Kate Chisholm

Radio 4 deserts the British bird. Shame on them!

Plus: the pain of depression is far more powerfully felt when heard and not seen

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issue 06 September 2014

A strange coincidence on Saturday night to come back from the cinema, having seen a film about a woman fighting to save her job while suffering from depression and thoughts of putting an end to it all, only to switch on the radio and hear from people who have had suicidal thoughts themselves or who have suffered the peculiar, awful grief of losing someone to suicide.

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