Girl Power
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Karen Millen: ‘I miss the cleaner I had before my bankruptcy’
How do famous names spend their precious downtime? In our weekly My Saturday column, celebrities reveal their weekend virtues and vices. This week: Karen Millen
4-min read - LifestyleThe Telegraph
Michaela Strachan: ‘One of my best friends died of breast cancer – she wasn’t lucky like me’
How do famous names spend their precious downtime? In our weekly My Saturday column, celebrities reveal their weekend virtues and vices. This week: Michaela Strachan
3-min read - LifestyleThe Telegraph
‘The older I’ve got, the kinkier I’ve got’: How porn is booming for midlife women
“Please can someone do something to rein in the current Woman’s Hour preoccupation with masturbation and pornography,” scolded a Radio 4 listener last week, referring to the show’s recent porn series. Speaking to the station’s Feedback show, another called in to say that she and her husband found it “unacceptable”, before adding: “By the way, neither of us are prudish or anti-sex.” Well, to those listeners, if you are reading – avert your gaze! You’re not going to enjoy this article, either.
7-min read - LifestyleThe Telegraph
‘Motherhood is a trap. Marriage is a bad deal’: Feminist Corinne Maier on learning to be selfish
“It’s never too late to learn how to be selfish,” says Corinne Maier, grave-faced behind her heavy-rimmed spectacles.
14-min read - CelebrityThe Telegraph
How the world’s most powerful women really ‘have it all’
This week, Lily Allen became the latest celebrity mother to dispel the “having it all” myth. The 38-year-old singer has told The Radio Times podcast that having her two daughters, Ethel, 12, and Marnie, 11, “totally ruined” her pop career. “I get really annoyed when people say you can have it all,” she says. “Because quite frankly you can’t.”
8-min read - CelebrityThe Telegraph
‘How has my ex-husband ended up living off me for the rest of his life?’
It was only when they divorced that the financial gulf between them became so apparent. Jackie had been a CEO for a decade before they met, while Charlie “never had a particularly notable career”. Charlie seemed “very charming, very good-looking, gregarious and I was a little under-confident and shy,” Jackie says. They quickly began dating. Dating turned serious, in their early 30s, serious turned to marriage.
8-min read - CelebrityThe Telegraph
‘How has my ex-husband ended up in a situation where he’s living off me for the rest of his life?’
It was only when they divorced that the financial gulf between them became so apparent. Jackie had been a CEO for a decade before they met, while Charlie “never had a particularly notable career”. Charlie seemed “very charming, very good-looking, gregarious and I was a little under-confident and shy,” Jackie says. They quickly began dating. Dating turned serious, in their early 30s, serious turned to marriage.
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