Marriage

After 10 years,a marriage deserves an honest and unflinching appraisal

He was a first-time groom whose dying dad had looked at my stats sheet and warned him:“Be careful,son.”

  • Kate Halfpenny

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Michelle Obama has endorsed heading to bed straight after dinner.

Michelle Obama loves heading to bed straight after dinner – and I’m all for it

The wellness industry tries to sell us complicated solutions. Retreats,routines,supplements. But what we really need is the former first lady’s wisdom.

  • Kate Halfpenny
Meghan,Duchess of Sussex,at the SXSW conference in Austin,is busy building a media brand.

I was wrong about Meghan. Hustling,humourless Meghan deserves respect

It’s time for me to make a mea culpa to Meghan. While we’re eye-rolling about her trad-wife cosplay we’re missing the plot twist.

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Leslie Bibb,Michelle Monaghan and Carrie Coon as three friends in season three of The White Lotus.

That trio of tricky girlfriends on The White Lotus is me. Sometimes you need to let go

The passive-aggressive judgments,piranha smile competitiveness about bodies and the underlying loyalty - every line nails female friendship.

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Further questionable on-air comments about women from now dumped radio host Marty Sheargold have emerged,including when he said endometriosis was “made up”.

Sure,Sheargold’s opinions are sexist dross. But we’re missing the real point

Marty didn’t suddenly become a misogynist this week. His comments were entirely on brand. So why this sudden moral awakening after he mentioned the Matildas?

  • Kate Halfpenny
Renee Zellweger is back in Bridget Jones:Mad About the Boy.

I’m over the Bridget Jones con job. She’s depressing,hapless and foolish

For decades generations of women have fawned over this neurotic mess as if she’s Gloria Steinem in flannelette pyjamas.

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Amanda (Lucy Punch) and her toxic mother Felicity (Joanna Lumley) in Amandaland.

Being jealous of your daughter is natural,Joanna Lumley says. But it goes deeper

There comes an age when mothers look at their daughters with a complicated cocktail of pride and something that feels like “I wish I was you”.

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Matildas star Sam Kerr is facing charges of “racially aggravated harassment” of a police officer.

I get Sam Kerr’s fear,all women do. But that doesn’t give you a free pass

Women have all had enough of being mansplained to,sexually assaulted,or kissed without permission,that we want to jump straight to the sisterhood.

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MAFS groom Eliot has a firm list of non-negotiables in his choice of a partner.

One MAFS groom’s a runaway,the other needs a good hard look in the mirror

New Married at First Sight grooms Tim and Eliot are treating finding love like it’s a Build-A-Bear workshop. But do non-negotiables really help anyone?

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Prince Harry and Meghan Markle.

In reinventing themselves,Harry and Meghan are losing their special sauce

Most people care about the Sussexes only because of their royal past. When that’s taken away,they become as plain as the next person.

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