Peter Robins

All things to all men | 25 February 2016

And what do they signify? Almost anything, it turns out from Christopher Oldstone-Moore’s revealing study — except a passing fashion

issue 27 February 2016

  • Of Beards and Men: The Revealing History of Facial Hair

    Christopher Oldstone-Moore

    University of Chicago Press, pp. 352

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