The Tournament of Tomfoolery returns after seven years in the wilderness. After a hiatus of seven years, during which time many chaps and chapettes have forgotten how to toss a cucumber sandwich on a plate or ride a bicycle while holding a teacup and saucer, The Chap Olympiad is back on Saturday 18th July, from… … Keep Reading
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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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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
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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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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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
An interview with the great British actor from 2009, shortly before he died aged 89, in which Carmichael recalls working with Terry-Thomas on School for Scoundrels. What is your favourite memory of working on School for Scoundrels?Well, it was a lovely summer when we were working on the tennis matches! And working with Alastair Sim… … Keep Reading