I love Claire Balding but

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Her hair is soooo 1980's and needs updating.

AIBU?

YANBuU DH says she looks like James Corden!

Yes, and rude.

I am sure how she has her hair has no bearing on your life at all.

astonishingly, it's not about her hair

Yabu - she is great

Nah, she's great just as she is.

Better than Gabby with her low-cut blouse.

No no, perfectly reasonable.

Just because she has excelled at presenting the Olympics, has been warm and engaging with all the guests rather than relying on stilted, stereotypical 'banter', has researched all the (often a bit obscure and unknown 3.5 years at a time) sports she is covering and slips in interesting facts and tidbits, that is no excuse for not putting on a full face of slap, hoiking the level of her top down a bit and having 'on trend' hair.

Clearly she is letting the sisterhood down and should be ashamed

YABU to think she should care about her hair style. I have to be forced in to a hairdressers on pain of death.

Its her style, innit. Sort of jolly hockeysticks country woman.

I need my hsir sorted and the thought about Claire crossed my mind.

yeah and I need a new suit but i'm not bitching up stephen fry

Well said PiousPrat.

YABU. Who cares about crap like haircuts?!

She rides, so i would imagine if her hair doesn't interfer with weaning a riding helmet, then she is happy.

She is also out in all weathers.

I'm with PiousPrat on this one.

No one seems to dissect male presenters' appearance in this way...

YABU - she is a great presenter - as long as she likes her hair who cares?

I see her quite often on Chiswick High Road... I think she lives nearby.

well I know now that is the style I shall ask for timorrow.

I would love her if she were bald or had mad pink ringlets .

her style goes way beyond hair - if only it were that simple

YABU - she is great as she is !

OP aka Fashion Guru - any suggestions on her 'new' hairstyle anyway ?

Please do not be disrespectful towards Dame Claire Balding.

It isn't nice or necessary.

Do you know what? After watching the Olympic coverage, Clare Balding is now totally on my fantasy dinner party guest list. I wasn't really that aware of her before because nothing but sodding football gets airtime in my house I don't watch much sport coverage but I have found myself actively seeking out the bits she has been presenting. If I flick over and it is someone else, I tune out and just glance up for the clips of the action but if it is Clare, I actually listen, take it in and am interested.

When she comes to my dinner party, I will be sure to ask who does her hair

Couldn't have put it better, Tuna :o I won't hear a word against Claire Balding.