Issue 39

The Chap's summer issue covered June-July 2008. Highlights included:

• An extended interview with Billy Childish, a man with strong views on Victorians, art, vintage workwear and moustaches
• The tragicomic biographies of those two military blunderers, Lords Raglan and Cardigan
• Citizen Cane: Geoffrey Breeze makes the case for the gentleman's cane as both elegant accessory and self-defence tool
• From Modernists to Hip Hoppers: Donald Twain ponders today's youth tribes
• Philosphy of the Boudoir: Ian Kelly, author of a new biography of Casanova, on the original ladies' man
• Robert Chilcott picks out the gems from the lesser work of David Niven
• Sergeant John P. Taylor on how the decline in police uniforms reflects the decline in moral standards
• Comedian Ben Miller tackles the Chap questionnaire
• Euro 2008 - yet another sporting occasion which the British will not be participating in this year
• Plus: Sartorial Agony, Clarissa's Queries, Am I Chap or Not? and sartorial advice for Darius Danesh.

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