The Irish author, 62, on escaping the news through writing, staying sober and scrolling the internet for pretty things

It’s 2013 and my best friend Clare and I are midway through one of our regular, booze-soaked weekends. We’re celebrating my 33rd birthday – the perfect excuse to really go for it. The fact that it’s S

HOW DO WE CARVE OUT A LIFE THAT SUITS US – NOT SOCIETAL EXPECTATIONS? ON ENTERING HER 40S, Poorna Bell DECIDED TO EXAMINE EVERYTHING SHE’D BEEN CONDITIONED TO BELIEVE AS A WOMAN… AND THEN DO IT DIFFERENTLY

Marian Keyes’s novels were seen as fluffy fiction, but a new drama about her Walsh sisters is fun and fearless

WHEN Kate had decided, at the age of fifty-five, to reduce her working hours and go part-time at her job, she had imagined filling her extra days off with all kinds of exciting adventures. Instead, sh

In a month’s time Coleen Rooney will hit a major milestone as she turns 40. But the TV star and wife of former footballer Wayne certainly doesn’t sound worried about the ageing process or missing her