The very popular £1 Arts Commission Scheme for 2009 is now CLOSED. It (was) free to enter each month and we gave £1 away to the idea which catches takes our fancy. Visit the £1 Art commission scheme full entry details. Below is a summary of applications dates.

Ranging from nettle beer making, fairground filmmaking, plant pot surveys [...]

Can eccentrics change the world?

John Ward: No! – only light bulbs… 
 
When did you make your first eccentric invention and what was it?
 
Circa 1968! - an electric spoon, which I still have!
 
You are considered one of Britain’s most prolific and well known eccentric inventors. Which of your inventions are your most favorite?
 
Too many to think [...]

Here at The Eccentric City we will be updating this website regularly, posting excerpt features, articles originally in hardcopy print.
 
Whilst we don’t prescribe what the content of our editions should include, we always make sure that we feature down to earth genuine (and perhaps unsensational) life stories and personal experiences. So much so, that we [...]