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Louise Redknapp and Lizzie Cundy look chic as they attend the launch of Jo Wood's debut novel while her ex husband Ronnie makes a surprise appearance
Louise Redknapp, Lizzie Cundy and Jo Wood looked chic in black and white as they attended the model's book launch at London's Nexus Club on Wednesday. Singer Louise, 50, who is the wife of former football Jamie Redknapp, looked incredible in a crisp white shirt, which she layered over a black three-quarter leggings. She upped the glamour as she toted around her belongings in a black leather Hermes Birkin bag, Louise added inches to her statuesque frame as she slipped into a pair of black leather mules. TV personality Lizzie, 57, put on a very busty display in a plunging white structured dress. To finish her ensemble, the former wife of footballer Jason Cundy wore a pair of white heels and carried a nude leather bag. Louise Redknapp, Lizzie Cundy and Jo Wood looked chic in black and white as they attended the model's book launch at London's Nexus Club on Wednesday Meanwhile Jo, 70, cut a sophisticated look in a black buttoned-up blouse which she paired with black trousers and platform sandals. They all stepped out to celebrate Jo's debut novel, The Resurrection of Flo, which 'explores themes of resilience, self-discovery, and empowerment as an older woman'. She has explained that the 'sexy and shocking' novel is based on her experience of recovering from her painful divorce from the Rolling Stones guitarist, who made a surprise appearance at the event. Speaking in an exclusive interview with the Mail, Jo said: 'The book is about how not to be a victim after a marriage. And how to pick yourself up and get out there - and have fun, and experience life fully as an older woman.' Due to be published this summer, The Resurrection of Flo has been described by the publisher as 'sexy and shocking'. 'Breaking up with your husband... I know what that feels like', Jo said. 'Many women know what that's like, where the man you love has run off. They say you have to write from experience. 'My friend read it and said, ''Oh Jo, I could imagine that's what happened to you when you and Ronnie broke up.'' It's fiction, and the story is about Flo, but of course I'm going to put my feelings into it.' The book's protagonist - whose name rhymes with the author's - is 53 when she gets divorced, the same age Jo was when she split with Ronnie after his affair with 19-year-old cocktail waitress, Ekaterina 'Katia' Ivanova. Jo has explained that the 'sexy and shocking' novel based on her experience of recovering from her painful divorce from the Rolling Stones guitarist He wore a bold patterned shirt, teamed with blue jeans and trainers Jo and Ronnie have two children together – Leah, 46, and Tyrone, 41 – and eventually became friends again after Jo filed for divorce in 2008. They remain on good terms. Jo is also mum to another son, Jamie, 48, from her first marriage to clothing entrepreneur Peter Greene. 'I met a woman once who said, ''My husband's left me, my life's over.'' I thought, no it's not! There's always life after a relationship, no matter what age you are,' she said. She also admitted she hasn't yet told Ronnie about the book. 'I've been quietly writing it just in case it got nowhere. When I went to see the publisher, I thought they might say, 'Forget it Jo, this is ridiculous!' 'I'm not going to send Ronnie a copy. He won't read it anyway – I know him. He won't read it. He's not a book person. He read one book in 30 years while I was with him. His loss. It's a girl's book anyway – it's a woman's book.' She added: 'I got inspiration from things that happened to me but all the people in it are fiction. I just got inspired by everything around me. I'd sit and watch Sex Sent me to the ER! Stuff like that – I'd think, that would be a good idea for Flo. 'I think my book is funny. It's not a serious book. Silly things happen to her. I just hope people enjoy it for what it is. It's the first time I've ever done anything like this. God, my father would be so proud of me.' Jo has previously shared the secret to her close relationship with her ex-husband Ronnie, whom she has remained on good terms with since their 2009 divorce. She said: 'I know that I can pick up the phone and ring him if there's anything, like, trouble or anything like that. 'But I could do that with Keith [Richards] as well. I saw Keith recently, with Patti [Hansen, his wife]. I'm fine with them all. I didn't do anything wrong! 'When you have children and grandchildren, I think it's important… I like to know that I can say, "The kids have been, you know, even though they're grown up. Have a word with them!"' In recent years, Jo has ditched the rock-and-roll lifestyle from her marriage to Ronnie for an eco-friendly countryside cottage. Aside from WiFi, Jo said she more or less lives self-sufficiently and has traded in her days of drinking and joints for homegrown veg and is even creating a capsule supplement called Longevity to boost her health. Speaking to The Telegraph, Jo admitted that she didn't have an addictive personality which made it easier for her to walk away from the party lifestyle after it suddenly dawned on her one day that way of living wasn't what she wanted.
Daily Mail
26-04-2025
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- Daily Mail
EDEN CONFIDENTIAL: Sienna Miller spotted at 'party rottweiler' Fran Cutler's 62nd birthday - but former Primrose Hill friend Kate Moss is nowhere to be seen
Sienna Miller was among the guests at Fran Cutler's 62nd birthday party this week, but there was no sign of Kate Moss, for whom the host used to act as 'gatekeeper'. In the 1990s, Fran was known as the 'party Rottweiler' for the Primrose Hill set. She would organise hedonistic gatherings for Moss, 51, and her friends, while refusing to admit anyone who she deemed not important enough to join them. The supermodel was conspicuous by her absence at the birthday bash in London, at South Kensington's Nexus Club. Surely Moss can't still be sore about an unfortunate incident that happened between the pair back in 2018? That year, Cutler, pictured, accidentally sent an unflattering message about Moss's appearance directly to her. Hollywood star Sienna, 43, wore a white slip dress under a brown Denebola jumper and was joined at the party by her boyfriend, actor Oli Green, 28, who appeared in Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy. The smart set's talking about... Pearson follows polo pal and pops the question too My colleague Vere Harmsworth's engagement to horse-loving Alexandra Wood seems to have inspired another. I hear Vere's best friend George Pearson also got down on bended knee last week. 'I proposed while we were on holiday in the south of France,' says George, 29, whose father, Charles Pearson, is the half-brother of Viscount Cowdray and owner of Dunecht estate in Aberdeenshire. George's bride-to-be is lawyer Chesca Durnford, 30. 'Vere and I did discuss things beforehand,' George tells me. The double engagement amused the family of Vere, 30, whose father is Viscount Rothermere, chairman of the Daily Mail and General Trust plc, publishers of the Daily Mail, Mail Online and The Mail on Sunday. 'George and I were at Eton and Oxford together,' Vere says. 'We also played in the same polo team.' They will not, however, have a joint celebration. George says, laughing: 'I think we'll stick with separate weddings.' (Very) modern manners West End star Ruthie Henshall, an ex-girlfriend of Prince Edward, may return to the Big Smoke to find Mr Right. 'I've thought about moving back to London and getting an apartment,' says the Olivier Award-winning actress, who lives in Clacton-on-Sea, Essex. 'I do have this lovely thatched cottage. I could stay here, but most of my life is in London. How can I meet people if I am not going anywhere?' Henshall, 58, who has two adult daughters with her ex-husband, actor Tim Howar, has not enjoyed online dating. 'I did that twice, but found it awful,' she says. 'I didn't match with many people and some would drop off halfway through a conversation. It's just swipe, swipe, swipe.' Fatboy's boy surprises DJ dad with award As superstar DJ Fatboy Slim, Norman Cook would fly to Ibiza one day and be back behind the decks in London the next. These days, the former Housemartins bass guitarist, 61, doesn't seem to leave his home in Hove, East Sussex, very often. But he did turn up at the Music Producers Guild Awards this week, in east London, to collect a prize for Outstanding Contribution to UK Music. And he was taken aback when his son, Woody, 24, came out to present it to him. 'It takes a lot to get me up the A23 [to London from Brighton], but this is great,' Cook joked. Woody's mother is the DJ's ex-wife, broadcaster Zoe Ball, who Cook last month said remains a close friend and his 'soulmate'. The awards were described as a 'magic moment' by his son. Medal for Wood's forgotten war hero He has walked the length of the Nile and been embedded with Iraqi troops fighting ISIS, and now Levison Wood has completed an even more poignant mission. The TV explorer went to India to present a Second World War veteran with a Burma Star medal and a letter from King Charles. Corporal Con Herh, of the Burmese Chin Rifles, who turns 100 in June, served in the Burma campaign. 'We tracked this guy down, he never received his medal,' says ex-Army officer Wood, 42. 'We thought it'd be a nice touch to go and meet him.' Aspinall curse as Tansy shuts brand Has the Aspinall name been jinxed? A week ago I disclosed that Aspers Group – the casino company founded by Damian Aspinall – had gone into administration. And his daughter, Tansy, has now put her jewellery firm, into liquidation. Tansy, pictured right, set up Tada & Toy with a friend in 2013 and fans were said to include Harry Potter star Emma Watson. But now £119,000 in debt, the company has been brought to a halt. 'It's not goodbye, it's see you later,' the website says. Tansy, 35, last night declined to comment. Townshend: the fame got to Rod and Jagger The Who guitarist Pete Townshend, who turns 80 next month, clearly feels it's time to tell some home truths about his fellow rock stars Sir Mick Jagger and Sir Rod Stewart. Talking about the latter's band, he says: 'The Faces and The Who did a gig together at The Oval [in 1971]. It was such a great day, and they were such a great band. 'Then Rod became the "face" of The Faces, a sex symbol. And I hope he won't mind me saying this, because I love Rod, but I think it kind of went to his head.' Of Rolling Stones singer Sir Mick, Townshend questions whether riches have made him happy. 'I wonder, for example, whether Mick Jagger really gives a f*** whether he has a plot on Mustique where he can spend Christmas, or whether he'd prefer to come and have dinner with a bunch of friends in London,' he says.
