19 h. ago I had to stop raving after bunion surgery – so I became a DJ instead

Tina Woods, AKA Tina Technotic, now DJs around the world and has found a new sense of connection. She even believes it’s lowering her biological ageTina Woods was sitting in a taxi when the dancing bug bit. It was after midnight and she and two friends were heading home from another friend’s 60th birthday party. South-west London rolled past the window. They had had a bit to drink. As they passed Le Fez nightclub, they realised they didn’t want to go home. “We were like: let’s go dancing before we go to bed,” she says.Woods, then 56, had gone clubbing in her 20s, but on Le Fez’s dancefloor, as her body caught the beat, she had “an epiphany moment”, a shock of pure euphoria: “The joy I felt – the mind, body and soul connection – was like a lightning bolt.” She knew then that “dancing and music were going to be a bigger part of my life than I’d ever thought”. Continue reading...

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56 h. ago Taylor Swift reunites with Brittany Mahomes for birthday party as Blake Lively stays silent on Travis Kelce engagement

Taylor Swift certainly has a lot of her plate these days, but the newly engaged singer took time to celebrate a milestone birthday with a friend on Friday.

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3 d. ago Liverpool flop's stunning wife lands huge new job and vows 'I'll be pleasant to look at'

Stunning TV presenter Diletta Leotta has landed a new role and has promised to be ‘pleasant to look at’ after defending her daring choice of outfit at her daughter’s birthday party

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4 d. ago Is it wrong to throw a birthday party for my dog? | Frances Ryan

A whopping 64% of pet owners in the UK now celebrate their animal companions’ birthdays even though it’s not entirely clear who the celebrations are forI’ve been telling Mabel she’ll be four soon for about a month. I bought her present similarly early, though I am unsure whether to wrap it. When the Amazon guy delivers a gift from my sister on the day, he wishes Mabel “happy birthday” through the gate. As I sing the opening bars, the build-up has clearly worked: she jumps up with excitement and licks my knees. I should clarify at this point that Mabel is not my child – she’s a cocker spaniel.If this sounds unhinged, I’d like to stress it’s statistically very normal, actually. “Pet birthdays” are a booming market, with the UK industry alone now worth an estimated £1.7bn. A recent survey by Moonpig found 64% of pet owners in the UK celebrate their pets’ birthdays, with as many as 83% of gen Z embracing gourmet treats or even themed parties. Continue reading...

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6 d. ago France faces new political crisis as PM expected to lose confidence vote

François Bayrou says he will ‘fight like a dog’ to stay in power but he appears almost certain to be toppledFrance is braced for another political crisis as the minority government of François Bayrou appears almost certain to be toppled in a confidence vote next month, amid deep political divisions over an unpopular austerity budget and debt-reduction plan.“I will fight like a dog,” the centrist prime minister told L’Express on Tuesday after his surprise decision to call a vote of confidence from parliamentarians. Continue reading...

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7 d. ago A girl’s 15th birthday party was a huge disappointment. And then she went viral

The viral spark came when a local photographer offered a free shoot

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7 d. ago Lamine Yamal goes public with Argentinian rapper girlfriend, 25, after summer of controversies including love triangle with OnlyFans star and 18th birthday party where DWARVES were exploited

Captioned only with a cake and love heart emojis, in the post sees the pair can be seen intimately seated together in front of Nicole's birthday cake.

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8 d. ago The secret to happiness? Finding joy in others. It’s free, simple and will gladden your heart | Nadine Levy

When we rejoice in others’ success, the Dalai Llama once said, we multiply our chances by billions. These are good odds!Making sense of it is a column about spirituality and how it can be used to navigate everyday lifeI once had a therapist who laughed – not just a chuckle but an unrestrained, full-bodied laughter. Initially, it took me by surprise. I thought therapy was a solemn endeavour, a place to unearth my deepest fears and sorrows. On a significant birthday she asked to see photos of my party, her eyes sparkling with excitement. She joked that we could have had a bottle of champagne in our session to celebrate (we didn’t but I appreciated the sentiment). She never missed an opportunity for shared joy.Of course, we also did the hard work. She witnessed tears, frustration and confusion – often before 9.45am. She had seen a lot and had sat through a lot. She had been a tireless advocate, frustrated with a system that abandoned many of its vulnerable in the name of efficiency.Dr ...

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9 d. ago Khloe Kardashian nearly upstages her friend at her birthday party as fans go wild over her 'amazing' look

Khloé Kardashian threatened to steal the spotlight from her close friend Olivia Pierson on Friday as she shared outtakes from the influencer's birthday celebration.

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1 week ago Charlotte Hawkins as you've never seen her before! Good Morning Britain star, 50, strips down to reveal incredible physique and reveals never before seen party

The broadcaster, who celebrated her 50th birthday in May, has been a staple of the ITV breakfast programme since its launch in 2014 after she left Sky News .

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1 week ago Katie Price breaks silence on Princess Andre 'feud' and challenges Peter Andre

Katie Price has spoken out following a reported feud with her daughter Princess Andre after she wasn't at her 18th birthday party, which was filmed for Princess' reality show

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1 week ago Bleak Squad: Strange Love review – Australia’s newest supergroup sound like they’ve been together for years

Four music greats – Mick Harvey, Mick Turner, Adalita and Marty Brown – have created a genuine collaboration that leaves room for all their talentsGet our weekend culture and lifestyle emailOccasionally the musical universe offers unexpected gifts that we might never have thought to ask for and had no right to expect. Strange Love, the debut album by new Melbourne supergroup Bleak Squad, is one such gift. The names who brought the band together speak for themselves: Adalita (Magic Dirt), Mick Harvey (the Bad Seeds, the Birthday Party), Mick Turner (Dirty Three) and Marty Brown (Art of Fighting, SodaStream, Claire Bowditch), who brought the band together.Brown’s intuition that such a combination would go well together has proven inspired. Such things can easily end up sounding better on paper than in practice. Instead, Bleak Squad sound pretty much exactly as you’d expect, given their name and collective histories: the hour is late, the lights are low, the writing is sharp, the arran...

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1 week ago Hypocrisy of the secret celebrity smokers: All the 'wellness

Rita Ora and her husband Taika Waititi were the latest stars to surprise fans, as they lay out a platter of cigarettes for their A-list celebrity friends to enjoy at the director's 50th birthday party in Ibiza.

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1 week ago Princess Andre explains why she's not called her mum amid alleged 'feud'

Princess Andre has declared that it's 'not worth' speaking to her mother Katie Price about why she decided to speak about not being invited to her daughter's birthday party, fuelling speculation of a feud

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2 w. ago Girl's 3rd birthday party descends into chaos after real SNAKE falls out toy box

Jennifer Baker, 30, was in her kitchen when a snake fell out of her daughter's new toy box after celebrating her third birthday - and it has now been returned to its owner

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2 w. ago Little girl's birthday party descends into chaos after SNAKE slithers out of toy box

She thought her son's were pranking her at first

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2 w. ago Katie Price reaches out to Peter Andre as daughter Princess is 'unfairly' caught up in their feud

Growing rumours of a 'rift' between Katie and Princess have been growing in recent weeks after Katie didn't appear at Princess' 18th birthday party.

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2 w. ago Britain’s oldest drug driver claims cocaine was slipped into his lemonade during birthday party

Arthur Ball’s motability car had a police marker on it amid claims the vehicle was being used by a drug dealer

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2 w. ago Britain's oldest drug driver, 81, took cocaine at his own birthday party before getting behind the wheel

Arthur Ball, who needs hearing aids, uses two walking sticks, and has had a carer for 15 years, tested three times the limit when officers stopped his Motability car.

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2 w. ago 'It must have been slipped into my lemonade at my 81st birthday party'

Arthur Ball claims cocaine was slipped in his drink at a celebration for his birthday

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