Thurs 23rd Aug, Alan ‘Howlin Laud’ Hope was a guest at the ‘Eccentric Club of Great Britain‘  in London, in Mayfair. He says “it was a very illustrious do.. with some fine dining, and particularly fine people. Must thank Martin Jupson for the invite. Martin is one of our newer members,  ‘Lord Elpus the Second’,  but lo and behold Martin Hogbin was also there, Martin stood for the Loony Party in last General Election in Surrey East and polled 422 votes. Must say a very interesting evening, I spoke about our forthcoming conference and was very much surprised that Rob Lowe showed up, Rob is the author of ‘The Eccentric Universe’  a much acclaimed piece of writing. He gave me a personally signed autographed copy of which once read will go into our Loony Archives !”