NEWS
After months of speculation, a date has been announced for the fifth annual Chap Olympiad
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The new England cricket kit from Adidas replaces reliable cable-knit wool with something called "ClimaCool"
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Lithuanian Prime Minister Gediminas Kirkilas has been issued a fine for smoking his pipe in a public place
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The Yokohama underground has recurited a new squadron to monitor commuters' manners
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The Arctic Monkeys turned up to receive their Brit Award dressed in country tweeds
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Indian Airlines continues to ban one of its stewards on the grounds of his handlebar moustache
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A new set of guidelines specifically condemns the wearing of ties in hospitals
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Soldiers serving in Afghanistan staged a moustache-growing competition as a break from fighting the Taleban
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The MCC's new president proposes to relax the dress code in the Long Room at Lord's
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A dandy with a rather short temper threatened teenagers with a knife when they mocked his handlebar moustache.
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WHAT IS THE CHAP?
The Chap takes a wry look at the modern world through the steamed-up monocle of a more refined age, occasionally getting its sock suspenders into a twist
at the unspeakable vulgarity of the twenty-first century.
Since 1999, the Chap has been championing the rights of that increasingly marginalised and discredited species of Englishman - the gentleman.
The Chap believes that a society without courteous behaviour and proper headwear is a society on the brink of moral and sartorial collapse, and it seeks to reinstate
such outmoded but indispensable gestures as hat doffing, giving up one's seat to a lady and regularly using a trouser press.
"All men are equal. All men, that is, who possess umbrellas."
E.M. Forster
