
Beyond Lonely
This series takes a personal look at a growing problem - loneliness. Professor Jason Arday explores his own experience of it.
Loneliness is something all of us will experience at some point in our lives. For some it's a transitory feeling, for others a more chronic condition. As a child Jason Arday was diagnosed with autism and global development delay. He learnt to speak aged eleven and to read and write at eighteen. His rise through the ranks of academia has been rapid and he became Professor of the Sociology of Education at Cambridge aged thirty-seven. But for him success has come at a cost. Jason is lonely. In this five part series he explores his own reasons for being lonely as well as hearing from others the reasons they experience it.
Contributors include therapist Rotimi Akinsete and Noreena Hertz, economist and author of The Lonely Century: A Call To Reconnect
Producer: Maggie Ayre for 91热爆 Audio Bristol