Stories
- In pictures
Bloodletting at the barber-surgeon’s
Scratchy throat? Burning fever? Broken heart? It all comes down to the same issue: too much blood.
- Article
The ugly truth about fast fashion
Aja Barber reflects on her relationship with fast fashion, outlines its polluting and destructive effects, and shares the small, personal changes we can make that could help.
- Article
How your hairdresser could save your life
Barbers and hairdressers have a unique view of us – one that means they can spot potentially dangerous health problems. Find out how buzzcuts can lead to blood-pressure checks, and dip-dyes show the way to the dermatologist.
- Article
Our endless quest for eternal youth
From poisonous 16th-century cosmetics to the latest “vampire facelift”, discover the fashions in unsavoury methods for improving our appearance.
Catalogue
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Sudan: barbering, tooth-drawing and cupping being practised. Photograph, ca. 1920.
Date: 1920Reference: 580561i
- Pictures
- Online
Sudan: barbering, tooth-drawing and cupping being practised. Photograph, ca. 1920.
Date: 1920Reference: 580559i- Books
The Barbers' Historical Society (formerly the Barbers' Historical Group) : presentations. Folio 4 / Worshipful Company of Barbers.
Worshipful Company of Barbers of London. Barbers' Historical Society.Date: 2012- Books
Barbers' Historical Group presentations. Folio 3 / Worshipful Company of Barbers.
Worshipful Company of Barbers of London. Barbers' Historical Group.Date: [2002]- Books
Presentations. Folio 1, September 1994 / Barbers' Historical Group.
Worshipful Company of Barbers of London. Barbers' Historical Group