
Issue 41 OCT/NOV 2009
The Chap's October-November 2009 issue took a gentlemanly stand against street violence. Highlights included:
- An explanation of the history, tenets and practical applications of the 19th century martial art of Bartitsu
- The stirring biography of Colonel George Hangar, 18th century rake, soldier of fortune and eccentric
- Goodwood Revival - a photographic record of this historic festival of tweed
- Amateur Warfare - How to spot the real terrorists among the chaps who are just doing it for fun
- World of Sort - the foreign abomination that is Twenty20 cricket
- Film - the unlikely pairing of a documentary about London with James Mason and a swinging 60s musical romp
- Professional Dress: Priests
- Rum Coves - Neil Ridley on the origins of rum and its linke with the Royal Navy and the gentry
- Star of the original Brideshead Revisited, Nickolas Grace, tackles the Chap questionnaire
- Pyjama Party - Hector Gurgle-Smith on the most elegant way to get through a chilly winter
- Plus: Boris Johnson's trousers, Karl Lagerfeld's teddy bear and Jay-Z