39 h. ago AIMEE WALSH: Katie Piper says aging is a bereavement, but why do women fear growing older

The spectre of the aging woman is a tale as old as time. It's cartoonish and naff to fear aging. Shake off the shackles of the male gaze and free yourself, critic Aimee Walsh argues

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47 h. ago Madeleine McCann suspect Christian Brueckner writes chilling letter from jail

Christian Brueckner, who is currently serving time for raping a woman in 2005, wrote a sick letter from his jail cell mocking cops for their inability to find a body

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57 h. ago Gary Clarke Company: Detention review – horror and humour in stand against Section 28

The Place, London The Yorkshire-born dance artist concludes his social historical trilogy on the Thatcher era by celebrating resistance to homophobiaGary Clarke grew up in a Yorkshire mining village in the 1980s and 90s, and the scars left by Margaret Thatcher’s government (and her Tory successors) have informed an impressive dance theatre trilogy that lies somewhere between social history project and cri de coeur. Detention is the final part of the trilogy that began with Coal, looking at the mining industry, followed by Wasteland, about the nascent rave culture that sucked in disaffected youth in the midst of those mines’ closures. Detention focuses on the Section 28 legislation brought in in 1988, forbidding the “promotion” of homosexuality. This is the backdrop against which Clarke, and every other young gay man and woman at that time grew up. We see dehumanising political speeches, the bullying, the self-hatred; the bleakness is tangible.Yet while Detention is about the effects...

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3 d. ago Heartbroken girlfriend reveals genius way she dumped her cheating ex after finding out he'd been texting another woman

Melissa Viegas, 23, from Manchester, found out her boyfriend at the time had been 'sexting' another woman so started plotting a revenge plan.

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5 d. ago Woman 'stabbed 40 times' and 'left bleeding in private parts' in 'act of revenge'

The victim, who was reported missing, was found brutally murdered on a farm on Sunday and likely died of "excessive bleeding" after being stabbed by her "boyfriend", police say

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7 d. ago EastEnders star eyes up BBC return with a never been done before twist

EXCLUSIVE: Eurovision legend Cheryl Baker is eyeing up a return to Albert Square and plans on bringing a brand new twist to the BBC soap as she celebrates her roots

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9 d. ago The surprising TV shows Rose West watches alone in her prison cell to pass the time

Rosemary West is one of only four women in Britain to be given a whole life order. Amid new reports of her life in prison, the Mirror takes a look at how the UK's most reviled woman passes the time behind bars

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2 w. ago EastEnders' Adam Woodyatt cosies up to mystery woman for first time since divorce

Actor Adam Woodyatt was spotted sharing a kiss with a mystery woman in the EastEnders star's first public romance since his divorce of wife of 21 years back in 2019

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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 EastEnders fans spot major 'spoiler' for new story that 'confirms' character's fate ahead of car crash

Next week will see an accident bring further drama to the residents of Albert Square

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2 w. ago A question for Lauren Sánchez: was this a hen do or a humanitarian mission to liberate Paris from good taste? | Marina Hyde

The hemlines were high and the diamonds hefty as the world’s second-richest fiancee and her entourage stormed the Seine. Formez vos bataillons!To Cannes, in the country of France, where last night Jeff Bezos’s fiancee, Lauren Sánchez, got what she deserves: a philanthropy award. Lauren was honoured at something called the Global Gift Gala, where she received the women empowerment award for her commitment to climate justice, social justice and coming off at absolutely all times as a woman who refers to her breasts as “my girls”. Regular readers will know I have a huge amount of time for her. She accepted her gong wearing a necklace with a diamond pendant slightly larger than an Amazon warehouse, once again redrawing the blueprint that other humanitarians will simply need to watch and learn from.Meanwhile, if there were awards for hen nights – or bachelorette parties, in the American style – then Lauren would surely have taken one for her full-scale invasion of Paris last weekend, aft...

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2 w. ago Was this a hen do or a humanitarian mission to liberate Paris? Either way, give Lauren Sánchez an award | Marina Hyde

The hemlines were high and the diamonds hefty as the world’s second-richest fiancee and her entourage stormed the Seine. Formez vos bataillons!To Cannes, in the country of France, where last night Jeff Bezos’s fiancee, Lauren Sánchez, got what she deserves: a philanthropy award. Lauren was honoured at something called the Global Gift Gala, where she received the women empowerment award for her commitment to climate justice, social justice and coming off at absolutely all times as a woman who refers to her breasts as “my girls”. Regular readers will know I have a huge amount of time for her. She accepted her gong wearing a necklace with a diamond pendant slightly larger than an Amazon warehouse, once again redrawing the blueprint that other humanitarians will simply need to watch and learn from.Meanwhile, if there were awards for hen nights – or bachelorette parties, in the American style – then Lauren would surely have taken one for her full-scale invasion of Paris last weekend, aft...

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3 w. ago Cynthia Erivo will returns to the West End to play 26 roles in a one

Cynthia Erivo will returns to the West End to play 26 roles in a one-woman ‘Dracula’  Time Out

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last month Statue of a Black woman in Times Square brings out the worst of the right

The 12-foot-tall bronze statue depicts a fictitious woman meant to have “familiar qualities.”

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last month Telly icon returns after years off air and talks 'steamy' romance with Emily Atack

EXCLUSIVE: A huge TV icon has returned to screens and this time with his "dream woman" by his side, Emily Atack - and the star revealed how they met to the Daily Star

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