Greg Dyke’s BBC dynasty annihilated TV wrestling. Was its TV demise inevitable or was there room for a newfound renaissance within the sport? After the cessation of British wrestling on ITV, the American shows exploded all over Sky television, so there was definitely scope to reinvent British wrestling. I tried to do this with a… … Keep Reading
When you first chose the name Slim Jim Phantom and became the drummer in the Stray Cats, did you realise that you’d never be able to gain weight or lose your hair? I have the same name as my father, as is the practice with the NYC Irish nobility. His nickname is Big Jim, so… … Keep Reading
You do not have to be a 1920s gangster to dress like a Peaky Blinder. Rather than risk life, limb and constantly having your pub blown up, why not saunter about the not-so-mean streets of contemporary Small Heath, or any other pleasant heath in the world, wearing the sort of togs that once caused ripples… … Keep Reading
It isn’t Howard Mitchell’s fault that he resembles Nigel Farrage a little too much for comfort. And it isn’t his fault that the most stylish location he could find was a hotel chain in Harrogate. All of this can be overlooked because he is quite certainly, from the break on his trousers to his self-tied… … Keep Reading
Mr. Kent has unsuccessfully combined the Peaky Blinders look with the lady-from-Essex-at-Ascot look. The amusement of the ladies sharing his patch of grass is not shared by this publication. … Keep Reading
“Could go either way of course,” writes Jonathan Keys-Massey. “However, I rather think I might be. Surely the proximity to a Spitfire alone qualifies me?” So If I go and stand near the Eiffel Tower, does that make me a Frenchman? Nice titfer, though. … Keep Reading
“I recently visited the new photo studio of my dear friend and professional photographer Tore Myrstad,” writes Aleksander Skjæveland Larsen. “He invited my bicycle up as well for an impromptu photo shot, which I could not decline.” Thank goodness for Norwegians. … Keep Reading
Major Blunder probably thinks it is a matter of course that he is declared a Chap. And in one sense he is right – there is nothing intrinsically wrong about his clothing and his facial hair. It’s just that he looks like the sort of fellow who, one day, might turn a sleepy village in… … Keep Reading
Sunday Swift: In some ways, silent film star Louise Brooks has much in common with Jackie Kennedy Onassis (the subject of my previous Dandizette profile): each were highly intelligent and strong-willed women who became trapped in a world they longed to escape. Louise once said, “There is no other occupation in the world that… … Keep Reading
A selection of recommended books currently in print which Chaps and Chapettes might find to their liking. HOW TO BE CHAP How To Be Chap (2016) is a large-format hardback tome chronicling the entire history of The Chap, from its humble beginnings as a discreet gentlemen’s pamphlet, through all its public protests and… … Keep Reading
You’ve seen him here, you’ve seen him there – that Chap who flows through life like a shark in the water. with barely a ripple. The embodiment of sartorial elegance and purposeful intelligence, an individual so elevated as to be almost beyond envy and beyond desire. To observe him is to sit in the silence… … Keep Reading
