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Beard Liberation Front

Media Release

4th August

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London Beard Week 2020 marks hairy times for the Capital

The Beard Liberation Front, the informal network of beard wearers, has said that London Beard Week which begins on 4^th August is set to mark the continued growth of beards in the Capital.

The campaigners say that aside from the many more beards seen in parks, shops and pubs, there is also a growth of specialist beard care shops and hairdressers offering beard trims and treatments, although the BLF is advising against beard trims in barbers shops for the moment.

London Beard Week is a celebration of London, now one of the most beard friendly Capital cities in the world, and of London’s great hirsute heritage from Charles Dickens to Karl Marx through to modern day beards such as England football captain Harry Kane and author and Arsenal fan Michael Rosen.

As part of the week the BLF is running a poll to find the most impactful and impressive figure with a beard who is associated with London.

BLF Organiser Keith Flett said, London is striking a decisive blow against pogonophobia, the irrational dislike of facial hair. It’s now respectable to wear a beard in London and lockdown beards are in evidence across the Capital in 2020.

London Beard Week poll to find London’s Best Ever Beard.

The Best Ever London Beard 2020

Sigmund Freud, d Hampstead

Darcus Howe, anti-racist campaigner

Bernie Grant, Tottenham MP

Charles Dickens, author

Karl Marx, philosopher and activist

WG Grace, cricketer d Mottingham

Michael Rosen, author & broadcaster

William Morris, socialist & designer

Harry Kane, footballer b Walthamstow

William Cuffay, Leader of London Chartism

Keir Hardie, London Labour MP

Richard Thompson, singer & composer

Jeremy Corbyn, London Labour MP

Edward Lear, writer

William Booth, Salvationist