From toothbrushes and walruses to the gospel’s heart

Cassie Martin  |  Comment
Date posted:  1 Nov 2021
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From toothbrushes and walruses to the gospel’s heart

The toothbrush. The walrus. The pencil. The handlebar. The Dali.

The last two should have given the game away; I’m talking, of course, about moustache styles. November, or ‘Mo-vember’ as it is often renamed, is Men’s Health Awareness Month and you may have been aware of friends sporting various ’taches reminiscent of dodgy bandits or luxuriant WWI fighter aces.

The idea started with a group of friends chatting over a beer in a pub in Melbourne, Australia and has become a worldwide initiative aiming to raise awareness and money for men’s health charities. In the UK, Movember fundraising benefits Prostate Cancer UK, testicular cancer charities, mental health and suicide prevention programmes among others.

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