Episode 5 with Dr Seb Coxon

The fifth episode of Writing Beards features Dr. Seb Coxon, Reader in German at (UCL) University College London. Seb is the writer of Beards and Texts: Images of Masculinity in Medieval German Literature, which has published by UCL press in September 2021. In this episode Les mer …

Episode 4 with Dr Eleanor Rycroft

The fourth episode of Writing Beards features Eleanor Rycroft, Senior Lecturer in the Department of Theatre at the University of Bristol in the UK. Eleanor discusses being seen as the “Beard Lady” and the issues surrounding being the most prominent female researcher and Les mer …

Episode 2 with Dr Barnaby Dixson

The second episode of Writing Beards features Dr. Barnaby Dixson, Honorary Senior Fellow in the School of Psychology at the University of Queensland, Australia, who makes us think again about just how much attention people are really paying towards beards. Barnaby Les mer …

Episode 1 with Dr Alun Withey

The first episode of Writing Beards features historian and BBC New Generation Thinker Dr. Alun Withey. Alun talks about his journey to becoming arguably the most widely recognised and respected beards expert in the UK today. Alun has appeared in a wide variety Les mer …