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SIR – Some 20 years ago, my girlfriend persuaded me to have my Zapata-style moustache (Letters, May 29) shaved off for a cancer charity. This raised some £250, which certainly made it worthwhile.
It was only some time later, when I was thinking about growing it back again and met with sustained and vociferous resistance, that I realised that the original idea had been triggered by more than a single motive.
Tom Stubbs
Surbiton, Surrey
SIR – In 1977, my great friend Stephen Denyer was warned by the careers adviser at Durham University that he wouldn't get a job with a City law firm sporting a beard. We stopped teasing Stephen about this when he became a senior international partner at Allen and Overy, and later director of strategic relationships for the Law Society of England and Wales. Stephen retained his handsome facial hair until his untimely death last year.
John Jenkins
