The Sunday Times - UK (2022-02-13

Wheelie fun:

it’s the BMX boom

Despite its origins in 1970s southern

California, the UK is really rather good

at BMX. At last year’s Tokyo Olympics,

22-year-old Bethany Shriever (below)

won Team GB’s first gold medal for BMX

and last month the British rider Kieran

Reilly landed the world’s first “triple

flair” stunt (where you rotate three

times in mid-air and twist 180 degrees).

Could there be a Raducanu

moment coming for our

bicycle motocross stars

in 2022? Remind

yourself of the glory

days with We We r e

Rad — a new

book on the history

of British BMX told

through more than

1,200 images. £45;

wewererad.com

Add to cart:

members’ club merch

The latest in interiors for the one-percenters? A

homeware collection from the man behind 5 Hertford

Street. Robin Birley — owner of the club where Harry

and Meghan reportedly enjoyed one of their earliest

dates — is launching Birley next month. Glassware,

ceramics, cushions and all things tablescaping will be

among the offerings — the collection has been

designed with Willie Landels, who also works across

the interiors of Birley’s clubs (and used to be editor of

society bible Harpers & Queen). Your kitchen

inspiration? The grande dame of the family, Lady

Rhoda Birley, who used to feed lobster thermidor to

her roses ... Peppermill, £125, salt dish, £55, and

lavender sachets, £90 each; [email protected]

The Barometer

The colour of the year? Wordle green

First there was millennial pink, then Gen Z yellow, and now we surrender to:

Wordle green. Resistance is futile.

BIBHU MOHAPATRA

PRADA

ELIE SAAB

BOTTEGA VENETA

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