LET COUNSELLOR KEREN LIGHTEN YOUR LOAD

Our straight-talking, no-nonsense agony aunt Anne Robinson tackles the problems troubling you

‘If I gave up work, what would I do?’

Once cash-strapped and drowning in debt, Stacey Duguid sets out on a mission to gain abundant riches and financial freedom. All she has to do is imagine it…

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?