FORGOTTEN HISTORY: 6 - Caught on Camera

Jane Birkin funeral: Tributes paid to style icon as celebrities join family and friends to say farewell in Paris

Vanessa Paradis and Brigitte Macron among mourners at ceremony

Evening Standard · Jul 24, 2023

Watch: Jane Birkin fans gather for actor and singer’s funeral in Paris

Watch live as fans of Jane Birkin gather for the actor and singer's funeral in Paris on Monday, 24 July.

The Independent UK · Jul 24, 2023

Jane Birkin, an English chanteuse who left her mark on French pop

Born in London, Jane Birkin moved to Paris in her 20s and never left. While she’s remembered outside France primarily as the woman doing the moaning on an erotic duet with Serge Gainsbourg, over the span of a 50-year career she threw herself into the French musical tradition and carved…

Radio France Internationale · Jul 23, 2023

Jane Birkin’s Paris home ‘targeted by thieves’ days after death as family release statement

Singer’s family says she died on first night alone in two years

The Independent UK · Jul 19, 2023

Jane Birkin died ‘on her first night alone for almost two years’, family reveal

Singer and actress Jane Birkin died on her first night alone for almost two years as she tried to regain her independence while fighting cancer, it emerged on Wednesday.

Evening Standard · Jul 19, 2023

Jane Birkin’s Gallic style booms on resale sites after her death

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

The Guardian - UK · Jul 17, 2023

Letter: Jane Birkin obituary

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

The Guardian - UK · Jul 17, 2023

Jane Birkin: The British actress who became a French icon

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…

France 24 · Jul 17, 2023

The Birkin bag — an evolution of the ultimate, theft-worthy, fashion status symbol

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

Evening Standard · Jul 17, 2023

Jane Birkin — the Londoner who became fashion’s eternal muse

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

Evening Standard · Jul 17, 2023