Beard Liberation Front
Press release June 27th
Michael Eavis’ Lifetime Achievement Award reaffirmed
The Beard Liberation Front, the informal network of beard wearers, has reaffirmed the Lifetime Achievement Award the founder of the Glastonbury Festival Michael Eavis received 5 years ago this weekend
Eavis, 85, has one of the most iconic beards in British public life along with Brian Blessed and Michael Rosen.
The campaigners say that the Lifetime Achievement Award was given for the positive image that Eavis has presented of the hirsute in public life over five decades and on the fifth anniversary this continues to be the case
BLF Organiser Keith Flett, of course Michael Eavis is not quite the ‘hands-on’ presence of Glastonbury that he was for many years. Even so he and his trademark chin beard remain icons. He was honoured with a Lifetime Achievement Award in 2016 on that basis and it remains absolutely valid today. His beard has proved sustainable through the dark days of pogonophobia in Britain and he now finds himself a positive role model for the hirsute in public life.
National Beard Week 2021
Monday 21st June: Hirsute Personality of the Year: the beard wearer who has made the positive public impact during the year. 2021 winner Gareth Southgate
Tuesday 22nd June: Beard Friendly Sandwich of the Year: the sandwich that goes in the mouth not the beard. 2021 winner: fish finger
Wednesday 23rd June: Hirsute Broadcaster of the Year: the broadcaster whose beard has had the most public impact. 2021 winner Michael Rosen
Thursday 24th June: Pogonophobe of the Year: the most notorious beard hater of the year; 2021 winner: Boris Johnson
Friday 25th June: Beard Friendly Employer of the Year: the field grows wider each year 2021 winner Five Points Brewery
Saturday 26th June: Beard of Summer 2021: the third of the four quarterly seasonal Awards 2021 winner Richard Osman
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