Shaving

Depending on how many days it’s been since the last shave, I may use any (or several) of these different razors all in one shaving session.

It’s designed to give you a perfectly even stubble across your face.

The hype is real, and my legs and underarms have never been smoother.

One little squirt of this shave gel covers my whole face in a thick, protective lather. Also, it smells really, really good.

They hail from all points of the compass. But they all have a passion and a flair for barbering, and they can all deliver that elusive thing: a really great haircut.

At his first official appearance after three months in Africa, he wore a flight suit and full beard. Message: ‘I’m a new kind of royal. Get used to it.’

The excitable comments over ex-Labour leader Ed Miliband’s beard are less: ‘He’s let himself go,’ than ‘He looks amazing.’ Is it yet more proof that the beard has conquered the world?