Stag dos and hen parties are a rite of passage for brides and grooms, with many deciding to join forces and have a mixed ‘Sten’ saving their friends money and time. It’s an opportunity to let their ...

A bachelor party is an initiation into marriage, which, in modern times, is understood as a celebration, by the groom’s male friends, of the groom’s last days of ‘freedom’. In the UK, it tends to be ...

For anyone who is going to be involved in the ritual send-off (and humiliation) of the bride and groom to be, here are a few tips and ideas to help you plan a successful stag or hen do. The very first ...

A bride-to-be fulfilled her ambition to "be an octopus" by dressing the part along with 50 other "sea creatures" at a joint stag and hen party. Sara Underwood and fiancé Andy York held their ...

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