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Loneliness
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FRANCESCA SPECTER
AI can help us to feel less lonely – and that's not something to fear
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WELLBEING
The valuable qualities required for making meaningful connections with others
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LIFESTYLE
I tried making friends the Swedish way: using an app
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LIFESTYLE
How to stop your friendships drifting apart as you get older
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LONELINESS
ANALYSIS
Loneliness is bad for your health - but let's stop comparing it to smoking 15 cigarettes a day
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LIFESTYLE
FIRST PERSON
After escaping the notorious Children of God cult, I felt lonely in the outside world
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LAURA WHITMORE
After years of interviewing, I'm still learning what really makes for a great conversation
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KUBA SHAND-BAPTISTE
Living alone is making me confront my solitude, and how best to embrace it
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LONELINESS
I rented a friend for £30 an hour, these services are not the answer to loneliness
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LIFESTYLE
BIG READ
How to make and keep friends for a longer, happier life
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LIFESTYLE
FIRST PERSON
In 2022 I became a mum but was more lonely than ever and didn't recognise my life or myself
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ZESHA SALEEM
Of course university students are lonely, we're still feeling the effects of the pandemic
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LIFESTYLE
The Lonely Girls Club: How meet-ups are helping women make friends
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LONG READS
FIRST PERSON
Single parents on the struggles of their children leaving home and what to do next
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WELLBEING
Finding your true friends (and cutting out the rest) can give you a simpler, happier life
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PEOPLE
FIRST PERSON
Delivering food this Christmas, I remember the old lady stuck indoors for months last year
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REAL LIFE
‘I got through my lockdown loneliness by speaking to my wife’s photograph on the mantelpiece’
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WELLBEING
EXCLUSIVE
Online retail therapy helped people beat loneliness during lockdown
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HEALTH
UK less anxious but more lonely than a year ago, a study into the emotional impact of lockdown reveals
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BARONESS FLOELLA BENJAMIN
Loneliness among parents is rocketing in lockdown – this is what we can all do to help
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UK
Covid-19 pandemic ‘biggest hit to mental health since WWII’, leading psychiatrist warns
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UK
Christmas Eve Jingle: What time to ring bells to help combat loneliness tonight and who is behind the campaign
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CONSUMER
Asda delivery drivers in a campaign to help tackle Covid-induced loneliness with ‘Happy to Chat’ badges
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REAL LIFE
Facing Christmas alone: Older and younger people share how they will cope this year
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UK
Lonely widower who lost his wife in lockdown receives thousands of calls after putting poster in his window appealing for friends
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NEWS
The LGBTQ helpline that linked younger and older people to stem loneliness during lockdown
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BOOKS
Death in Her Hands by Ottessa Moshfegh, review: a dark disruption of the murder mystery
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HEALTH
GPs to prescribe dancing and gardening in bid to combat lockdown loneliness
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HEALTH
Coronavirus symptoms: Stress that comes with isolation could make Covid-19 worse, study finds
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HEALTH
Impacts of coronavirus could be ‘catastrophic for generation lockdown’, charity warns
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NEWS
Women are much more likely to suffer from loneliness in lockdown, study finds
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NEWS
‘Support bubbles’ begin, allowing lonely households to reunite as lockdown eases further
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