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Sites report leap in interest in singer’s signature accoutrements – not least her namesake bag

Peter Rankin writes: You might say that Peter Brook is another name that could be added to Jane Birkin’s long list of eminent directors

She was an icon in France: a British actress, singer and muse to many. In this edition we remember Jane Birkin, who died on Sunday at the age of 76. A British woman who was a cultural idol for the French, the lover and collaborator of one of their most…

The Birkin is the most revered handbag of all time — and one of the most expensive. As the story of a stolen Birkin goes viral, we look back on the bag’s inception

The ‘morning after’ hair, the gap-tooth smile, the oversized men’s blazers and — of course — the Hermès bag, Jane Birkin wielded once-in-a-generation style power, says Teo van den Broeke

Leading names from the worlds of politics, fashion, Hollywood and music have released messages about the late Jane Birkin

From smoking to stealing and Serge Gainsbourg, Martha Alexander reveals the icon’s greatest soundbites over the years

We look back at 27 times Jane Birkin inspired our wardrobes

GOING to university can be life-enhancing — but it depends on the institution. Now the Government is to limit numbers at universities and colleges where too few students complete their course or obtain skilled or well-paying jobs within 15 months of graduation. In a year when many university lecturers have…

She was the Londoner known for being more French than the French, and the woman who cemented our obsession with all things Paris, says Marie-Claire Chappet

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