The Chap´s Christmas 2010-January 2011 issue toys with a sprig of holly in its cocktail to examine:
- New Year´s Resolutions - Arbuthnot & Slipper´s wise counsel on avoiding making rash decisions while high on champagne
- John Waters - Gustav Temple meets the ´´Pope of Trash´´ and finds out his curious name for cravats
- The history of the dinner jacket, which is 150 years old this year!
- Camilla de Coverly Veale journeys to Burma to find the legacies of Kipling and Orwell
- Michael ´´Atters´´ Attree on the Christmas moustache
- ´´Behind You!´´ The story within a story that led to today´s pantomime
- The biography of lecherous fare dodger and people´s philosopher, Cyril Joad
- Smoking - what to bring out of the secret pipe rack at Christmas in order to awe one´s fellow parytygoers
- Neil J Ridley on Hungarian sweet wines
- The Chap Questionnaire: Mr. B the Gentleman Rhymer
- The story behind the making of Michael Powell´s Peeping Tom
- Fleur de Guerre reflects on a ghoulish soiree
- Plus: the Sartoracle, Am I Chap?, the fashion faux-pas of international kings and bloodthirsty tailors