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"I'm happy but lonely": Why we're facing a loneliness epidemic
Are you lonely? It has been called a silent epidemic, hidden within every family and community. It affects all ages, including those who have people all around them. It blights millions of lives and yet many people find it hard to admit to being lonely, even to themselves. Winifred Robinson talks to people about their loneliness and what they have tried to do about it.
First broadcast on You & Yours, 31 January 2017.
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