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Dear Bel, If I survive this thing I’ll be 80 next autumn. I’m fortunate to be fit and active. I live alone, walk two to five miles most days, have no heart or lung or blood problems, nor diabetes. I can even do 60 press-ups! My garden backs on to a large enclosed coppice filled … Read more
Dear Bel, In my early 20s I moved away from my family to further my career. It was only 40 miles, but it meant I saw them mainly on weekends. Initially, I’d travel back a few times a month but eventually I’d visit perhaps just the once, as I developed a life in a new … Read more
Dear Bel, I’m at a junction in life which has been perplexing me for a few years. I suspect my situation is far from unique. I am a 40-year-old mother of two, not in paid employment. I’m a qualified teacher with a First class honours degree in sciences (2001) and a postgraduate degree in education. … Read more
Dear Bel, I am at my wits’ end and do not know how to deal with my husband since his stroke last year. While he denies his minor physical issues are due to the stroke, the real problem lies with his personality. The stroke caused damage to the part of the brain which governs ‘executive … Read more
Just look at the picture of the Queen inspecting newly fledged officers at Sandhurst’s passing out ceremony. Even in profile you witness her pride back in 2006 as she looks up at Captain Wales — as if thinking: ‘Who’d have thought that scamp would turn into this fine young man?!’ Sword in hand, her grandson … Read more
Dear Bel, I am on a dating website with the aim of finding a partner who, in time, will become my wife. Just before Christmas I received a message from a girl who lives many miles away. We exchanged messages and photos, then our telephone numbers. We seemed to be getting along well — she … Read more