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January 11, 2021

I started counting the days since anyone had touched me: back in March, a friend hugged me good-bye. The day before my world collapsed. At least we hugged each other. What day was that? No idea. What month, then? March. That was March. Then April came. The churches closed. This was … June? July? What day is it? What month is it? At least I know the year.

Church is the ideal place for the elderly to stave off loneliness

January 10, 2017

Far too many old people are placed in care homes, rather than being looked after by their families

SVP volunteers bring solace to those with nowhere else to turn

September 02, 2016

The new campaign Who Cares? draws attention to the 900,000 older people in Britain struggling with loneliness

Help tackle the plague of loneliness

December 22, 2015

Even when you know that elderly isolation is a problem in Britain, the statistics are still heartbreaking

The gorgeous loneliness of Marilynne Robinson

December 11, 2014

Mark Greaves explores a novel that is a consummate study of the theology of loneliness