In 1982, The Official Sloane Ranger Handbook introduced us to Hooray Henry and his friends. Since then, their world has fragmented beyond all recognition –... Friday, 21 March 2025.

Within the hour, and another bucket of white wine later, I am encircled by a new generation of Sloane Rangers whose style – close to 50 years after the term first emerged (along with a young Lady ...

Still, the separateness and relative conformity of Sloane Ranger culture back then made them an interesting tribe to map. But, by the new millennium, Sloanes had splintered.

In many ways, every feature of the Sloane Ranger is obnoxious and faintly snobby; but it’s a calling I’ve been powerless to resist. There’s nothing wrong with ’80s style. Just don’t ...

From 1975 onwards Miss Barr commissioned and collected in multiple manila envelopes snippets, stories and features relating to Sloanes, and wove them into “The Official Sloane Ranger Handbook ...