7 h. ago I’m terrible on the field. But my amateurism might actually have benefits

Find an appealing activity and stick with it even if you lack skill, says Karen Walrond, author of In Defense of DabblingTell us: have you fallen in love this year?All my life I’ve been bad at sports. At school I was always successfully “sick” on the annual sports day and had a standing note from my equally averse mother to excuse me from physical education classes due to my “bad foot”. Even after I started exercising regularly in my mid-20s, I never joined my friends’ social netball or football teams.“Hating sports” was core to my identity. Then, last year, a friend invited me to her birthday “kickabout” – a casual game of football, I gathered. (I believe some call it soccer.) Had we been less close, I might have made my excuses. Instead I turned up to the park, determined to keep as far away from the ball as possible. Continue reading...

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7 h. ago Ryan Gosling and Eva Mendes ‘Love’ Life in London, Want to Leave L.A. For Life Abroad (Exclusive)

Ryan Gosling and Eva Mendes ‘Love’ Life in London, Want to Leave L.A. For Life Abroad (Exclusive)  Yahoo

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9 h. ago I’m the worst player on my social sports team. Why does it feel so good to be bad at something?

There are joys in finding an activity you’re drawn to but not necessarily naturally good at, and sticking with it anywayTell us: have you fallen in love this year?All my life I’ve been bad at sports. At school I was always successfully “sick” on the annual sports day and had a standing note from my equally averse mother to excuse me from physical education classes due to my “bad foot”. Even after I started exercising regularly in my mid-20s, I never joined my friends’ social netball or football teams.“Hating sports” was core to my identity. Then, last year, a friend invited me to her birthday “kickabout” – a casual game of football, I gathered. (I believe some call it soccer.) Had we been less close, I might have made my excuses. Instead I turned up to the park, determined to keep as far away from the ball as possible. Continue reading...

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12 h. ago Loose Women star Coleen Nolan's 'don't let her' doubt over daughter's love life

Coleen Nolan, a mum-of-three to sons Shane Jr, Jake and daughter Ciara, made the comments while discussing a fan dilemma alongside fellow Loose Women panellist Jane Moore

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15 h. ago ‘It’s taken me seven albums of material to get to the point where I’m playing rooms like this and I f***ing love it’

Tom Odell’s Wonderful Life Tour proves that the Another Love singer can perform arenas with ease

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18 h. ago A moment that changed me: I hated running – until I saw it through my daughter’s eyes

She was five when I first took her to a junior parkrun and I was amazed at her attitude and ability. After a lifetime of seeing exercise as punishment, I could suddenly appreciate itAs a teenager, I was very much a “don’t put me down for cardio” girl. At school I would volunteer to be the goalkeeper as it required the least amount of movement. When it came to sports day, if I couldn’t blag a sicknote, I’d reluctantly sign up for long jump, since the long-jump pit was tucked away behind the bike shed and drew no crowds. The idea of running on the track in front of the whole school felt like a nightmare brought to life.Unlike lots of my male friends who played football or rugby for fun, I only saw exercise as punishment. Diet culture in the 90s dictated that thinness – and subsequent “goodness” – was a simple case of calories in versus calories out. Exercise was a gruelling way to stay slim and nothing more. I knew nothing of the feelgood effects of exercise, since I only ever experie...

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33 h. ago The love story that shaped Prunella Scales's life: How a chance meeting with Timothy West on a BBC drama led to their tender 60

The actress, who has died aged 93, starred alongside veteran actor West in a series of televised canal journeys even as both were coping with her diagnosis of dementia.

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33 h. ago Sir Tom Jones shares the emotional last request from his wife Linda before her death

Tom Jones' wife Linda was the love of his life and the pair were childhood sweethearts - she had one final request for the singer before she died after 59 years of marriage

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33 h. ago Sir Tom Jones reveals wife Linda's last request before her death

Tom Jones' wife Linda was the love of his life and the pair were childhood sweethearts - she had one final request for the singer before she died after 59 years of marriage

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36 h. ago Tom Jones' wife's poignant last wish after standing by him through affairs

Tom Jones' wife Linda was the 'love of his life' and the pair were childhood sweethearts - but the singer also had hundreds of affairs

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36 h. ago The love story that shaped Prunella Scales' life: How a chance meeting with Timothy West on a BBC drama led to their tender 60

The actress, who has died aged 93, starred alongside veteran actor West in a series of televised canal journeys even as both were coping with her diagnosis of dementia.

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36 h. ago Tom Jones' wife's tragic final request before death after standing by him through affairs

Tom Jones' wife, Melinda, was the love of his life and the pair were childhood sweethearts - but the singer had hundreds of affairs, including with Miss World contestant Marjorie Wallace

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58 h. ago Caroline Flack's mother Christine reveals her 'biggest regret' after the former Love Island host's tragic death as she and her children visit memorial bench in first

Caroline Flack's mother Christine has revealed her 'biggest regret' after the former Love Island host tragically took her own life.

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62 h. ago Love Island star Olivia Bowen thought she was going to die during scary birth

‘I thought I was going to lose my life,’ says reality star

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63 h. ago Teacher 'sex trafficked pupil for boyfriend and paid her £75 to keep quiet'

High school teacher Elizabeth Jamie Love, 36, faces life in prison over claims she trafficked a female student for sex for her boyfriend Jarid 'Jack' Krause, who has also been charged

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3 d. ago Welcome to Derry star Bill Skarsgård's love life and who he's dating now

The actor had a flurry of high-profile roles in recent years, sparking renewed interest in his private life

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3 d. ago 'People love my life as a vampire but there's something my fans don't know'

A woman who says she's a real-life vampire has made an admission about her life online, as she's confessed that everything may not be as it seems when she makes her ever-popular videos

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3 d. ago ‘The best song to play at a party is the one that gets people to leave’: Sananda Maitreya’s honest playlist

Stevie Wonder rocked the singer’s 10-year-old world and he’s secretly a huge fan of the Carpenters. But what novelty song did he drunkenly sing in karaoke in Japan?The first song I fell in love withI Want to Hold Your Hand and She Loves You by the Beatles are like my villain origin story. I was two years old and have no conscious memory of life before that. I can remember walking around our little apartment in East Orange, New Jersey, singing those songs.The first album I bought I grew up in a fundamentalist Christian conservative family. Remember Footloose? It was exactly like that. No dancing, no movies, no records. My aunt bought me Stevie Wonder’s Journey Through the Secret Life of Plants and I fell in love with Send One Your Love. Continue reading...

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5 d. ago Inside Paloma Faith's love life as she announces pregnancy – 'raw' split to new love

Here we take a look at Paloma Faith's love life over the years as she announces that she is pregnant with her third child in social media post

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6 d. ago It's taboo to say but flirting with other men keeps my marriage alive... and you'll never guess what it does to our sex life

I am married, very happily, to a man I adore. But that doesn't stop me from being an incorrigible flirt.

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