Patricia, 72, (pictured) is a retired PA PATRICIA, 72 Dating Past? I was married for 33 years and widowed in 1999 when I was just 52. While I’ve mainly been on my own since, I have had a couple of relationships. The problem is, I’d go out for dinner a few times with someone and … Read more
Veronique, 47, (pictured) says she has been single for two years and says she usually goes for bad guys VITAL STATISTICS Single for two years with a son, aged eight. CURRENT ROLE Voiceover artist. WOULD LIKE TO MEET AN EMPATHETIC, tolerant person who isn’t arrogant. A big heart counts more than looks. He assumed I … Read more
Katy, 32, (pictured) has been single for five years and doesn’t have any children KATY, 32 Dating Past? I started dating my only long-term boyfriend when I was 18, and we were together for eight-and-a-half years. We spent so long trying to make it work, and even bought a house together. But we drifted apart … Read more
With something resembling a genial grunt, the Prime Minister urged his guests to tuck into lunch, Oxfordshire beef fillet with crispy shin, baby leeks and a rich gravy with the promise of marmalade bread and butter pudding to follow. ‘Enjoy it,’ he said before bellowing down the long dining table at Chequers: ‘Eat every scrap. … Read more
Walking through the City of London last week was an eerie and disturbing experience. This is an area I know well through my long career in finance. It is usually throbbing with life. Pavements are crowded, roads congested, offices packed, entrance doors in perpetual motion. Yet, on Monday afternoon, I felt as if I had … Read more
Jane, 57, (pictured) who has been divorced for three years, works for the National Trust JANE, 57, Dating Past? I was married at 22. We’d been together for 34 years and were living in Mallorca, where my husband was working, when, out of the blue, he announced he’d fallen in love with a ‘younger model’. … Read more
Pam, 34, (pictured) has been single for six years and has an 11-year-old son PAM, 34, Dating past? I’ve been single since splitting with my son’s father. I’ve done some online dating, but nothing serious has come of that. Some men shower you with attention, then ghost you. It’s rather baffling. Pre-date nerves? I felt … Read more
As we emerge tentatively from lockdown, it is difficult to know what the future will look like and which businesses will thrive. So who better to ask than futurists, the experts who make it their business to try to find out? While their exotic job title may conjure up images of tarot cards and crystal … Read more
With each day that passes, with each new grim death toll, we learn a little bit more about the nature of this ghastly virus. This week in particular, statistics have come to light showing that obesity is emerging as one of the biggest risk factors for Covid-19. According to data released by the NHS, being … Read more