according to Janice Turner in the Times. Figures released by the Office of National Statistics show that a third of British households are single person households. Back in 1971 the figure was just 17%. We haven’t reached the level of Manhattan where half the households are single person but it seems we’re getting there. Turner [...]
When you first sit down to write a blog you hope people are going to want to read it – unless you plan it as a private journal where you can unburden yourself or have a rant at the world (OK so occasionally I have a rant too). So it’s great for me that so [...]
Living together apart (the topic of my first post on this blog) has increased by 40% over the last ten years. According to Halifax Home Insurance and there are now a million such relationships – or 1 in 20 couples with almost 1 in 5 of these “live-apart-ners” 35 or older. The main reason they say they [...]
“Living together apart” seems to be a popular choice these days, whether to maximise benefits payments or so you can have breathing space to do your own thing. But I wonder how far apart you can actually get with text messaging, skyping, not to mention tweeting and face-book! So what are the reasons people can’t [...]
