National Beard Week: Guardian ramps up the beard hatred
It might be thought that The Guardian is the natural home of beard wearers. Certainly the great C P Scott had a formidable beard. However during National Beard Week (22-27th June) the paper ran two features both of which raised the spectre of a fifth column of beard haters at work.
One feature focused on an old story about whether beards are unhygienic. After much deliberation it was determined they were not. https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2026/jun/22/is-it-true-that-beards-are-unhygienic?CMP=share_btn_url
Later in the week a feature pondered what should be done if a man had food remains in his beard. As the piece admitted this was simply an echo of Roald Dahl’s The Twits. An amusing book but not reflective of reality https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2026/jun/25/you-be-the-judge-partner-food-beard?CMP=share_btn_url
National Beard Week 2026
Monday 22nd June: Hirsute Personality of the Year: the beard wearer who has made the positive public impact during the year. 2026 winner- Zohran Mamdani
Tuesday 23rd June: Beard Friendly Sandwich of the Year: the sandwich that goes in the mouth not the beard. 2026: Chip Butty
Wednesday 24th June: Hirsute Broadcaster of the Year: the broadcaster whose beard has had the most public impact. 2026 James O’Brien
Thursday 25th June: Pogonophobe of the Year: the most notorious beard hater of the year; 2026 Nigel Farage
Friday 26th June: Beard Friendly Employer of the Year: not awarded in 2026
Saturday 27th June: Beard of Summer 2026: the third of the four quarterly seasonal Awards 2026 New Zealand cricketer Kane Williamson
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