Such is the world of Evie, the magazine founded by Hugoboom, a former model with big brown eyes and pillowy lips that would look appropriate on the cover of a romance novel. At Cafe Cluny, her hyperfeminine style–she’s always gravitated to dresses, she says–is on display with a slinky, décolletage-oriented dress and long, wavy hair.
Her business partner is her husband, Gabriel Hugoboom, who she met when they were both 18-year-olds at University of Dallas. Today they are both 34-year-old residents of Midtown Manhattan, where they moved a year ago from Florida, and parents to two toddler girls. He’s CEO and handles operations; she oversees editorial. Evie has a staff of 12 people, all women save for Hugoboom’s assistant, who is a man.
The couple also own 28, a wellness app for menstrual cycles backed by Peter Thiel’s Thiel Capital, and Sundress.co, which carries their Raw Milkmaid Dress. (Both have been advertisers in Evie.) “Sometimes people are like, what are they doing? Because it just feels very out there, but we kind of merge the more liberal health world with a kind of more conservative relationship world,” says Hugoboom. Evie is for the kinds of women she knows, who were the first to go off the Pill because of fear around hormones, but who shopped at Erewhon and wore Reformation—MAHA before the movement had a name.
According to a representative, the brand gets 175 million views per month on its digital articles and videos. And over 600K followers on social media, with 285K on Instagram, where it fits seamlessly into the digital ecosystem awash in performances of womanhood waiting to be algorithmized. Evie’s Substack, which is less than a year old, has almost 200K subscribers and recently got as high as number three in Rising in Culture. Nor is this an entirely heartland phenomenon, its biggest audiences lie in the country’s largest biggest cities. “I have a huge love for America. Like, I love California, I love New York, I love Texas, I love Miami,” says Hugoboom.
She certainly understands the way political and media ecosystems intersect. Hugoboom has been compared to Phyllis Schlafly, the ambitiously anti-feminist who campaigned against the Equal Rights Amendment in the 1960s. But Hugoboom seems, to me, a bit more like the provocateur Camille Paglia. Hugoboom has recently hired her first publicist (recommended by Brett Cooper, a conservative YouTuber; Candace Owens and Stephen Bannon are fans of Evie as well) and is recording our conversation at the same time I do. The only time that’s ever happened to me is with politicians, Fortune 500 CEOs, or people who are very nervous about how they will be quoted. She doesn’t seem anxious about anything at all. She’s chatty and appears comfortable in every way, in her own skin and in her own views. Last year, when The New York Times profiled her, they wrote that she interpreted feminism as encouraging “women to ‘be just like men’ to succeed in corporate fields. Such messaging, she says, has made women anxious, lonely and unfulfilled.” I asked, as she sipped her coffee, what have people gotten wrong about her, or about Evie, a publication known to some as the tradwife magazine? “That I don’t want women to work,” Hugoboom says. And then she laughs.
Williams and Storrie’s triumphant walk was closely followed and applauded by the watching crowds, with the two actors posing amid smiles and nods to fans.
The Olympics’ official Instagram account shared a carousel of photos from the day, borrowing a quote from the movie Mean Girls for the caption: “Get in, loser, we’re going to Milan Cortina 2026.”
Comments on the post include enthusiastic fans who pointed out that the choice of the two actors as torchbearers for the Olympics is an opportunity for representation for the LGBTQ+ community in the world of sports, one that “gives hope” for the future. One user wrote, “You guys are really iconic for this. You are really changing the world and having such a positive impact on it.” Others simply celebrated their Heated Rivalry fandom, like the show’s Canadian production company, Crave, which commented, “Call it seated rivalry because we were so sat watching this” on the post.
Connor Storrie, torchbearer for Milan Cortina 2026
Courtesy of Fondazione Milano Cortina 2026
Hudson Williams and Connor Storrie, torchbearers for Milan Cortina 2026
The University of Denver is aiming to become a global hub for scholarship on the Holocaust, abuses of power, racism, hatred and antisemitism, with a goal of spurring other universities to do the same.
DU leaders said they’ll announce the school’s first endowed professorship in Holocaust and antisemitism studies at a gathering in the state Capitol with Gov. Jared Polis on Tuesday, which is International Holocaust Remembrance Day.
The professorship represents “a permanent commitment not only to remembrance but to making Denver a global hub for thoughtful Holocaust education and applied scholarship that helps future generations foster social change,” DU Provost Elizabeth Loboa said in a statement.
Polis and survivors of the Holocaust — Colorado residents Osi Sladek and Barbara Steinmetz — will commemorate the anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz, a Nazi death camp.
At the noon event, Sladek is expected to read from his memoir, which recounts his escape from persecution into the Tatra mountains along Slovakia’s border with Poland. He later served in the Israeli Army and became a folk singer in California before settling in Denver. The Denver Young Artists Orchestra and DeVotchKa’sTom Hagerman will perform music by Sladek’s father using his violin.
Steinmetz fled Europe on a boat that carried her to the Dominican Republic, where she found refuge. She’ll share a “Letter to the Future.”
DU officials over the past two years have been working on this project, said Adam Rovner, an English professor who directs DU’s Center for Judaic Studies, within the College of the Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences.
“We just think it is simply important that we remain vigilant in our society to guard against abuses of power and racism, hatred, and antisemitism,” Rovner said. “We think this position is much-needed at DU and in higher education.”
One purpose of studying manifestations of antisemitism in the 20th century “is so that people can consider the contemporary manifestations of antisemitism, and decide based on scholarly rigor whether there are threats to Jewish people and other groups,” Rovner said.
Over the past three years, he faced students during the war by Israel, a Jewish nation, against people in Gaza amid pro-Palestinian demonstrations at universities around the nation, including encampments at DU and on the Auraria campus.
In DU’s classrooms, he saw “wonderful students” whose “open discussions” continued “through the Hamas massacre of Oct. 7 and even through Israel’s retaliation,” Rovner said. “Students come here because they want to learn and understand, not because they have already made up their minds based on a meme on TikTok,” he said.
A visiting professor will launch DU’s ramped-up studies, thanks to an initial donation of around $500,000. DU officials said they’ll be working with additional donors to fully fund the endowment and establish a permanent position.
Gradually, color returned to Princess Caroline’s style, but moderation would be the general tone that would prevail in her closet. In the late 1990s, she adapted to the minimalist trend that ruled fashion at the time, making it her own.
It was at this stage that she also began her idyll with the exquisitely tailored suits and skirts that still form the backbone of her style today. And in 1997, she surprised the world with a short, chic haircut—a fresh look for a new chapter in life.
Princess Caroline in the late 1990s.
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Princess Caroline
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She reserved her most striking accessories—without ever reaching the maximalism of the 80s—for gala evenings and invested in vintage hats and shoes, fur gloves and stoles for important institutional events such as the National Day of Monaco. She also found her own style by combining different fabrics or choosing seemingly simple designs, but with unexpected details such as a plunging back neckline or a semi-transparent tulle skirt.
Princess Caroline Of Monaco during the celebrations for King Carl Gustav Of Sweden’S 50th birthday.
When the trailblazing Irish jockey Rachael Blackmore announced her retirement in May last year, the reaction took her by surprise.
“I was overwhelmed by it all,” she says. “It really hit home, the impact that my career has had on other people, how other people got enjoyment, people I don’t even know. “I got a letter from a lady who said: ‘I was crying watching you win a race.’ It’s just so incredible to have had that effect.”
Her career is one for the history books. In 2021 Rachael became the first female jockey to win the Grand National, in the 173rd running of the race. She was also the leading rider at the Cheltenham Festival and won the BBC Sports Personality World Sport Star of the Year.
Today, she is talking to HELLO! during this exclusive shoot at Cheltenham Racecourse, the scene of so much of her success. In 2022, she won the Cheltenham Gold Cup, riding A Plus Tard to become the first female jockey to win National Hunt racing’s blue riband. In 2024, the Queen called Rachael’s win aboard Captain Guinness in the Queen Mother Champion Chase “absolutely fantastic”.
Indeed, she is pictured here in the weighing room beneath her signatures, continuing a tradition unique to Cheltenham whereby the winner of each of the festival’s five championship races signs the wall (Rachael won six times).
Rachael is pictured here in the weighing room beneath her signatures, continuing a tradition unique to Cheltenham whereby the winner of each of the festival’s five championship races signs the wall
It’s clear that Rachael, 36, is still slightly in disbelief at the extent of her own success. She grew up on a farm in County Tipperary, Ireland, and says she can’t remember a time when she wasn’t surrounded by horses and animals. Still, she admits: “I never ever envisioned that I’d actually make a career out of being a jockey.”
She had long planned to balance being an amateur jockey with being a vet, gaining a degree in equine science at the same time as racing and “juggling both worlds”.
She rode her first winner in 2011 and turned professional four years later, when she graduated from college. “Academically, I was never going to cut the mustard,” she admits. “Thankfully for me, the racing picked up. I’d still be trying to get into veterinary college, to be honest.”
“I was overwhelmed by it all. It really hit home, the impact that my career has had on other people, how other people got enjoyment, people I don’t even know.”
When she was 28, she was introduced to the Irish trainer Henry de Bromhead. “That brought my career to a whole new level, because I was exposed to some of the best horses in training in Ireland.” Rachael rode Henry’s horses to victory at both Cheltenham and the Grand National.
Now, she’s able to appreciate her hard work and success. “Racing is always moving forward,” she says. “You win a Gold Cup and you go back next year to try to win it again. It’s very hard to let it sink in when you’re in that bubble, but now that I’m retired it’s not going anywhere. I feel so spoilt when I think about what my most special moments were, because I’ve just been so lucky.”
‘I was overwhelmed,’ Rachael, who was the first female jockey to win the Grand National, says of her decision to retire from racing
Despite her incredible achievements as a female jockey, she was always reluctant to be defined by her gender. After she won the Grand National, she said: “I just hope it shows it doesn’t matter, male or female.”
Today she’s happy to expand on that theme, saying: “I don’t think I’m uncomfortable with it – it’s just that when I was riding it’s not something I ever wanted to highlight, because I didn’t want to be treated any differently. I didn’t see any benefit for me as a jockey, drawing attention to that. I always deflected it, but I’m under no illusions how privileged I am to be the first woman to win these kinds of races.”
Royal racers
She won many fans, including members of the royal family. In 2022 the Duchess of Cornwall, as she was then, visited Henry’s yard in County Waterford and met Rachael and Honeysuckle, one of her most successful rides.
“That was a fantastic visit. [Queen Camilla is] just so passionate about horses. She really knows her horses and it’s fantastic to see. She had such admiration for meeting Honeysuckle and her achievements.”
“That was a fantastic visit” Rachael recalls. “She’s just so passionate about horses. She really knows her horses and it’s fantastic to see. She had such admiration for meeting Honeysuckle and her achievements.”
A particular highlight was sitting in the Royal Box at Wimbledon behind the Prince and Princess of Wales and their children to watch the men’s final in 2023. “She knew who I was and she congratulated me on the success I had. She’s a beautiful person inside and out.”
Does she think that Prince George, Prince Louis and Princess Charlotte will follow the family’s passion for racing? “I have a feeling when they get into their teenage years, they’re going to want to [go],” she smiles. “Cheltenham is one of the best sporting occasions in Britain. I guarantee you, they’ll be racing in some shape or form when they’re older.”
In her new ambassadorial role as head of Ladies Day at the Cheltenham Festival in March, she will join Zara Tindall, a non‑executive director of the racecourse. “She’s great fun, really, really nice and obviously an extremely accomplished rider herself.”
Rachael and Zara together at Cheltenham after Rachael won on New Year’s Day 2024
Cheltenham is where Rachael made the decision to retire in 2025 after a tough start to the season – she had missed three months of racing after breaking a bone in her neck.
Leaving the course after the Festival last March “was the first time I thought finishing might be soon,” she says. “It just crept into my head.”
It wasn’t until May that she made her announcement. “To be honest, I didn’t speak to anyone about it, not a soul. I didn’t want anyone else to influence my decision. I didn’t want my parents watching a race, thinking: ‘Oh, this could be her last race.’ They’d be nervous watching.
“I feel like I need some therapy sessions to get to the root of it all, but it genuinely felt like the right time. As a jockey, to finish on your own terms is a big thing. Injury finishes so many people. I was lucky that I got to decide that’s it, but it’s still difficult, it’s still hard when your purpose and job is over. But I feel very grateful that I’ve still got lots of things going on.”
Wedding bells
The new year has brought another big day: her wedding to fellow jockey Brian Hayes.
Sharing the same career was, Rachael says, “very lucky – we live the same lives, which was a big help”. It’s why they chose a January wedding, “when there’s a few days of a bit of a lull” after a packed racing calendar over Christmas.
Rachael, who got married in January, says there were no prenuptial nerves. ‘Someone asked me, was I nervous?’ she says. ‘And I was like, no, I rode Honeysuckle in the Champion Hurdle. This is not nervous’
The wedding, which took place in Ireland on 5 January, was “definitely on the smaller side” for an Irish wedding, she says – just “a party with family and friends”.
There were no prenuptial nerves. “Someone asked me, was I nervous? And I was like, no, I rode Honeysuckle in the Champion Hurdle. This is not nervous!”
Now, she’s looking forward to her role as the head of Ladies Day, which is being held again for the first time since 2019. “This year will be so different,” Rachael smiles. “I won’t be able to run into the weighing room and hide! It’s an honour to be back and to help Cheltenham improve the experience for ladies, because I’ve had such fantastic days there. It’s a magical place.”
The itinerary will include a panel hosted by the former Vogue model Rosie Tapner, during which Rachael will share insights and tips. There will also be live music and an after‑racing party.
Sartorial challenge
Cheltenham is known for its high fashion stakes, but Rachael is tight‑lipped about her own outfit plans. “Nothing can be revealed yet. Top secret. Not that much effort usually goes into thinking about what I wear, but I’ve already started thinking I need to have my outfits in order.”
The new ambassador for Cheltenham Ladies Day is tight‑lipped about her own outfit plans. ‘Nothing can be revealed yet. Top secret. Not that much effort usually goes into thinking about what I wear, but I’ve already started thinking I need to have my outfits in order’
Will she miss being out on the course? “I miss the feeling when you win a race,” she says. “That feeling will never come to me again. I miss the competitiveness of it. But I feel so lucky that I’m still getting lots of opportunities on the back of the career I had as a jockey and I’m excited to see where some of those can lead.”
Rachael Blackmore is Head of Ladies Day at Cheltenham Racecourse. Ladies Day takes place on Wednesday 11th March 2026. Tickets are available now.
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Many of the documents and photos from the Epstein files, such as this one depicting Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor and Ghislaine Maxwell, feature significant redactions.
Department of Justice
“This is a time-intensive process due to the voluminous materials, the idiosyncratic nature of many of the materials, and the need to protect victim-identifying information,” Bondi writes. “The Department will continue to apprise the Court of its progress in this regard,” she continues, but does not provide a timeline.
Frustrating, yes, but a situation Americans might have to accept. Though Democrat Rep. Ro Khanna of California and Kentucky Republican Rep. Thomas Massieasked to Engelmayer to appoint an independent monitor to oversee the file release, as they suspect “serious misconduct by the Department of Justice,” the judge’s hands appear to be tied at the moment. According to a letter sent to Engelmayer Friday by US Attorney Jay Clayton, the judge “lacks the authority” to appoint that neutral party, the Associated Press reports, as Khanna and Massie lack standing with the court that would allow them to make that demand.
Via statement, Khanna says that Clayton misunderstood their request, which was denied as neither Khanna nor Massie were involved in the criminal case against Maxwell, which resulted in the Epstein investigation’s sole conviction. “We are informing the Court of serious misconduct by the Department of Justice that requires a remedy, one we believe this Court has the authority to provide, and which victims themselves have requested,” Khanna says. “Our purpose is to ensure that DOJ complies with its representations to the Court and with its legal obligations under our law.”
To celebrate her 44th birthday, Kate Middleton has chosen to honor Mother Nature. This Friday, January 9, the Princess of Wales shared a personal video, in which she celebrated the healing power of nature.
The video is the fourth and final installment of her Mother Nature series. Each season, she has made a habit of sharing her feelings and thoughts, encouraging those who follow her on her social networks to cherish their connection with the natural world. In this highly symbolic new episode, she appears on screen several times. We see her walking alone in frosty, wooded landscapes, enjoying the view, a ray of sunshine, and running her hand through the water of a river, looking tranquil. In the shots, she’s dressed in a long olive green coat, and accessorizes with a newsboy cap.
“Even in the coldest, darkest season, winter has a way of bringing us stillness, patience, and quiet consideration,” she says in a voice-over. “Where the stream slows just enough for us to see our own reflection. To discover the deepest parts of ourselves, alongside the whispers and the pulse of every living thing. I find myself reflecting on how deeply grateful I am. For the rivers within us flow with ease. Fears washed away, cleanse and purify. Come to peace with our tears, and discover what it means to be alive. To be at one with nature. A quiet teacher and a soft voice that guides. In memory, helping us to heal.”
This poetic message echoes the princess’s own healing journey. In 2024, Kate Middleton was diagnosed with cancer following abdominal surgery. She was admitted to the Oak Cancer Centre at the Royal Marsden Hospital for preventive chemotherapy. She announced the end of her chemotherapy in September 2024 and her remission early last year. In another symbolic gesture, she chose to dedicate her first official outing of 2026 to the carers and patients of Charing Cross Hospital on January 8, the eve of her birthday.
The future queen’s message is accompanied by a caption in her Instagram post: “The Mother Nature series has been a deeply personal, creative reflection on how nature has helped me heal. But it is also a story about the power of nature and creativity in collective healing. There is so much we can learn from mother nature, as we look to build a happier, healthier world. C.”
According to an aide to the princess quoted in the Daily Mail, the video posted today marks “the culmination of a deeply personal creative project for The Princess, spotlighting humanity’s longstanding connection to nature, as well as nature’s capacity to inspire us and help us to heal and grow in mind, body and spirit.” The newspaper reported that the clip was directed and produced by Will Warr, and was filmed in Berkshire, Cumbria, Gloucestershire, London, East Sussex, and the Cotswolds.
He and his group took the necessary puddle jumper from St. Barths to St. Maarten, where they had every intention of transferring to a private plane home to the U.S. But, long story short, the flight couldn’t leave and, after knocking on one hotel door after another, his group found a vacancy. The next day, all flights were grounded, and his host decided to return by boat to St. Barths. “I’d rather be stuck in St. Barths than St. Maarten,” Rose says. “No offense to St. Maarten.”
At this point, Rose adds, “You have to just roll with it.” And roll he did, all the way to the castaway vibes and tropical beats. He was joined by “a pretty big-time model.” Ally Mason, if you’re wondering. “I think I annoyed the shit out of her,” says Rose.
At the fully booked hotels, people were also rolling with it. Luc Lanza, the CEO of Le Toiny, a Relais et Châteaux hotel, heard about the grounded flights on the morning of January 3 and started entreating guests to accept a modicum of hardship. He asked those with two villas—”one for the parents and one for the kids”—to cozy up in one with beds set up in the living room to free up space for other guests. “Actually, I was a bit surprised that people took it very easily,” he says. It may have helped that “people drank more than usual. Most of them were pleased with the situation.”
Jean-Georges Vongerichten, who has a house on the island and heads the Sand Bar restaurant at the Eden Rock hotel, says, “I’m glad I do food and not politics.” He found that no one seemed terribly bothered by the inconvenience, perhaps because the island was still well-stocked. “There’s no shortage of caviar,” he told me when I stopped him on Saline beach on Sunday.
A group of TikTok influencers from Australia stood next to their six aluminum Rimowa roller bags by the entrance of Eden Rock, waiting for their taxi and clutching a stack of euros. “We’re supposed to leave tomorrow,” one told me. “But I’m hoping we get stuck.”
Within the swirl of earlier declassified material is Epstein’s address book, whose contents was first published by journalist Nick Bryant in 2019. In the back, Epstein kept a carefully curated list of hotels, restaurants, and stores. There were no hidden gems, holes in the walls, or up-and-coming locations. Instead, it was filled with places that exclusively—and famously—catered to a global set of millionaires and billionaires who sought to see and be seen. There’s an entry for Manhattan’s Four Seasons restaurant, the famous power lunch spot (now permanently closed) in the Seagram building that had a James Rosenquist mural and was frequented by Bill Clinton and Henry Kissinger. For dinner, he had phone numbers for Mr. Chow, where models, socialites, and other moneyed New Yorkers would drink lychee martinis and eat Peking duck while racking up sky-high bills.
Hotels were exclusively five-star and famous for their over-the-top fanciness: The Mark in New York, The Beverly Hills Hotel in Los Angeles, and Plaza Athénée in Paris. There’s even an entry for the secretive Corviglia Ski Club in Switzerland, whose membership once included Coco Chanel.
A mention in Jefffrey Epstein’s black book doesn’t mean something untoward or illegal happened there, or that he even frequented these places. But they do suggest a gilded existence—where gold on the outside hid a cheap, dark metal beneath.
Investigators took thousands of photos of Epstein’s compound on Little St. James, where some of the most egregious crimes are said to have taken place. One of them shows a shower. There’s a bottle of Frederic Fekkai shampoo, an expensive haircare product from the luxury salon. Yet also on the shelf? A bottle of Head and Shoulders. Amid all rare antiques, the extensive art, fancy amenities was a creepy, cruel man with dandruff shampoo.
President Trump on Saturday said that the airspace surrounding Venezuela should be considered closed, ratcheting up tensions with the Maduro regime and offering yet another sign that he is considering striking targets on land.
“To all Airlines, Pilots, Drug Dealers, and Human Traffickers, please consider THE AIRSPACE ABOVE AND SURROUNDING VENEZUELA TO BE CLOSED IN ITS ENTIRETY,” Trump posted on Saturday morning.
CALI, Colombia—They see themselves as the cowboys of the drug trade, highly experienced crews that ferry narcotics on small boats across the open seas, running on a mix of bravado, skill and dreams of a massive payday.
Now, designated as terrorists by the Trump administration, they face not only the perils of a capricious sea but the new danger of getting blown out of the water by the U.S. military. The trade’s unofficial motto—“deliver or die”—has never rung so true.
Iran has sent the Lebanese militia Hezbollah hundreds of millions of dollars over the past year via money exchanges and other businesses in Dubai, as Tehran seeks new ways to funnel money to its ally, people familiar with the matter said.
Hezbollah, a U.S.-designated terrorist group, is in desperate need of funds to rebuild and rearm its militia and pay other costs stemming from its bruising fight with Israel last year, the people said. Its smuggling routes through Syria were disrupted by the fall of the Iran-aligned Assad regime a year ago, and Lebanese authorities have made strides cracking down on couriers bringing suitcases of cash through the Beirut airport.
ISTANBUL—After a low-profile start to his pontificate, Pope Leo XIV is stepping into the limelight.
The first American pope begins his first foreign trip on Thursday, touring Turkey and Lebanon. It is a chance for him to set out his spiritual and geopolitical vision after six months as pontiff, notable for its relative quiet after years of turbulence in the Catholic Church.
Sudan is a country with a long memory: Our history stretches back to the biblical Kingdom of Kush, one of Africa’s greatest civilizations. The war now waged by the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) militia is unlike anything we’ve ever faced. It is tearing the fabric of our society, uprooting millions, and placing the entire region at risk. Even so, Sudanese look to allies in the region and in Washington with hope. Sudan is fighting not only for its survival, but for a just peace that can only be achieved with the support of partners who recognize the truth of how the war began and what is required to end it.
If you’ve ever wanted the famously exclusive Hermès Birkin bag, now’s your chance. On December 15, a Birkin 35 in black box calf leather with gold metal trim will be auctioned off by Orne Enchères at Hôtel Drouot in Paris.
A status symbol featured on everything from Sex and the City to Real Housewives, the Birkin bag is named after late actor and singer Jane Birkin, who died on July 16, 2023. The specific bag being auctioned belonged to Birkin, who later gave it to her best friend, photographer Gabrielle Crawford. Crawford will donate the proceeds to help finance the “future Jane Birkin Foundation.” The bag is estimated to go for as much 100,000 to 120,000 euros.
“It is in homage to this friendship, to the hectic adventure that was their life together, that Gabrielle has decided to entrust these souvenirs to the auction in order to continue Jane’s philanthropic battles and to create a foundation in her name,” reads a statement from Orne Enchères.
According to the press release, the Birkin 35 in black box calf leather was “one of the first bags offered by Hermès” to Birkin. According to Crawford, Birkin used this bag every day for years and it “became a sort of mobile warehouse.”
“Gifts from all over the world hung from the handles—bells, Japanese lucky charms,” the press release continues. “It weighed a ton. But she and it were inseparable. She never forgot it.” Eventually, Birkin gave it to Crawford, her best friend of nearly six decades.
Crawford and Birkin met in 1964, at a photo shoot for the Daily Mail’s 1965 “Girls to Watch” promotion. “My friendship with Jane was unique and irreplaceable,” Crawford told Paris Match last year. “A true friend gives you self-confidence. We played that role for each other for 58 years…. She said I was her antidote to disaster.” Crawford wrote a 2024 biography of Birkin, C’est Jane, Birkin Jane.
Le sac Birkin mis en vente par la maison Orne Enchères à l’Hôtel Drouot le 15 décembre 2025.Clemens Klenk
LONDON—The U.K. government on Monday announced an overhaul of its immigration policy to deter asylum seekers from arriving on British shores, the latest European nation to tighten rules in response to growing dissatisfaction from voters at levels of illegal immigration.
The Labour government of Prime Minister Keir Starmer announced a suite of policies including changing laws to make it easier to expel migrants, quadrupling the length of time they have to wait to become permanent residents to 20 years and regularly reviewing whether their home countries have become safer and can take them back.
Beard was introduced to Neamatalla, the museum’s founder, by the famed archaeologist Zahi Hawass, the former minister of antiquities for Egypt, and a friend of Nejma’s parents (Hawass is attending the museum’s inauguration). In 2001, Peter, Nejma, and Zara made a trip to Siwa, as well as Luxor, Cairo, and Aswan, and he returned several times.
As Zara writes in her text for the catalogue, “He did not arrive with conquest in his eyes. He came instead as a witness. As someone who believed that beauty, when glimpsed on the verge of disappearance, becomes a kind of moral imperative. We travelled to Egypt as a family. My father was fascinated by everything: the palimpsest of civilizations, the carved stones still half-buried in sand, the exquisite ruins, the legend of the Oracle, the movement of salt across centuries. To him, beauty was inseparable from time. It was not ornamental but geological, shaped by erosion, intention, and the passage of centuries. Every artifact spoke in echoes.”
Like the hotel, the museum was hand-built from Siwa mud and is entirely off-grid. Its collection includes Beard’s iconic large-scale photographs, embellished with hand-painted borders by the Hog Ranch Art Department, a collective of Kenyan friends and artists, which was born in Beard’s property near the Ngong Hills. One gallery displays pages from Beard’s famous diaries, each a small collage artwork in itself. Another is filled with his personal family photos.
Ultimately, the museum is intended to be a “permanent tribute to Peter Beard’s life, his time in Siwa, his work, and as a living testament to the belief that beauty and responsibility to the earth can and must coexist,” as the opening announcement reads. Peter Beard’s legacy may be complex, but there is no doubt of his farsightedness, of his profound understanding of the ways of the world, both natural and human, and of his position as one of the great artists of the 20th century.
Below, “For the Record of the Living,” a poem by Zara Beard.
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