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Taking to Twitter to voice their fury, one angry viewer said: "Well that was outrageous - Jamie is a lovely guy but even forgets to put eggs in cake mix!!" … [Read more...] about Great British Bake Off fans spot this year’s stars are celebrity lookalikes

As I say, I've been excruciatingly lucky. I've refound friends and family whom I now don't know what I'd do without, and I don't know why I accidentally sidelined some: just my weird caustic mix of arrogance and guilt. And I still don't honestly know what to say to those souls who are truly alone, bereft of both youth and friends. But I think I know what to advise those 30-40-50-somethings tempted to board the shutters. Every real-life interaction (other than cold callers) will give you at least a little joy. Friends are far more willing (unless you've always been an over-needy twanny) than even you know, eager even, to offer help, if you're able to assume the guts to ask for it. Might be nothing: a trip to Argos, some cheese, setting up a sound system. Women have, admittedly, known this since the dawn of time, but women living alone have had a commensurate rise in the last 30 years, and women suffer 55,000 more strokes than men each year. Twice as many are killed by stroke than by … [Read more...] about Euan Ferguson: ‘I think,’ I stuttered… ‘I think I’ve had a stroke’