Everyone thought The Rye a nice pub, though we couldn't have got many more on the sofas. For the first time it seemed like a boys' night out, so it was good to see Rhian Wheeler, whose gallery web project we all want to see materialise. Two arrivistes were Martin Cloake and Chris Essex-Hill. Martin is a production journalist who has been lecturing on multimedia production at the London College of Communications: check him out on his website www.martincloake.com. Chris runs puremacintosh limited, offering consultancy and support for local Apple Mac users. He has caused a new section – IT Support – to be added to the 'Groucho People' list (see right) where his website gives details. Designer Max Holloway, first at the bar, was getting iPhone calls for business even as we started to sink our Guinnesses, and Chris Clack arrived complaining that his art print business was so brisk that it was in danger of feeling like a full time job. Nigel Soper revealed his latest publication, a 192-page book for an exhibition about Queen Victoria and Prince Albert at the Queen's Gallery, opening on March 19. Rob Stone, a fine artist who teaches at Canterbury University was another welcome new Groucher. There was talk of how very senior jobs, even ones with public profiles, can go to completely incompetent people - their glowing references given by fellow workers who can't wait to get rid of them. But whoever said life was fair?
(The gratuitous illustration is by John Karley, a student at the London College of Communications.)
Next Groucho: Wednesday March 24 at The Vale Bar opposite East Dulwich Station.
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