From short king spring to ‘short men are psychopaths’. When will the obsession with men’s height end? | Simon Usborne

A new study claims to have proved that the Napoleon complex is real - but it misses the bigger picture

Last year, shorter men appeared to be having a moment. A social movement, which had started in 2018 with a tweet by a young American comedian, was hitting the mainstream.

Jaboukie Young-White had been tired of short" being used as an insult. Short' gave you Donald Glover," he said, before also listing the actors Tom Holland and Daniel Kaluuya as successful, shorter men. Short kings are the enemy of body negativity, and I'll be forever proud to defend them."

Simon Usborne is a freelance feature writer and reporter based in London