During an early morning practice session for the 1927 Isle of Man TT, Archie Birkin brother of Tim Birkin, one of the "Bentley Boys" of the 1920s, swerved to avoid a fish-van travelling to Peel and crashed fatality.
Jane Birkin | Tim Birkin | Archie Birkin | Andrew Birkin | Birkin | Anno Birkin |
Charles Archibald Cecil "Archie" Birkin (30 March 1905 – 7 June 1927) was a British motorcycle racer, brother of Tim Birkin, one of the "Bentley Boys" of the 1920s.
When Julie feels unable to bide her time for a particular fashion accessory, such as a Hermès Birkin bag, for which there is a three-year wait, she shoplifts from the family store – “kind of stealing from yourself”.
Anno Birkin (1980-2001), poet and musician, son of Andrew Birkin
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Andrew Birkin (b. 1945), actor, screenwriter, and director; brother of Jane Birkin
Over the next two years Dom toured with Birkin, also supporting French singer-actress Jeanne Moreau.
Artists such as singer Jane Birkin, and actor Édouard Baer have performed in FIAF's Florence Gould Hall, and authors such as Paul Auster, Bernard-Henri Lévy, Francine du Plessix Gray, and Edmund White, have come to FIAF to discuss their respective works.