Young Fogey
"
Young fogey" is a term humorously applied, in British context, to some younger-generation, rather buttoned-down writers and journalists, such as Simon Heffer, Charles Moore and, for a while, A. N. Wilson. The term is attributed to Alan Watkins writing in 1984 in
The Spectator. "Young fogey" is still used to describe conservative young men (aged approximately between 15 and 40) who dress in a vintage style (usually that of the 1920s-1950s, also known as the "Brideshead" look (after the influence of the Evelyn Waugh novel
Brideshead Revisited), and who tend towards erudite, conservative cultural pursuits. The movement reached its peak in the mid eighties with adherents such as A.N. Wilson and Gavin Stamp. The movement declined in the nineties, but still has a following amongst students at Oxford, Cambridge, Durham, Edinburgh, St Andrews and other universities, as well as in some professions (in particular the antiques and arts dealing world, and the minority classical architecture practices).