We begin at the beginning according to Liz Calder, Groucho s inventor. Liz s friend and fellow publisher and founder Carmen Callil called her "probably the most magnificent of the generation of women who changed things; who moved the centre of the universe, of vision, and gave it a jolt." The opening of the Groucho Club in 1985 was a part of that jolt. Dreamt up by a group of publishers as an alternative to stuffy gentleman s clubs who wanted somewhere to meet and relax, they approached Anthony Mackintosh owner of "The Zanzibar" a members bar in Covent Garden and Restaurant 192. Tony and his...