Eugenie Rhodes, a long-time NSC member who has now moved to Tunbridge Wells and consequently seldom makes it to our meetings, has written to inform us that she has started her own answer to the NSC, the Dandy and Connoisseur Club. Harking back to the Georgian era, when her town’s Pantiles area was the place to see and be seen, the club will, like the NSC, offer a monthly meeting with a talk. The inaugural lecture, by “Mr Contrarian”, is entitled Whistler and the Modern World. For details, reservations and dress codes email dandyandconnoisseur@aol.com.