The Crisis of Loneliness

The likelihood of someone in their twenties living alone is now extremely slim, particularly in London. It was already relatively slim when I was that age, although I managed it for three years. This was only possible because, by happenchance, a colleague’s uncle wanted to rent out a few rooms on the ground floor of his house. The rooms were relatively self-contained, but you couldn’t call it a flat – and hence, the rent was just about affordable.