Beard Liberation Front
Media Release
5th August
Contact Keith Flett 07803 167266
London Beard Week 2020. Call for review of all statues with beards in the Capital
The Beard Liberation Front, the informal network of beard wearers, has said that as part of London Beard Week which began on 4th August it is calling for a thorough review of statues with beards in the Capital.
The campaigners say that some statues such as that of Henry Tate, erected at the Tate Library, Brixton in 1905 have associations with the slave trade and bring the hirsute into disrepute.
Meanwhile other well known London beard wearers such as the black leader of London Chartism in 1848 William Cuffay do not have statues.
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, its time for a review of statues with beards in London. Some are bringing the hirsute into disrepute, while other well-known London beards do not have statues at all.
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
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