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“... The idea has been much developed since, by Mouret himself and by many others. In 2007, Victoria Beckham wore a pink Mouret Moon dress on her first appearance with her husband after he joined LA Galaxy (‘Real elegance requires not only a great dress but a discriminating and disciplined wearer,’ Germaine Greer enthused in the ...”

“... to say nothing of the press’s own behaviour. Geri Halliwell’s old chum from the Spice Girls, Victoria Beckham, has a thing or two to say about the push-me-pull-you mechanics of the British press, but, first off, she’s in a class of her own when it comes to dedications. She feels sorry for herself too, but she manages quite deftly, in dedicating ...”

“... awfulness of the period, setting the scene for a well-timed explosion of gossip and dirt. David Beckham, who once had a golden right foot, a sweet face, a high voice and a famous willingness to sit around in branded underpants while being photographed by the world’s press, might have proved a sensational subject all by himself, a walking-and-squeaking ...”

“... a baby. The baby is called Harper, not after Harper Lee, but after the only daughter of David and ...”

“... the Daily Telegraph on 13 June were pictures of the eminent novelist in sports kit that David Beckham might not be ashamed to be seen in. Pilates, we learn, has changed Martin Amis’s life. It’s got him onto the health pages of the Telegraph, for one thing. ‘It’s a bit girly, but it really works,’ he enthuses to ...”

“... witchcraft.’ According to Bespoke: The Men’s Style of Savile Row by James Sherwood, even Queen Victoria got in on the act, writing to her son Bertie that ‘dress is a trifling matter,’ before adding: ‘we do not wish to control your own tastes and fancies … but we do expect that you will never wear anything extravagant or slang.’ In the end she ...”

“... 1867 Walter Bagehot pointed out how wrongheaded they were to complain about the attention paid to Victoria’s promenades at Windsor or the Prince of Wales’s trips to the Derby. Popular fascination with ‘a retired widow and an unemployed youth’, he insisted, was of great significance in explaining British political health.The British monarchy has ...”

“... global spectacle. Glossy new craft appear, hawking running shoes and branded kit for the legacy of Victoria Park athletes with personal trainers and exercise mats. Wells kept a diary of the time he spent in Leyton police station. He was touched by the concern shown by the duty officer and felt that he was in the right place to meditate on what has been ...”

“... crucial penalty), Placente, Sorín, Ortega. But we win the battle of the stupid hair, thanks to Beckham’s mohican and Seaman’s ponytail. ¡Olé! 8 June. Thanks to Italy’s 2-1 loss to Croatia – a defeat helped by their having two entirely valid goals denied by the Danish linesman, but never mind – the Cup is going into its third round with ...”

“... down as the heavyweight arm-twisting pays off, the celebrity assaults, camera-kissing by Blair and Beckham: we get the Games on 6 July 2005. Then the shock of a traumatised London the following morning, death toll rising, dazed survivors captured on mobile phones as they stumble through smoke-filled, soft-focus tunnels. Bomb carriers looped on CCTV: malignant ...”