NEWS
Mexican Molly Fish Sports Lip Weasel
Scientists have finally proved that in certain species, like chaps, moustachioed males prove more of a hit with the ladies
Guards to Wear Vegetarian Bearskins
200 years of military tradition is to be wiped out by the daughter of a vegetarian pop star who designs hats for a living
Churchill's Cigar Airbrushed Out
A Second World War museum has doctored a poster of Churchill in an attempt to convince children that he never smoked cigars
World's Most Vulgar Suit Goes on Sale
A Manchester tailor has put the finishing touches to the price tag on a £600,000 two-piece suit
Time Lord Saves Harris Tweed
The latest actor to play the Doctor is reviving the Hebridean tweed industry by wearing a Harris Tweed jacket
English Bats Bowled out by EU
The entire English willow industry is under threat from namby-pamby EU laws governing which chemicals cricket bats are treated with
The One-Armed Cufflink Bandit
A one-armed thief made off with a single gold cufflink from a jewellery shop in Essex
Angostura Anguish for Cocktails
Shocking news from the West Inides indicates that supplies of Angostura Bitters have almost run completely dry
WHAT IS THE CHAP?
The Chap takes a wry look at the modern world through the steamed-up monocle of a more refined age, occasionally getting its sock suspenders into a twist at the unspeakable vulgarity of the twenty-first century.
Since 1999, the Chap has been championing the rights of that increasingly marginalised and discredited species of Englishman - the gentleman. The Chap believes that a society without courteous behaviour and proper headwear is a society on the brink of moral and sartorial collapse, and it seeks to reinstate such outmoded but indispensable gestures as hat doffing, giving up one's seat to a lady and regularly using a trouser press.
What do ties matter, Jeeves, at a time like this?
There is no time, sir, at which ties do not matter.
P.G. Wodehouse
VINTAGE AT GOODWOOD
AM I CHAP?
