I'm an eccentric!

It's not that often you hear someone describe themselves as 'eccentric'. Publicly at least. While researching my book I found that only the die-hard exhibitionists went out of their way to do this.

Which makes the president of the Formula 1 governing body Max Mosley's description of his private life as 'eccentric' quite interesting. For me at least, as I'm more or less obsessed with the word. It's interesting because it reinforces the idea that for a person or lifestyle to be eccentric it must be within the bounds of common sympathy. It's not taboo.

What I also came to realise is that anyone who actively calls themselves eccentric is almost certainly not, which is why this headline stuck out.

Here's what he looks like,