PETER HITCHENS: I’m growing a new beard… because I haven’t felt so rebellious since the 1960s

This is my third beard. I grew my first in the late 1970s to see what would happen, and was astonished at the effect.  Among many other results, people feel quite free to make personal remarks about you in a way they otherwise wouldn’t. Many of my more old-fashioned colleagues were more or less horrified, … Read more