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This was the Chap party of the decade, and anyone who missed it will have to wait another ten years for a party of this magnitude. Taking place within the revolutionary oak-panelled walls of Conway Hall in London’s Red Lion Square, 650 guests assembled to celebrate ten years of Britain’s only gentleman’s journal. Entertainment in [...]
Comments (13)Bowling the Taleban a Googly
Former England cricketer Matthew Fleming is helping to make a difference to the lives of children in Afghanistan by teaching them England’s finest export. Fleming, a 44-year-old former Royal Green Jackets officer, described how he felt compelled to help the grassroots game in the war-torn country. “People were saying they thought we had done our [...]
Comments (17)Titchmarsh in Tweed
Popular children’s entertainer Sir Alan Titchmarsh has revealed a secret penchant for gentlemanly raiment. Mr Titchmarsh, 74, was spotted at this year’s Goodwood Revival wearing a rather fetching tweed ensemble, which would under normal circumstances easily pass muster in any country garden – on the gamekeeper. The lovable horticulturalist, popular with elderly ladies due to [...]
Comments (16)Bon Vivant Keith Floyd Dies after Pudding
Vivacious television chef Keith Floyd has died aged 65 at his Dorset home. The celebrated bon vivant, who paved the way for future cookery programmes, died shortly after a hearty luncheon at a restaurant in Lyme Regis. He had just extinguished one of many post-prandial cigarettes when he suffered a heart attack and passed away [...]
Comments (8)Congratulations: it’s a Whisky
Just as the drinks industry becomes consumed by giant corporations, hell bent on designing unpalatable new alcopops by extensive use of the ‘focus group’ and ‘blue-sky’ marketing twaddle, comes a brand-new independent microdistillery, built from scratch right where Scotch whisky itself was probably invented. Kilchoman, based on the Scottish island of Islay, can lay claim [...]
Comments (1)Piffle Snonkers, Senior Blowers and Vice Garglers
Sounds like the sort of rambling vocabulary one would perhaps associate with the Bonzo Dog Doo-Dah Band or a gibbering madman, but these names actually hold huge significance with the Ancient Order Of Froth Blowers, who this month held their annual ‘Friends Of The Froth Blowers’ Lunch at Simpson’s-in-the-Strand. The Froth Blowers effectively gained life [...]
Comments (1)High Tea over RAF Cosford
An RAF Pilot has broken the world record for looping the loop in an aircraft while drinking a cup of tea. Corporal Stewart Hefti, who recovered from serious leg injuries sustained in Basra two years ago, completed 14 loop-the-loops as a passenger. Flying the plane was former RAF Red Arrows team leader Andy Offer. Due [...]
Comments (8)Second Chap occupies Fourth Plinth
In a thrilling turn of events, a second brave fellow took it upon himself to ascend to the Fourth Plinth in London’s Trafalgar Square. Sebastian Gaunt, whose devotions include the Chap and Victorian traditions, was dressed from head to toe in formal Victorian attire, and was assisted to the Plinth by his valet at six [...]
Comments (3)World’s Most Ethical Panama Hat
A British company has turned the tables on the traditional exploitation of hat weavers in Ecuador. In the past, the straw harvesters and weavers of hats selling for up to £600 in the UK were receiving a pittance, while members further along the food chain were making handsome profits. Carry Somers decided to change all [...]
Comments (3)Chap Makes Triumphant Return to Erstwhile Format
The Chap’s latest issue, hot off the presses, signals a victorious return to the format that proved to be not only the most economically viable to produce, but the most popular with readers, from country squires to Spitfire pilots. The new edition, just like those of yore, fits snugly into the poacher’s pocket of a [...]
Comments (6)Chap on Fourth Plinth
Victor Martinez, a gentleman of Hispanic origins, took the opportunity offered to the entire nation to spend an hour on the empty fourth plinth in Trafalgar Square. As any casual observers will have noted, ninety-nine per cent of the plinth’s occupants have been ill-prepared buffoons vaguely twittering on about some charity or other. Not so [...]
Comments (27)The 2009 Chap Olympiad
The sixth Chap Olympiad was another roaring success. The damp fields of Bloomsbury provided a familiar backdrop to an Olympiad with a few original touches. With no official sponsor, there were no corporate banners looming over the proceedings, and our co-hosts Bourne & Hollingsworth ensured the athletes were kept lubricated with a steady flow of [...]
Comments (39)Stephen Fry Hates Panama Hats
In an exclusive interview in The Chap, legendary actor, raconteur and author Stephen Fry puts forward some frank and unashamed views about headwear, including comments to the effect that Panama hats make him want to vomit. What started as a jovial discussion about the usual Chap matters, in which Mr. Fry waxed in his usual [...]
Comments (40)The Chap Saved by its Readers
In May this year, The Chap launched an appeal to save this gentlemen’s journal from going under, and the response was overwhelming. Donations flooded in from all over the civilised world and countless rousing messages of support were posted. We were genuinely humbled by this, and had no idea how much desire there was to [...]
Comments (102)Mention in Despatches
Those readers of this gentleman’s journal who would like to receive irregular and infrequent updates on affairs Chappist may now do so via our newsletter. These occasional bulletins will inform you of developments in the publication, such as, for example, the recent campaign to save it from ruin. Other notices that you will receive may [...]
Comments (2)Save The Chap
The Chap has launched an emergency campaign to save itself from financial ruin. There is simply not enough in the coffers to publish the June edition, and the harsh reality of the situation is that if the next issue doesn’t go to press, The Chap will cease publication altogether. We have calculated that a small [...]
Comments (41)Tweed Pedal Pushers
Hundreds of cyclists poured along London’s narrow streets one sunny day earlier this year. So what? you ask. This unattractive disruption to one’s perambulation is a daily occurrence, and one has learned to look the other way when cyclists are about, to avoid the glare of their brightly coloured Lycra outfits. But these were not [...]
Comments (15)India’s Facial Hair Cutbacks
India’s legendary moustaches are disappearing as India enters the clean-shaven digital age. The traditional Indian belief that facial hair is a sign of virility is being replaced by fears of a moustache or beard making a young man look older, or even being slightly itchy. Well-known Indian cricket players no longer have facial hair, while [...]
Comments (8)Get Tweed. Wear Tweed. Drive.
Earlier this year, three brave, intrepid and immaculately attired chaps set off on an epic 3,000 mile journey across the Indian Subcontinent. This might not sound so remarkable, with today’s efficient transport methods, except that these foolhardy fellows relied not on rail, motor car or internet transfer, but that vehicle in which gentlemen generally move [...]
Comments (14)Fastest Tache in Britain
A 25-year-old English chap with a superb moustache is building a rocket that will help set a new land speed record. Daniel Jubb is working on the Bloodhound SSC, a rocket-powered car whose makers plan to break not only the current record of 760.343 mph, held by Briton Andy Green, but also to break the [...]
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