Vogue scorned them, Iran banned them, Manchester still loves them

Vogue scorned them, Iran banned them, Manchester still loves them

You’re a Hittite warrior from the 16th Century BCE, and you’re getting a haircut. Decked out in your finest bronze-plate armour, not long back from a plunder, the Anatolian sun combined with that little leather helmet you always wear (not to mention the looming threat of the Middle Assyrian Empire closing in) is making your head sweat. Your Hittite barber flips his iron clippers. “Short back and sides?” he asks. But you say no. Short back and si…