George Entwistle's beard: what is he trying to say?

The former BBC director general has gone for a hirsute look since resigning. He's not the first man to deploy facial hair as a way to express his pain to the world"You cannot grow a beard in a moment of passion." So said GK Chesterton. But you can certainly grow one in a moment of pique. Just ask George Entwistle, the once clean-shaven former director general of the BBC, whose appearance in front of a parliamentary select committee this week revealed an impressive display of face-fungus. He foll...

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