Regular readers will know that the Chap Olympiad is a major event in my summer. This year marked my sixth (I think, possibly seventh) excursion to the Chappist field of dreams and the fourth year of wearing matching outfits with my dear Vintage Mafia. We have worn Heyday Fleur dresses (twice) and Miss Bamboo, but…
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Goodwood Revival x The Chap 2013
A few weeks ago now, I headed to the depths of Sussex with a merry band of Chap Magazine regulars, to take part in the Goodwood Revival 2013. I don’t think the pictures need much waffle from me. Take it away! Aside from the Chap stuff, there is SO much going on. I didn’t go…
Field of Chap Dreams
I just did a double-take at the calendar because it’s now been over a month since the glorious Chap Olympiad and over 10 days since my last confession. I mean blog post. The whole of the last week was a complete write-off due to me undertaking a solid week of film extra work. I’ve been…
The Chap vs The Goodwood Revival #2
I hope you’ve been on the edges of your proverbial seats waiting for this second instalment of my adventures at Goodwood Revival? No…? Oh well. Here it comes anyway! On Saturday, I risked life and limb in my very own Chap Olympiad duathlon – Three Legged Trouser Limbo, in which Mr Marlowe and I weren’t…
The Chap vs The Goodwod Revival #1
This weekend saw the return of every vintage-lover’s Mecca, the grand, the glorious, the downright great Goodwood Revival. I was there reprising, for what will surely be the last time this year, the Chap Olympiad, that legendary celebration of non-sporting silliness. We performed three times each day, not leaving much time for looking around, but…
Olympic Cha(m)pions
Sweet mother of pearl, where have the last two weeks gone? I’ve been so unfeasibly busy filming an advert and being a stand-in on a film (which have both been exciting), that I’ve barely sat down at my computer to compose a post. As such I’m now going to be playing catchup and posting some…
Olympic Dreams
There’s a little event going on in London Town that you may have heard about. It’s the ‘Other’ Olympics – not those far superior games that make up the Chap Olympiad, but the Games of the XXXth Olympiad, also known as London 2012. It’s fair to say that opinion has been divided around the games….
The Other Olympics
Cor blimey Mary Poppins, it’s been a busy week. I spent two days working for The King’s Ginger at Imbibe Live, a massive annual drinks show; then this weekend dawned, which was possibly THE most epic in recent memory. I am going to be doing a massive post on the running side of it, with…
Egg Sarnies and Beer
“So, tell me straight,” came a Northern voice from across the table. “Have you had as bad a time this year as last year?” It was 11pm on Sunday night, and after two days (well, one day and an evening) of working for The Chap Magazine at this year’s Vintage by Hemingway on London’s Southbank,…
Damp Tweed & Firm Resolve
Oh the wonderful, wet Chap Olympiad. If you’re not in the UK and a believer in stereotypes, then you’ll probably be completely unsurprised to hear that the weather this summer has been inclement. But it really has been exceptionally so this year – worse than any in recent memory. We knew the forecast for last…