
Beard Liberation Front
27th January
Film Director Mike Leigh heads Beard of Winter Shortlist
The Beard Liberation Front, the informal network of beard wearers, has said that veteran film director Mike Leigh heads the Beard of Winter shortlist.
The first Close Shave vote was won by Alexei Sayle with Jasprit Bumrah just shaving Luke Littler for the second Beard Off Final place.
The second Close Shave vote is now open. Its pinned @kmflett. Because of issues on this platform votes will be also be counted on other social media sites
Beard of Winter focuses on two areas:
Organic beards designed to withstand the winter weather
Beards that have been in the public eye in the previous couple of months
There will be two preliminary Close Shave Rounds with the top two from each going to a final Beard Off. The Winner will be announced on 31st January
Beard of Winter Shortlist
Luke Littler, darts player
Liam Dutton, weather forecaster
Alexei Sayle, broadcaster
Jasprit Bumrah, cricketer
Amol Rajan, University Challenge
Mike Leigh, film director
Graham Potter, football manager
Humza Yousaf, politician


That’ll be a tough one to beat – the field are looking strong this year 🙂