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In later life, free time often opens up, bringing more space to explore your interests and choose how, and with whom, you spend your days. This creates an opportunity to build the kinds of friendships you may not always have had room for before. But it’s rare for these connections to happen by chance.

Grief sticks around long after losing someone, but opening yourself up to new people and experiences can help you to cope. This is the advice of Terry Rendle, a member of Oswald Oddfellows.

If you pressed pause on a trip away this year, there’s no reason to stop your taste buds from travelling. We invited our resident foodie, Michele Boustead, to put the latest trend in mail order, restaurant-quality meal boxes to the test, and ‘sent her off’ to Cornwall, France and India.

Retirement is a chance to begin an exciting new chapter. But for some, it can come with unexpected challenges such as feelings of isolation or a sense of lost purpose.

When you’re going through a tough time, it means the world to know you have people by your side to help you to cope and feel better.