Month: March 2025

HALEY Neill, 35, is a brand manager at a bank and lives in Arkansas, USA, with her husband Jason, 44, a salesman, and her children Brody, 16, Brylee, 14, and Brantlee, nine. She is close friends with her ex’s new wife Morgan. “Lying on the bed, I braced myself as Morgan pulled the waxing strip… Continue reading I’m best friends with my ex-husband’s wife – we text daily & she waxes my bikini line, my new man found it strange

ANSWERING the phone call from her son’s school, Rox felt a surge of anxiety as she was told she’d have to collect him because he was out of control. This was far from the first time Rox, an occupational therapist for a local authority, had been forced to cancel an appointment at the last minute… Continue reading I had a breakdown and had to be signed off sick because my six-year-old son kept getting in trouble at school

AGED 17, Beth falls in love with Gabriel, but her heart is broken when he leaves for a very different life. Dependable farmer Frank is there to pick up the pieces and together they create a future – until Gabriel returns and Beth’s life is upended. With film rights already sold to Reese Witherspoon, this powerful story… Continue reading Win a copy of Broken Country by Clare Leslie Hall in this week’s Fabulous book competition

THIS brilliant novel is unlike anything we’ve read before, but prepare to be enthralled. In 1920s Yorkshire, tiny Celie is an outcast, but her stature and bravery means she’s adept at stealing prized eggs from birds’ nests. In the present, Patrick and his friend Nick try to find who stole a wild bird’s egg from… Continue reading Win a copy of The Impossible Thing by Belinda Bauer in this week’s Fabulous book competition

APPRENTICE star and West Ham United vice-chair Karren Brady answers your careers questions. Here, Karren gives advice to a reader who wants to learn how to be more resilient like her very confident manager. Q: I’m going through the menopause and it’s really affected my short-term memory. My previous roles have involved telesales and working at a… Continue reading Menopause has affected my short-term memory – how can I stop it from holding me back at work?

WITH spring around the corner, it’s the perfect time to dust off those winter cobwebs and get fitter. Almost a third of Brits say exercise gives them more energy, while 19% say it helps their confidence and 23% found they lost weight through exercise.* But, despite this, we’re not always as active as we’d like.… Continue reading Your ultimate motivation masterclass – 11 steps to get back on the workout wagon pronto

THE pretty Greek island of Aegina is the perfect Athens add-on, says writer Janice Hopper. As Aegina Town comes into view from the top deck of our ferry, my boys Samuel, 10, and Joseph, nine, excitedly stare over the bow of the ship. Talk about a picture-postcard vista – there’s a white and blue church… Continue reading The pretty Greek island which is a picture-postcard vista & the perfect Athens add-on

MAKE-UP is going retro, and new felt tip-like lip stains have transported me back to my teens. Their precision tips and free-flowing ink, which stays put for hours, make them an all-in-one lip product. I put three to the test . . . BUDGET Rimmel Lip Ink Pen, £9.99 for 1.7ml, superdrug.com: This was the first to cross… Continue reading I tested three lip stains that stay put for hours – budget option is the top pick

BOY George’s company has paid only £1,000 of the £1.75million it owes to his former lover. The business, now in liquidation, agreed the payout to drummer Jon Moss, who helped found Culture Club in the 1980s. He sued for loss of earnings when he was sidelined in 2018. The £1,000 recovered is revealed in a… Continue reading Inside Boy George’s debt battle as tiny sum his firm has repaid out of £1.75m owed to ex-Culture Club star revealed

MARTIN SCHINDLER was booted out of the UK Open – after being nailed by one of his own darts! The German saw an arrow fly back from the board and embed itself in his FOOT. The PDC reckoned it was “the most violent bounce-out you will ever see!” The sport’s chiefs also joked: “Who said darts wasn’t… Continue reading Martin Schindler forced to pull dart out of his foot as UK Darts Open board gets ‘violent’