All The Lonely People: From the Richard and Judy bestselling author of Half a World Away comes a warm, life-affirming story – the perfect read for these times

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This should be a major public health concern because if loneliness is not addressed it can become chronic, seriously affecting people’s health and well-being. Addressing loneliness amongst older people is an essential element of Age UK’s work, and has been for a number of years. The polling found no clear link between age and loneliness in America or Britain—and in Japan younger people were in fact lonelier. In the last couple of years public awareness of loneliness and the impact that being persistently lonely can have on well-being and quality of life has grown with campaigns such as Age UK’s No One Should Have No One, the work of the Jo Cox Commission and the Government’s appointment of a Minister for Loneliness. While anyone can experience loneliness, certain risk factors increase our chances of severe and lasting loneliness that can affect our mental health.

The brief, fleeting feelings of loneliness that most of us have experienced aren’t likely to harm our mental health. Loneliness can affect people at any age, but older people are especially vulnerable to social isolation. The title of Mike Gayle's latest offering, All The Lonely People, had me humming The Beatles's Eleanor Rigby, it is part of the first line of the song, as I was reading this.

Using data from the English Longitudinal Study of Ageing (ELSA), the Charity’s analysis identified that the over-50s are over five times more likely to be ‘often lonely’ if they are widowed compared with older people who are in a relationship, and nearly four times more likely to be ‘often lonely’ if they are in poor health compared with older people who are in good or excellent health.

It makes sense to target help at people going through the kinds of challenging experiences that put people at risk, whether you are in your youth and leaving college; in mid life and going through a divorce; or in later life, having recently been bereaved. Hubert is now being forced to be outgoing, hoping to find age appropriate friends, getting involved with new neighbour, the single mum, Ashleigh Jones, and her young daughter, Layla, becoming close and supportive of each other.Eleanor (old church lady) is waiting for someone, “waits at the window” — this God that she has focused her whole life on. Sharing our experiences helps to start conversations with others and break the stigma associated with loneliness and mental health. Demographic trends mean the number of over 50s suffering from loneliness is set to reach two million by 2025/6. With words of scathing condemnation loaded and ready to fire, Hubert unlocked the front door and flung it open only to discover that the person before him wasn't anything like he. For 41% of Britons over 65, TV or a pet is their main source of company, according to Age UK, a charity.

The song begins and ends talking about lonely people, and asks the question, “where do they all belong”?

Any changes made can be done at any time and will become effective at the end of the trial period, allowing you to retain full access for 4 weeks, even if you downgrade or cancel. Published since September 1843 to take part in “a severe contest between intelligence, which presses forward, and an unworthy, timid ignorance obstructing our progress. But he is shaken out of this limited existence by his new neighbour, a young single mum new to the area who is fighting her own battle with loneliness. With prevention at the heart of what we do, we aim to find and address the sources of mental health problems so that people and communities can thrive. Yet last year a review of 15 papers concluded that evidence to date was too weak to support any conclusions about the programmes’ effectiveness.