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13 articles tagged with "loneliness"
Loneliness in Devon: The Statistics, and What Actually Helps
How common is loneliness in Devon and the UK? The Community Life Survey and ONS numbers, why rural counties are hit differently, NHS social prescribing explained, and the local groups that genuinely help.
12 July 2026
Why Online Friends Aren't Enough
We're more digitally connected than ever, yet lonelier than ever. What UK research reveals about why online friendships can't replace in-person connection — and what to do about it.
9 April 2026
What Eating Together Does to Your Brain (Oxford Research)
Robin Dunbar's Oxford study, the 2025 World Happiness Report across 142 countries, and what a shared meal actually does to your wellbeing.
9 April 2026
Best Podcasts About Friendship, Loneliness, and Connection
From No Such Thing as a Fish to Griefcast, our pick of the podcasts that explore friendship, loneliness and what it really means to connect — each with its honest status, still running or finished, plus how to turn listening into something social.
26 March 2026
Freelancing and Loneliness: Building a Social Life Without a Workplace
With 4.4 million self-employed workers in the UK, freelance loneliness is a growing crisis. Here's how to build the social connections that offices provide passively — when you're doing it all on your own.
26 March 2026
The Loneliness of New Parents — and How Shared Meals Can Help
62% of new parents in the UK report feeling lonely. From NCT groups to meal trains, here's why new parenthood is so isolating — and how the ancient practice of bringing food can help rebuild connection.
26 March 2026
The Rise of Social Prescribing: How Your GP Might Send You to Dinner
Social prescribing connects people to community activities alongside medical care — and you can refer yourself. With 1.3 million GP referrals in 2023 alone, the health service is, in a real sense, prescribing friendship.
26 March 2026
How Social Media Creates the Illusion of Connection (And What to Do About It)
Why social media makes us feel connected without actually connecting, what Dunbar's research reveals about online friendships, and practical strategies for turning digital habits into real relationships.
26 March 2026
The Friendship Recession Nobody's Talking About
Adults in their 30s, 40s, 50s and beyond are drifting apart from their friends. What the UK survey data actually shows about the friendship recession, why it hits differently at every life stage, and what loneliness does to your health.
25 February 2026
Why Blokes Struggle to Make Mates After 30
Men have fewer close friends than women, and the consequences are serious. The stats, the masculinity barriers, and practical ways men can build deeper connections after 30.
25 February 2026
What Loneliness Actually Does to Your Brain and Body
Loneliness is a health risk, not just an emotion. The surprising ways social isolation affects your brain, body, and longevity — and why reconnecting with others could be the best thing you do for your health.
25 February 2026
Why Making Friends After 30 Feels So Hard
It's not you — it's the system. The science behind why adult friendships feel impossible, from vanishing proximity to life stage mismatches, and what you can do about it.
25 February 2026
Working From Home and Feeling Alone? You're Not the Only One
Remote work gave us flexibility and freedom — but it also took away the casual social interactions that kept us connected. How to fight WFH loneliness and rebuild your social life.
25 February 2026