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A letter from Dr. Pat Bidmead – Loneliness

I read with interest the article in the March issue about social media and loneliness. Although I agree with the overall content I think caution is required. Modern technology is in a state of constan ...

markbendle 222 views 0 likes Apr 25, 2018

Is social media at the heart of the loneliness epidemic?

There was a time when, if you found yourself in a doctor’s surgery waiting room, at a bus stop or waiting for your friends to arrive in the pub, you would also find yourself engaging in face to face c ...

markbendle 748 views 0 likes Mar 31, 2018

Paula’s Wines of the Week starting 19th February 2018

Photographing wine labels (and other everyday objects) and uploading them to the social media picture site Instagram has produced a new term – being Instagrammable. This means that objects that photog ...

markbendle 785 views 1 likes Feb 19, 2018

Do you know how to keep your grandchildren safe on the internet?

Tuesday 6th February is Safer Internet Day, an annual awareness day run by Childnet to promote the safe and positive use of digital technology for children and young people. So where do older people f ...

markbendle 773 views 1 likes Feb 6, 2018