The loneliness of working from home

An afternoon at Sheffield’s ‘talking bench’

Good afternoon members — we hope you had a great bank holiday weekend.

Today’s story is a bit different but we hope you’ll like it. Loneliness is a serious issue in our city, with more than 10,000 people aged 65 and over reporting feeling lonely most or all of the time. Last week I went out to Graves Park in search of the “talking bench”, a place where p…