Beard Liberation Front
7th November
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Beard of the Year 2019 Longlist
The Beard Liberation Front, the informal network of beard wearers, has said that it has begun the process of determining the Beard of the Year 2019 with the publication of the longlist for the annual Award.
The on-line poll to determine the twelve finalists is now open and will close on November 21st
The final poll then opens on November 22nd with the winner announced on December 28th
Names of other contenders can be added but the criteria remain clear:
The Award is NOT about people who grow beards in their bedrooms and post pictures of them on the internet
The Award IS about people with consistent beards in the public eye who promote a positive image of the hirsute
TV doctor Xand Van Tulleken and cosmologist Peter Coles currently at Maynooth University in Ireland shared the Award.
Beard of the Year longlist
Jurgen Klopp, football manager
Ben Stokes, cricketer
Philip Wilton,Tottenham cheese maker
Stig Abell, Editor, Times Literary Supplement
Jeremy Corbyn, Labour leader
Noam Chomsky, academic & activist
Ben Bellamy, Winner, Beard of Autumn 2019
Lenny Henry,comedian
Paul Mason, Winner,Scary Beard of Halloween 2019
Benjamin Zephaniah, poet
Michael Rosen, author & broadcaster
George Clooney, actor
Billy Connolly, performer
Idris Elba, actor
Prince Harry, Royal
Billy Bragg, musician
Rylan Clark-Neal, Strictly, It Takes Two
Bob Harris, broadcaster
Raheem Sterling, footballer
Alexei Sayle, comedian
Lowkey, rapper
Jake Ball Wales and Llanelli rugby forward.