A Catholic church in Thailand has been ridiculed and pilloried for getting a group of students to sport a coronal tonsure. A coronal tonsure, which first appeared in the 4th and 5th centuries, is a hairstyle worn by Catholic monks until it was abolished by Pope Paul VI in 1973. It is supposed to resemble Read more
The Anglican Dean of Waiapu had let his hair grow since October so it could subsequently be cut off for a good cause. Rev. Michael Godfrey of Napier had his long hair cut on Easter Sunday to raise funds for the Leukaemia and Blood Council (LBC) New Zealand’s Shave for a Cure campaign. Rev. Godfrey’s Read more
I don’t care how long a person’s hair is. As one of my favourite TV characters once said, “Sit, stand, burn to the ground for all I care.” But I am wondering why this skirmish between Lucan Battison and St John’s College over hair length caused such a stir? Why is it that a disagreement Read more