
The campaign to prevent loneliness is brilliant, so why are relatively few lonely people flocking to join? Loneliness, unlike simply being alone, is a taboo – only failures, Nobby –no-mates, are lonely.Ī few weeks ago Esther Rantzen bravely admitted her own loneliness on BBC Woman’s Hour, voicing many dilemmas I recognised. This week Campaign supporter ‘Granny Smith’, from Lewisham, reflects on companionship, colleagues and the University of the Third Age.
