that-steinway-in-the-potting-shed

Ty Jeffries, creator of Miss Hope Springs, discusses Lionel Jeffries, Vangelis, cabaret, drag, Wigmore Hall, Hollywood and a lifetime spent making his own art.

16/08/2026

https://www.eccentricclub.co.uk/magazine/article/a-big-bean-in-a-small-can-forty-years-on

Captain Beany celebrates 40 years of eccentricity, from his legendary 100-hour baked-bean bath to charity fundraising, politics and his Great British Eccentric award.

12/08/2026

https://www.eccentric.club/magazine/article/face-the-world-with-a-dandy-stance

Mr.B The Gentleman Rhymer on chap-hop, banjoleles, Sparks, Professor Elemental, The Chap and twenty years of delightfully eccentric music.

12/08/2026

https://www.theeccentric.co.uk/article/there-is-no-such-thing-as-nothing

Meet Colin Shaddick, poet, artist and Eccentric Club Envoy for Devon, on curiosity, creativity, disability, North Devon and finding beauty in the overlooked.

12/08/2026

https://www.theeccentric.co.uk/article/the-third-person

They Are Dandy explores the evolution of modern dandyism through striking portraits and insightful essays, asking who the dandy is today — and who gets to define elegance.

31/07/2026

https://www.theeccentric.net/article/puttin-up-the-brits

Meet Bounder & Cad — Adam Drew and Guy Hayward, the choirboys turned satirical entertainers whose eccentric adventures range from rap battles to Venetian canals.