author: nigel cawthorne

From haute couture to streetwear; key collections, major figures and crucial moments that changed the course of fashion history from 1890 to the 1990s.

... Chet Dettlinger, compiler of The List, spotted that a number of the victims knew each other and the places where the victims were last seen, or where their bodies had been dumped, were confined to specific areas. This area gradually ...

... swimming inthe White House pool. Male friends would send over nubile ... party, Kennedy andatall beautiful blonde were joined by Bobby, a male friend and several more naked ... nude party resumed. There were other nudeparties atthe White House ...

... the bottom, he finds a man whose dying words are: 'Why didn't they ask Evans?' When Bobby pulls a handkerchief from the dead man's pocket to cover his face, the pictureof a beautiful young woman falls out. While his golf partner goes to ...

... March, she hadnamed seven local women as witches.They were arrested. Then Maryidentified an eighth, who'assoon asshe came intothe roomthesaid Mary fell into sucha violentfit of pain that three menwere scarce able to hold her, and cried ...

From the Battle of Marathon to D-Day Nigel Cawthorne. TOBRUK. THE. DESERT. RATS. DEFY. ROMMEL. 1941. In the deserts of North Africa, General Erwin Rommel's Afrika Korps seemed invincible. But at Tobruk, a British force of largely ...

... . But the pilot had made no reference to the disablement , nor did he give any indication that the aircraft had been seized . FLIGHT MH370 : THE MYSTERY “ This [ sign - 163 Flight M370 PB Text p001-214_Layout 1 05/11/203 08:56 Page 163.

... rescue dog. A wire-haired terrier, she was owned by the veterinary officer of the PDSA, Bill Barnet, who led the rescue squads for animals in London during the blitz. One day in 1940, Beauty began digging among rubble alongside the rescue ...

... Colt 40mm M203 Grenade Launcher Colt's M203 Grenade Launcher is a lightweight, singleshot, breechloaded 40mm device ... C7 5.56mm Light Support Weapon The Canadians developed their own version of the M16 assault rifle. Designated the C7 ...

... Love,” Eric Clapton 52 “The Riverboat Song,” Ocean Colour Scene (Steve Cradock) 53 “Smells Like Teen Spirit,” Nirvana (Kurt Cobain) 54 “Cause We've Ended as Lovers,” Jeff Beck 55 “Beat It,” Michael Jackson (Edward Van Halen) 56 “Dead Or ...

... Rosae Crucis, based in Quakertown, Pennsylvania, claimed to date back to 1858, despite not being heard of until 1907 when R. Swinburne Clymer declared himself its chief Magus. That same year, Carl van Grasshof, a member of the ...

... suitcase bomb. He escapes on an Acrostar minijet, concealed in a horsebox. Bond hasa watch with aradio direction ... plugin retinal scanner. Fatima has adevice which she stickson Bond's air tanks to attract sharks. The Flying Saucer ...

... teenage mistress. The money was written off along with 110 million francs worth of debt, much of it in the form of bonds given to Leopold's teenage mistress and the king's other lovers. And Leopold received another 100 million francs in ...

... teenage mistress. The money was written off along with 110 million francs in debt, much of it in the form of bonds given to Leopold's teenage mistress and the king's other lovers. Moreover, Leopold received another 100 million francs in ...

... executioner was stoned to death in Prague Castle after a botched beheading. Execution of noble 'traitors' during the German Bauernkrieg, the Peasants' War, of 1525 Franz Schmidt, Specialist Executioner The doyen of German executioners ...

Nigel Cawthorne. The road in Al Amarah was rough. The water main was broken and water bubbled up through the asphalt. Beharry drove with the hatch open, otherwise his vision would be badly restricted. But the sewers were broken ... RPG.' ...

... breakdown was not remote. However, his paranoia protected him because it was ... destiny that awaited them. Their enemies had used dastardly tactics against ... 2. The leader of a new movement must appeal to youth. 3. The masses needed a ...

... Spring Awakening, took place in the Lake Balaton area in Hungary. It took the Soviets completely by surprise. Fortunately for them, they had been massing 1,000 tanks for an assault along the Danube valley, so they had a large, fully ...

... Beretta pistol, a 7.63 Mauser pistol, Cavataio's Colt Cobra, a 38A Zanotti shotgun, a 38/49 Beretta machine gun and an MP40 machine pistol. This bloody incident marked the end of six long years of bitter war. Initially the Moncada ...

Confirmed Kill details the missions of the most legendary snipers: Chuck Mawhinney—Marine with 103 Vietnam War confirmed kills Adelbert Waldron—U.S. record holder with 109 confirmed kills Timothy Kellner—Army sergeant with more than ...

... Hand”. There was, of course, the famous Black Hand gang in Serbia, who assassinated Archduke Franz Ferdinand, precipitating the ... the Black Hand had been “a secret society which fought the government and the church” in Spain during the ...

... Hand letters. They asked for sums ranging from $1 to $1,000, but nothing ... Mafia that he should be left alone, due to his connections to the Camorra. When ... the Black Hand issue squarely', but then he secretly relocated – for fear of ...

... gay sex with Ichihashi, since his escape, in a club in Tokyo's gay quarter, Shinjuku. Lindsay's shoes were found in the rucksack grabbed by the police as he fled, along with Ichihashi's gym kit and clean underwear. The police believe ...

... Eric Edgar Cooke turned up, looking for the gun. Cooke had been born in Perth in 1931 with a hare lip and a cleft palate. Early operations improved his condition, but his speech remained blurred and indistinct and his appearance was ...

... Eric Edgar Cooke turned up, looking for the gun. Cooke had been born in Perth in 1931. With a hare lip and a cleft palate, his appearance was mocked by others and he was beaten mercilessly by his father. From an early age, he suffered ...

... letters. The most highly prized were his annual 'letter from Father Christmas'. These were collected and published as The Father Christmas Letters in 1976. An expanded version appeared in 1999 as Letters from Father Christmas. Along ...

... Megan Leavey and her dog ended up back at Camp Pendleton after they were hit by a homemade bomb in Ramadi, Iraq. She ... Man and dog had a strong bond in life. Master Sergeant Matt McHugh, the family's casualty assistance officer, said ...