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Loneliness is a state that repels: Greg Bruce on the pain and pleasure of solitude

Greg Bruce
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Senior multimedia journalist·Canvas·
9 mins to read

Alone and pondering loneliness, Greg Bruce finds contentment.

"I suspected that loneliness was a secret thing we all share and now I've found out how very true that is" - Olivia Laing, author of The Lonely City.

I read most of The Lonely City late last year in the bath on a luxury weekend away from my wife and three children and, no offence to any of them, it was a long time since I'd felt such deep and abiding

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