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I'm feeling the friendship wealth gap more than ever in my forties

I'm feeling the friendship wealth gap more than ever in my forties
03.10.2025 4

iNews

Poorna Bell

I'm a successful author. How much I really earn from books will surprise you

I'm a successful author. How much I really earn from books will surprise you
03.10.2025 4

iNews

Poorna Bell

The night that pushed me to stop drinking

17.07.2025 4

iNews

Poorna Bell

10 years of grief has taught me one thing - there's no cure

26.05.2025 10

iNews

Poorna Bell

I thought I enjoyed drinking in my 20s, but this has changed my mind

02.02.2025 6

iNews

Poorna Bell

I’m going solo travelling. This is how I'm keeping myself safe

11.01.2025 4

iNews

Poorna Bell

I’ve realised what needs to change in my friendships

“I wish we could see each other more frequently,” a friend of mine sighed. A twinge of guilt ran through me. This is a friend I see around once a...

31.12.2024 6

iNews

Poorna Bell

My holidays were blighted by moany voicenotes, so I imposed a WhatsApp ban – with mixed results

Though my internal age is set to about 28, the time when I feel profoundly 43 is when I get nostalgic for things rendered obsolete by technology....

27.12.2024 4

The Guardian

Poorna Bell

I’m spending the whole of Christmas day alone – it’s healing

The other day, my friends and I were discussing festive things to do as a group. “You probably wouldn’t be up for it, right?” one of my friends...

06.12.2024 5

iNews

Poorna Bell

What I won’t accept from friendships now I’m in my 40s

Years ago, I realised how important it was to diversify the age brackets within my friendship groups. Not just because my life doesn’t really look...

07.11.2024 4

iNews

Poorna Bell

I'm panicking about money – but I won't keep blaming myself

Last year, you couldn’t click on a news site or meet friends for dinner without the cost of living crisis being a central part of the conversation....

23.10.2024 10

iNews

Poorna Bell

After the riots, living in Britain has never felt lonelier

When the race riots hit parts of England and Northern Ireland, I was in the French countryside on holiday. But the English Channel offers no such...

20.08.2024 9

iNews

Poorna Bell

How to stay friends when you disagree on the big things

I’ve experienced a number of things that can upend a friendship, from unreasonable behaviour on nights out to frenemy-tinged jealousy. But...

16.08.2024 2

iNews

Poorna Bell