Eugenie Rhodes, a long-time NSC member who has now moved to Tunbridge Wells and consequently seldom makes it to our meetings, 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.

Doors will open for socialising at 6pm, and from 6.30 there will be a talk, The Revamping of British Public Schools in the 19th Century, by Mike Jones, a former schoolmaster at Eton.

For details, reservations and dress codes email dandyandconnoisseur@aol.com.