Sam delaney is at home

LET COUNSELLOR KEREN LIGHTEN YOUR LOAD

Q‘I’m 61 and have just moved from London to Scotland to start a new life. The scenery is breathtaking but my social life… less so. I’ve always been “the nice one” – helpful, upbeat, unfailingly polite

One in five older people in the UK admits to feelings of loneliness – and this only intensifies at Christmas. What is causing this crisis and how can we combat the sense of isolation?

Author, comedian and dramatist Ben Elton found writing his autobiography therapeutic — but will the many famous friends he mentions agree?

‘If I gave up work, what would I do?’

Meet Erik the Irish draught horse I rode on my 70th birthday recently! I didn’t want a conventional party so opted for eight of us to go pony-trekking, then for a delicious lunch at a local farm that