Stories
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What our facial hair says about us
Five bearded and moustachioed men choose five hirsute archive images to help them reflect on the way facial hair is linked with personality and identity.
- Photo story
Alopecia in men
Men break their silence about total hair loss in these intimate portraits and interviews by Orlando Gili.
- Book extract
The castration effect
Discover how testosterone – or the lack of it – affects the male body, from eunuch slaves to castrato singers, and on to hormone reduction in modern prostate cancer treatment.
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Drugs in Victorian Britain
Many common remedies were taken throughout the 19th century, with more people than ever using them. What was the social and cultural context of this development?
Catalogue
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Beards and no beards / by J. Cuthbert Hadden ; illustrated by Joseph Grego.
Hadden, J. Cuthbert (James Cuthbert), 1861-1914Date: 1892?]
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Beards takin off. & registurd! / by Isaac Fac-Totum, barber, peri-wig maker, surgeon, parish clark, scool master, blacksmith, and man-midwife.
Fac-Totum, IsaacDate: [Between 1790 and 1799?]- Books
Moustaches, Whiskers and Beards / Lucinda Hawksley.
Hawksley, LucindaDate: 2014
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Why shave?, or, Beards v. barbery / by H.M.
H. MDate: [between 1880 and 1889?]
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The Nic-nac; or, Literary cabinet. No.158, Saturday, January 7, 1826. Vol. IV. Beards.
Date: 1826