Gustav Temple recalls a near encounter with by far The Chap’s most singular columnist. 2004 was a busy year for The Chap, then five years into publication. The Sheridan Club held its very first meeting at the Wheatsheaf in Fitzrovia, a letter from Captain Rosco ‘Biscuits Fruit’ van Noote won the best letter competition in… … 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
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Zack Pinsent has been around the Chap since he was 17 years old and, when he had just left school, and has now become a very successful maker of Regency clothing, as well as organiser and host of the Grand Regency Ball at Brighton’s Royal Pavilion. So here we are in your Brighton tailoring atelier,… … Keep Reading
The Chap meets the star of a new live comedy show opening at Edinburgh Fringe this August, who greets the public outside chain stores in his spare time. Visitors to such salubrious establishments as B&Q, Wilko, Wetherspoons, Waitrose and TK Maxx recently may have enjoyed a cordial greeting as they entered, from a chap dressed… … Keep Reading