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The Bush model MB60 was released in 1957 and is the first valve-based Bush radio to be described in Silicon Chip. The MB60 is a portable radio that uses the Dx96 series of directly-heated valves. by Ian Batty

Jose Perez/Bauer-Griffin/Getty ImagesThe British actress Lily James, 34, is filming on location in New York for the forthcoming thriller RelayDamien MEYER/AFP/G

A refugee from the Nazis, his designs included the Reliant Scimitar GTE, the Reliant Robin and the orange Bond Bug

Designer of colourful, memorable products of the 1960s and 70s such as Marble Run and the Raleigh Chopper

This tangerine, wedge-shaped three-wheeler was the best-known work of prolific designer Tom Karen, who has died

Family and friends pay tribute to Karen, who also oversaw design of Reliant Scimitar GTE car

The immigrant designer conjured futuristic delight with icons from the Raleigh Chopper to the Reliant Robin

Tom Karen helped create some famous children's products from the 1970s as well as the Bond Bug car.

Starting out sketching cars in his schoolbooks, Julian Thomson has gone on to work on many an iconic automotive shape – and has owned his fare share too

There are some traditional toys and games no child should ever go without, says Tom Karen, a 95-year-old toymaker who lives in Cambridge, “like loveable dolls, soft toys, Lego, Monopoly, Connect Four – and yes, the Marble Run.” Karen invented the Marble Run in the 1960s after noticing how his own children found marbles thrilling. “I was surprised how much pleasure they got from a fixed run where all you could do was feed marbles at the top and watch them zig zag their way down,” he sa...