Marco Bruni made a surprise visit to Cape Town, to represent ICG at   a  workshop event to celebrate the 60th birthday of  Roy Maartens. Roy is Professor of Cosmology at ICG in Portsmouth and SKA Professor at the University of Western Cape. For the occasion Marco gave a talk on the birth of ICG, of which Roy was the first director and the driving force behind its development. The whole event had been secretly organised as a surprise  for Roy, who was gobsmacked. In his own words “I was ambushed by my friends and my life partner with a surprise event that I knew nothing of until i walked into the lecture theatre  – you can’t trust anyone these days… But it was really nice to see old friends and hear talks about science and past events. Thanks to all those who sent video and written messages, and special thanks to Chris Clarkson, Ruth Durrer and Marco Bruni for organising it.”