Girl Power
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Kissing cousins, inflatable mushrooms and a gothic mansion: How to party like Lady Lola Bute
A 19th-century ancestral pile transformed into a surreal wonderland with giant inflatable mushrooms; banquet tables groaning with lobster and oysters; black-tie-wearing revellers dancing in front of stained-glass windows while sipping Moët through a straw; Land of Hope and Glory accompanying a jumbo fireworks display; and a guest list comprising Hollywood stars, fashion icons and royalty.
9-min read - LifestyleThe Telegraph
The best period pants of 2024, for stylish but effective absorbency
Period underwear is a game changer. Like many, I was unsure and tentative at first. Could they work? Would they leak? Might they smell? But when I tried period pants, all my concerns melted away, replaced by a new question: where have these been all my life? I wish I could travel back in time and gift them to my younger self. The best period pants I tried made periods so much more comfortable and easier to manage.
16-min read - CelebrityThe Telegraph
Exclusive Gina Ford interview: ‘I’ve never advised parents to let babies cry it out’
Three weeks ago, I wrote an article for The Telegraph about my search for Gina Ford, the baby sleep guru and Queen of Routine. Desperate for my own baby to sleep, I described my fruitless attempts to impose Ford’s methods – in the middle of the night, as the baby monitor flashed red, or at lunchtimes when she woke up 40 minutes after I’d put her down for a nap – and my fantasy that Ford herself might offer me some advice.
15-min read - LifestyleThe Telegraph
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.
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