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Grand Flaneur Walk 2026
Full details of this year’s saunter sans purpose, determined by the same principles of flannerie as ever, but with a new starting point. All photos by Soulstealer Photography. The 2026 Grand Flaneur Walk takes place on Sunday 17th May. This will be the sixth incarnation of The Chap’s saunter sans purpose during the Summer (last year… … Keep Reading
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The Belle of Brooklands
Muriel Annie Thompson, the girl from the Granite City who broke records on tarmac at Brooklands and still found time to become a decorated War heroine. Born in 1875 in the Granite City of Aberdeen to Scottish aristocracy, Muriel Anne Thompson was schooled and raised in London where she and her brothers, Walter and Oscar,… … Keep Reading
The Man Who Fled the World
Ten years since the passing of the Thin White Duke, Alexander Larman reflects on the lost years of David Bowie’s life and career. Given how vital it was to his artistic development in the 1970s, there is something oddly fitting in the fact that David Bowie’s final concert proved to be in Germany, in the… … Keep Reading
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The Curé is Departed
A tribute by Gustav Temple to Michael Silver, who left his earthly body on 2nd December 2025. Photo by Clayton Hartley “As a priest I am often asked why we had to endure BBC2’s Desperate Romantics: an attempt, perhaps, at cross-pollinating earlier crowd-pleasers Up Pompeii and Tipping the Velvet, on a Pre-Raphaelite palate? Most objectionable… … Keep Reading
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The Grand Flaneur Winter Walk
Over one hundred flaneurs and flaneuses gathered under inclement skies to take their first bold steps in Winter. Photos by Xavier Buendia Sunday 23rd November 2025 was a day when history was made. Hitherto, the participants in the Grand Flaneur Walk had only had the courage to set forth on the saunter sans purpose under… … Keep Reading
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Welcome to The Founders’ Club
The Chap makes a smooth transition from gentlemen’s periodical to members’ club. When The Chap magazine ceased publication in 2025, we realised that what we had built was so much more than a gentlemen’s periodical. Having hosted a multitude of social events, musical gatherings and public protests against the forces of blandification, we saw that… … Keep Reading