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Ranging over a number of editions, and explored via a multiplicity of media, ‘HAIR’ is the first in a groundbreaking new series of special 3D features for openDemocracy’s Arts & Cultures.

Sunday 27th April

Wrapping up 'Hair'

Marina Warner, 27 April 2003

From pre-historic bog-people to ‘big hair’; virgin martyrs to dresses spun from lost souls, to the hairy Devil himself, the author of ‘The Beast to the Blonde’ takes us on a final grand tour of openDemocracy’s virtual museum.

Wednesday 9th April

Stories from the fringe: hair in a West Indian style and fashion

Alexandra James, 9 April 2003

With the scent of soup and Blue Magic, memories of hairstyles, tears and Saturday afternoons at Doris’ salon come flooding back. A veteran of black hair fashion remembers.

Wednesday 19th February

Hairiness sounds like this: an Arts & Cultures exclusive

Patrick Wolf, 19 February 2003

openDemocracy presents an exclusive advance audio preview of ‘Lycanthropy’, Patrick Wolf’s debut album. Click below to listen.

Time Passing Through My Hair

Lew Poo Chan, 19 February 2003

In the original Chinese, and also translated especially for openDemocracy by Ho Chee Lick, a poem by one of China’s finest women poets, Lew Poo Chan.

Growing my hair

Sally Roe, 19 February 2003

Specially commissioned for openDemocracy’s ‘hair’ theme, the second of two new poems - the first on shaving; now, long hair.

Friday 7th February

Skinning up

Gavin Watson, 7 February 2003

Hair as political protest, or global fashion? Photographer and one-time Skinhead, Gavin Watson tells it how it is - in pictures and words.

Wednesday 22nd January

Shaving Grace

Louise Tondeur, 22 January 2003

Holy, profane, or just a good old fashioned number one cut? Shaving, with its multiple readings and ramifications, still has the power to make some people’s hackles rise. A young writer takes us on a guided tour of the long, and of course, the short of it.

Shaving her hair

Sally Roe, 22 January 2003

Specially commissioned for openDemocracy’s ‘Hair’ theme, a new poem by a young writer to watch.

Thursday 9th January

Of hexes & hair

Donna Daley-Clarke, 9 January 2003

An ancient association between hexes and hair resurfaces in the immaculate prose of this chapter from a new novel by a young London writer.

Thursday 19th December

Hair goes global: the view from the salons of Casablanca, Cairo and Paris

Susan Ossman, 19 December 2002

Does global beauty exist? Susan Ossman seeks an answer in the salons of Casablanca, Cairo and Paris.

Wednesday 11th December

'Hairlines' goes to China - from the Tang dynasty to present-day Beijing

Candida Clark, 11 December 2002

New and ancient poetry and images will be added to this space over the coming weeks and months. In the latest issue, we go to China.

Wednesday 4th December

Bring out the beast: body hair in China

Frank Dikötter, 4 December 2002

On the margins of civilisation and in the mists of evolution lurk hairy barbarians, furry primates and wild men. But why the fascination? Is it about getting back to our roots, or a fear of the beast within?

Wednesday 27th November

Hairlines - a new strand running East to West

Candida Clark, 27 November 2002

New and ancient poetry and images will be added to this space over the coming weeks and months, starting with Yosano Akiko’s Hair in Sweet Disorder.

Thursday 21st November

Big in Japan: a history of hairstyles and hair ornaments

Junko Abe, 21 November 2002

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Thursday 7th November

Introducing: Hair

Candida Clark, 7 November 2002

Iconic, mythic and symbolic. The stuff of disputes, dreams and fascination. Hair has the power to draw crowds and capture the imagination. Here, we start to look at how, and why.

The science of hair

Nancy Mendoza, 7 November 2002

What is it? Where does it come from? And where can it take us? Hair gets the full treatment in this first instalment of Objects & Projects. First up: the science.

Wednesday 15th May