Back IssuesBack issues from December 2009, with the exception of issues 50 (Apr-May 2010) to 52 (Aug-Sept 2010), are currently available. These priceless heirlooms are available individually at their original cost of £3.25 (or £3.50 for the more recent ones) plus first-class postage, or they may be purchased as a set of six with one issue bunged in gratis (in other words one pays for five and receives six). A modest sheaf of earlier back issues is also available here. |
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Issue 61 Feb-Mar12
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This Valentine's Day issue focused on love and the ladies, starting with the ultimate Chapette, Diana Dors. We also met Monty Python lady Carol Cleveland and wine connoisseur 'Jolly' Olly Smith. We delved into the intimate history of love letters and gave tips on how to compose them. Elsewhere, we took sartorial tips from tango dancers; gave political agitators a dressing down; investigated the life of Sylvia Brooke, Ranee of Sarawak; brewed up some love potions; re-enacted the Battle of Balaclava at a wedding breakfast; and our new gambling correspondent visited the Cheltenham Festival. |
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Issue 60 Dec-Jan11/12
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This was the dandies issue, with a long interview with Dandy Highwayman Adam Ant. We uncovered some lesser-known snippets about the archdukes of dandyism, Beau Brummell and Oscar Wilde, as well as finding out what some of the lesser-known dandies thought about buttonholes. Elsewhere, we encountered lady dandy the Marchesa Casati; How to be "one-up" over mobile phone users, how to re-enact the Battle of Hastings at a country house party, Viv the Spiv shows how co-respondent shoes can get you into trouble; the history of the smoking jacket; dandy scents, dandy moustaches and dandy hip flasks. | |
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Issue 59 Oct-Novt11
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Our playboys issue was centred around an interview with Sir Roger Moore. We examined the high life of notable playboys such as Ruben Porfirio and Gunther Sachs, as well as their female equivalent, profligate socialite Lady Docker. We shared modern-day playboy Nicky Haslam's anecdotes about Bunny Roger and the Duke of Windsor. Also: the Seersucker Social Club in Washington DC; the patent that changed the cut of neckties; and the Palm Beach Look of the 1950s. You can also discover how to choose the best shaving brush; how to re-enact the Battle of Agincourt on a shoot picnic and why Jenson Button is not a playboy. | |
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Issue 58 Aug-Sept11
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This edition looked in equal measure at a well-dressed youth movement of the 1960s and British aviation. Stephen Wilson provided a detailed history of the Mods, while Barbara Cartland's interest in gliders was discovered in our biography. Phil Daniels, star of Quadrophenia, was the subject of our questionnaire. Elsewhere, we met the last of the gentleman explorers Colonel John Blashford-Snell; we learned what sandals are acceptable for gentlemen; which cocktails were served aboard the Hindenberg Airship; and how to re-enact the Battle of the Nile in a Captain's state room. | |
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Issue 57 Jun-Jul11
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The Chap's Jun-Jul edition tackled the grand theme of the great British out-of-doors. Our photo feature took place at a strange May festival in Hastings, where our roving reporter's first instint was to escape the wild hordes. We tackled the topic of camping and whether it is as suitable a pastime for gentlemen as it was in the Edwardian era. Tristan Langlois re-enacted the Battle of Waterloo among the remnants of a hearty dinner, while Fleur de Guerre guided us through the modern-day battlefields that are music festivals. Also: preppy style; a short history of long trousers; an interview with Robyn Hitchcock; Pimm's No. 1 Cup. | |
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Issue 56 Apr-May11
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The Chap's Apr-May 2011 had gone through a complete design overhaul and featured our brand-new logo. We took an inside trouser-leg look at the burgeoning chap-hop and electro-swing movements, and interviewed Franz Ferdinand's Alex Kapranos. Our American correspondent journeyed to Brazaville to meet the gentlemen of Bacongo, while we looked at the less fun side of living in Africa with a biography of Queen Ranavalona, the mad monarch of Madagascar. Back on home turf, our brand-new advice column from Mr. Bell the Butler was showcased, responding to readers' queries regarding sartorial, etiquette and seduction matters. All this plus C.W. Stoneking, Gordon Bennett, slippery tipples and film noir fashions. | |
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Issue 55 Feb-Mar11
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The Chap showed a rare glimpse of prophesy with this issue, which touched upon the topic of revolution. Just after going to press, the middle east erupted in a series of spirited demonstrations against tyrannical dictators. This issue focused more on the pipe-smoking revolutionaries, chiefly Subcomandante Marcos of the Zapatistas, whose right-hand man was interviewed by our Man in Mexico. With the Royal wedding fast approaching, we offered some sartorial tips to future grooms plus some advice on event management to the happy couple. New Chap writer Sandra Lawrence delved into the sartorial history of Film Noir with particular emphasis on overcoats as cyphers of male power struggles. | |
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Issue 54 Dec10-Jan11
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This issue celebrated Christmas and New Year's Eve and the sartorial implications of the festive period. William Smith chronicled the chequered history of the dinner jacket, while detailed instructions, plus a spot of history, was given on the art of shining one's shoes to perfection. That controversial Tory drinking society, the Bullingdon Club, briefly opened its doors to our probing correspondent. Gustav Temple met unlikely Chap icon John Waters to discuss pencil moustaches, Rei Kawakubo and the Manson Family. Also present in this issue were Cyril Joad, George Orwell and Rydyard Kipling. | |
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Issue 53 Oct-Nov 2010
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This edition delved into the world of spivs, crooks and gangsters. Contents included a detailed history of the pin-striped suit, a biography of that most gentlemanly of villains, Robin Hood, an interview with spivvy Soho tailor Mark Powell, Arbuthnot & Slipper's guide to robbing a casino, the definitive collection of the best-dressed Bond villains, the fall and rise of the American Bourbon industry during Prohibition, the newly-released print of Brighton Rock, plus the racketeering thoughts of Viv the Spiv, who features on the cover. | |
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Issue 48 Dec-Jan 09/10
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This special tenth anniversary bumper edition looked back over the last ten years of anarcho-dandyism to see what The Chap had achieved, if anything. Features included: The Avengers, celebratory cocktails, an interview with Gyles Brandreth, our top five Chaps of the decade as voted for by readers, a biography of Edward VII, how to wear a kilt properly if you are genuinely of Scottish descent, the top five books for Chaps, the definitive rules on formal wear, an interview with Hardeep Singh Kholi, Sebastian Horsley's nominations for the best and worst-dressed Englishmen, plus a look back at Christmas in Kabul, 1879. | |
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Six Back Issues
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The last five available back issues, plus one edition entirely gratis, making a whole year's worth of Chaps. | |