On this day in 1990, Terry-Thomas died at Busbridge Hall Nursing Home in Godalming, Surrey. Something of a Chap icon, in fact more of a spiritual godhead, Terry-Thomas personified the upper-class Englishman with a strong caddish streak. He was born Thomas Terry Hoar Stevens in 1911, changing his stage name to Terry-Thomas in the 1930s, … Keep Reading
Loz Schiavo styled all the hair and make-up on Seasons 1-4 of Peaky Blinders. She has also styled hair and make-up on Tarzan, the Look of Love, Death Comes to Pembley, Anthropoid and many other films. She received a BAFTA nomination in 2015 for her work on Peaky Blinders. You did the hair styling and … Keep Reading
“Wondered if you’d ‘ave the time to assess the sartorial credentials of this dandy in the underworld,” writes London Boy Lou. “What could be more indicative of one’s immense chapability than writing about oneself in the third person, eh?” A decent command of the English language? However, we are actually impressed both by Mr. Boy … Keep Reading
The Chap Magazine is launching in the United States in Autumn 2018. From 20th September, the Autumn edition of The Chap will be available in selected branches of Barnes & Noble in all the major cities of the USA. Will American chaps enjoy the publication? We believe they will, for there are already thousands of … Keep Reading
Recently discovered in the vaults of the New Sheridan Club, this highly rare early edition of The Chap dates from 2003 and marked a turning point for the Anarcho-dandyist movement. Within its pages was announced the first uprising in the Tweed Revolution on 16th October 2003. To further this revolutionary opening salvo, a sheet of … Keep Reading
An alternative design to our three vintage designs for this gift set features The Chap logo in dark blue on a metal tin with a removable lid. The contents are precisely the same: one Chap Cravat, one silk pocket square, a pair of Chap Cufflinks and a Chap lapel badge. The cost of the gift … Keep Reading
An extremely rare early edition of The Chap from 2005, when it was still an A5 mono publication only available in discreet locations, such as backstreet tobacconists and louche gentlemen's clubs. Contents include Pipe Smoking advice, an interview with former Sex Pistol Edward Tudor Pole, Medlar Lucan's Decadent Kitchen, Borin Van Loon's cartoon serial A … Keep Reading
The Chap finally secured an interview with masked wresting legend Kendo Nagasaki, a rather tall order for a man who never speaks. The mysterious zen Buddhist spoke about the decline of British wrestling, the meaning of wearing a mask and his occult beliefs. Elsewhere, Gustav Temple visits the tomb of Beau Brummell in Caen, Vic … Keep Reading
Miami greets the arriving driver with a glittering cluster of skyscrapers flanked by bright blue sea. As soon as the heart of the city has caught your attention, you’re in it, cruising through mid-town Miami with the buildings getting taller and taller and the sea coming nearer, like the opening scene of a disaster movie … Keep Reading
There are a few cities in the world that carry so much weight of expectation and legend that you get goose bumps down your spine when you come in to land, but nothing had prepared me for the thrill of the pilot’s announcement on this Iberia flight: “Ladies and gentlemen, we are about to descend … Keep Reading
Portofino – diminutive and sublime – has long been on the summer trail of the terminally chic. It is, after all, the perfect expression of the Ligurian coast, its soft multi-hued building facades guarding, sentry-like, the sunlight-accented azure waters upon which a collection of yachts bob up and down, their unhurried skippers lounging upon spotless … Keep Reading
A new theatrical production about Bletchley Park has opened in London. Mechanical Thought’s hit immersive show Illicit Signals Bletchley is the first production of the year from Colab Factory. Running throughout January, audiences will be transported to Bletchley Park in war torn 1940s Britain, where they will work alongside historical codebreakers to crack Enigma messages and uncover war-winning secrets. Step back in time to 1940s Bletchley Park, where men and women, both young and old, cracked German codes and unveiled enemy secrets, but these men and women kept secrets of their own, both from each other and from the public.…
You cannot miss Boisdale of Belgravia. The strawberry-red frontage stands out like a Highland hunting lodge amid the upmarket estate agents (a set at Albany for £4.3 million, anyone?) and the fly-by-night delicatessens that look like reckless gifts from hedge-fund managers to their trophy wives. En route to our lunch appointment we paused to pay homage to the good old days of Belgravia by admiring the plaque outside Lord Boothby’s house of ill repute on Eaton Square. Once installed at the Macdonald bar under the friendly auspices of a jovial Scottish barman, we were introduced to the modest selection of…
On this day in 1990, Terry-Thomas died at Busbridge Hall Nursing Home in Godalming, Surrey. Something of a Chap icon, in fact more of a spiritual godhead, Terry-Thomas personified the upper-class Englishman with a strong caddish streak. He was born Thomas Terry Hoar Stevens in 1911, changing his stage name to Terry-Thomas in the 1930s, after trying less successful pseudonyms such as Thomas Terry and Mot Snevets (an anagram of Tom Stevens). An early attempt to disguise his dental diastema was abandoned, when he realised that the gap between his front teeth could actually benefit his image. He added to…
Paul French, author of City of Devils, takes us on a walking tour of Old Shanghai, recounting the tales of decadence, opium and freebooting of the 1930s and what remains of that era in modern Shanghai In its heyday, Shanghai was the real deal when it came to anonymity – a chap could walk down the gangplank from his ocean liner, step onto the majestic sweeping Bund waterfront, stroll nonchalantly over to the disinterested customs man and proffer any name he cared to. No-one in Shanghai wished to see a passport, nor did they require a visa, nor could they…
