The Age of Loneliness

Lonely It could be you It could be me There are millions of us out there The headlines call this The Age of Loneliness They say its a major public health issue A silent epidemic thats starting to kill us But we dont want to talk about it Noone really wants to admit they are lonely Awardwinning filmmaker Sue Bourne believes loneliness has to be talked about It affects so many of us in so many different ways and at so many different stages of our lives So she went out to find people brave enough to go on camera and talk about their loneliness The Age of Loneliness has people of all ages in it from Isobel the 19yearold student to Olive the feisty 100yearold Ben the divorcee Jaye the 40yearold singleton Richard the 72yearold internetdating widower to Martin Iain and Christine talking about their mental health problems Everyone talks with such remarkable honesty and bravery that you cant help but be touched by their stories