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  • Seeking a break one morning from the otherwise companionable drizzle and wind, I sat down for an hour with Robin Birley (the son of the late archaeologist Eric and the father and father-in-law, respectively, of the archaeologists Andrew and Barbara), a large man of sixty-five with hands like oaken burls.

    Empire's End 2006

  • Seeking a break one morning from the otherwise companionable drizzle and wind, I sat down for an hour with Robin Birley (the son of the late archaeologist Eric and the father and father-in-law, respectively, of the archaeologists Andrew and Barbara), a large man of sixty-five with hands like oaken burls.

    Empire's End 2006

  • They found a little coppice just outside a village called Birley, and Dick drove up the lane that bisected the trees and found a little open area between it and a field.

    Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine 2003

  • Caring, who is awaiting planning permission to open his nightclub in Mayfair, also called Birley's, told

    Latest hospitality news from CatererSearch feedback@caterersearch.com 2010

  • It's investing £300m in brand new facilities at Manchester and Crewe, and £110m in the new Birley Fields campus.

    University guide 2012: Manchester Metropolitan University 2011

  • Annabel's, the London nightclub for the upper-class party set, was named after her by her first husband, Mark Birley.

    Jemima Khan: Just don't take her at face value| Tracy McVeigh 2011

  • Born in Britain, Louise Vava Lucia Henriette de la Falaise was the daughter of an Irish mother, Maxime Birley, who was an occasional model for Elsa Schiaparelli, and a French father, Alain de la Falaise.

    LouLou De La Falaise, YSL Muse, Dies At 63 (PHOTOS) The Huffington Post News Editors 2011

  • Founded in the early 19th century by British inventor Samuel Birley Rowbotham -- who demonstrated that the Earth is a flat surface centered at the North Pole, with the sun, moon and planets only a few hundred miles above us -- the Flat Earth Society once again began to accept new members in 2009.

    Jonathan Miller: The Earth Is Flat... but They Can't Handle the Truth Jonathan 2011

  • Born in Britain, Louise Vava Lucia Henriette de la Falaise was the daughter of an Irish mother, Maxime Birley, who was an occasional model for Elsa Schiaparelli, and a French father, Alain de la Falaise.

    LouLou De La Falaise, YSL Muse, Dies At 63 (PHOTOS) The Huffington Post News Editors 2011

  • The five-year-old is registered in the colours of Mrs Robin Birley, better known as Lucy, the ex-wife of rock star Bryan Ferry.

    Cleeve Hill 2011

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