Something for the weekend, Sir?

The Village Barber by H Bunbury 1772 Image courtesy of City of London, London Metropolitan Archives

Visit a traditional barbershop and you can get a haircut for under a tenner. It may not have the exoticism of today’s stylist or unisex salons, but its history is every bit as exotic, and much longer. According to The OldĀ Testament, in a tale of treachery and barbarism, Samson received one of the earliest recorded…… Continue reading Something for the weekend, Sir?