63 h. ago EastEnders star Jill Halfpenny admits being out of work makes her feel 'pointless' as she opens up about the challenges of life as an actress

The Strictly Come Dancing winner, 49, who recently starred in Channel 5 drama The Feud, said as she gets older the lack of structure in an actor's life has gotten harder.

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3 d. ago Stick review – Owen Wilson is utterly charming in the Ted Lasso of golf

This solid comedy-drama features the ever-watchable Hollywood star as a washed-up pro given a shot at redemption when he mentors a teen prodigy. It’s pleasant, feelgood TVI’ve never met a golfer in real life. I’ve always assumed I’m the wrong demographic – perhaps in terms of age, or class or at least tax bracket – or perhaps my lack of athleticism is so aggressive that it has prevented me from becoming friends with anyone with even the mildest sporting proclivity for all my life. Instead, I have essentially taken Mark Twain’s word for it that golf is a good walk spoiled, and gone about my days.Now, however, I think golf may be the spoiler of a good new comedy drama. Stick, it’s called – a deadening name – and it stars Owen Wilson as washed-up golf pro Pryce Cahill. He had a televised meltdown during a tournament at the peak of his career (“He triple-bogeyed his entire life”) and is now reduced to selling golf kit, giving lessons to rich old ladies and hustling for cash in bars. He ...

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4 d. ago iPhone users urged to make simple change to settings to 'save battery'

A tech expert is urging iPhone users to adjust a simple setting which they claim could help them save their battery life and make their phone feel like it's 'brand new'

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5 d. ago Get off Feeld if you’re ‘vanilla’ – it’s not for you and that’s OK

The sex-positive app has seen a huge boost to user numbers – but many of them are ‘tourists’ looking for vicarious thrills. Helen Coffey argues that we should swerve the kink-spotting safari and stay in our dating lane

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5 d. ago Therapy isn’t about life hacks. The best solutions are simpler – and more complex

What we want is quick, clever fixes. What we need is quite different: the ability to tolerate intolerable feelings, to sustainably change and growWhen people seek therapy – and I know this, because I too was once a person seeking therapy – we often want strategies, techniques and tools for our toolboxes. We want to be asked questions and to know the answers; we want to ask questions and to be given answers. We believe that these are the things we need to build a better life.Now that I am a patient in psychoanalysis, and I am a psychodynamic psychotherapist treating patients, I can see why my therapist needed to frustrate this desire, and offer me the opposite. What I wanted was to manage myself out of my emotions rather than feel them, to hack my life rather than live it – and that makes for a shallower existence, not a better one. Continue reading...

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6 d. ago Life by the quiet beach 20 minutes from Cardiff where it feels like you've gone back in time

It's peaceful, lived-in and everyone here feels truly at ease in their surroundings

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9 d. ago Paul Gascoigne looks better than ever as he shares feelings that 'run riot' in his life

Once described as the most gifted English footballer of all time, Paul Gascoigne - aka Gazza - is 58 and looking fantastic. And he tells The Mirror he wants people to get to know 'the real me'

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1 week ago Dear Coleen: My children have left the nest and my life feels empty

Dear Coleen

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2 w. ago 'I feel empty and utterly lost and alone since my kids flew the nest'

Resident agony aunt Coleen Nolan has advice for a woman whose children have grown up and moved out to do their own thing, but she now feels she has no real purpose

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2 w. ago The sexiest time in a woman's life? Pregnancy! TRACEY COX reveals why women's libido skyrockets when expecting... and why many feel so guilty about it

Sex and relationships expert TRACEY COX spoke to women experiencing a higher sex drive during pregnancy - while also finding out what men think about sex during those nine months.

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2 w. ago Is the Nintendo Switch the best console of its generation – or just the most meaningful to me?

For years, the Switch has been a companion through life’s changes , gaming milestones and a lifeline to fun in chaotic timesThe lifespan of a games console has extended a lot since I was a child. In the 1990s, this kind of technology would be out of date after just a couple of years. There would be some tantalising new machine out before you knew it, everybody competing to be on the cutting edge: the Game Boy and Sega Genesis/Mega Drive in 1989 were followed by the Game Gear in 1990 and the Super NES in 1991. Five years was a long life for a gaming machine.Now, it’s more like 10. The Nintendo Switch 2 will be released in a couple of weeks, more than eight years since I first picked an original Switch up off its dock and marvelled at the instant transition to portable play. Games consoles often feel like they mark off particular eras in my life: the Nintendo 64 was the defining console of my childhood, the PlayStation 2 of my adolescence, and the Xbox 360 of the first years of my car...

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2 w. ago Spike Lee says Highest 2 Lowest is his last film with Denzel Washington

Director says his fifth movie with the actor will probably be their last project together as Washington ‘has been talking about retirement’The collaboration between Spike Lee and Denzel Washington has spanned four decades and tackled many aspects of African American life. But Lee feels their latest venture, the kidnap drama Highest 2 Lowest, will probably be the duo’s swansong.“This is the fifth one we’ve done together,” Lee said after the picture’s premiere at the Cannes film festival. “It has been a blessing, this body of work between us, doing films that people love. And I think this is it. He’s been talking about retirement. But five films together: that’s good, they stand up.” Continue reading...

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2 w. ago The influencer victims of ruthless cartels: How aspiring Instagram and TikTok stars have met gruesome ends after being caught up in Central America's bloodthirsty drug gang underworld

With private jets, luxury hotels and Michelin-starred meals woven into the fabric of an influencer's everyday life it's easy to feel envious. But, behind the social media façade lies a darker reality.

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3 w. ago I spent most of my life feeling weak, frail and unable to put on weight. Doctors were baffled

Every time Billie Worsey nips up the stairs to fetch something she utters a silent 'thank you'. Until recently, she was unable do to this alone, needing her husband to carry her.

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3 w. ago How to be happier at work: A masterclass with Lord Mark Price

An illuminating lunchtime workshop with business expert and author Lord Mark Price, designed to help you rethink your working life – and feel better in it

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