The great Victorian beard craze
In the mid-19th Century, men throughout North America and Europe began doing something most had never done before. They abandoned their barbers, left patented safety …
Facial hair’s formative years: what the Vikings and Romans did for male grooming
Facial hair has been represented in art since the first cave person picked up a piece of charcoal and decided to draw a man. Early …
My first beard interview
My first interview since the publication of Moustaches, Whiskers & Beards: http://www.beardrevered.com/interviews/what-the-dickens-moustaches-whiskers-beards/
The moustache: A hairy history
Throughout history facial hair has fallen in and out of fashion. Hairy faces have been lauded, derided, immortalised in art and even legislated against. The …
1922: The year that changed Brazilian art
For the people of Brazil, 1922 was a landmark year. It marked a full century of independence from Portugal – and it was also the …
Moustaches, Whiskers & Beards
My upcoming book is my first title for National Portrait Gallery publications. It looks at the history of facial hair from cave men to Conchita …
Secrets from the Clink
My episode of Secrets From The Clink is on ITV Player (I’m in the later sections of Michelle Collins’ story about debtors’ prisons): https://www.itv.com/itvplayer/secrets-from-the-clink/series-1/episode-2
The Mystery of Princess Louise in paperback
The beautiful paperback edition of The Mystery of Princess Louise is now available to pre-order. http://www.waterstones.com/waterstonesweb/products/lucinda+hawksley/the+mystery+of+princess+louise/10427142/
Princess Louise talk in aid of Parkinson’s UK
On the morning of 22 October 2014, I’ll be doing a fundraising talk about The Mystery of Princess Louise, in aid of Parkinson’s UK at …