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Katharine Whitehorn
Katharine Whitehorn is well known to readers of Saga magazine where she tackles readers' problems with her unique blend of warmth, sympathy and occasional hard-headedness.
She was for many years a distinguished columnist on the Observer and has written many books, including How to Survive Children and How to Survive in Hospital. Her first journalistic job was on Home Notes, a folksy little women’s magazine; then Picture Post, where she met her husband, mystery writer Gavin Lyall, who died in 2003. She was a Vice President of the Patients Association for a dozen years, is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Medicine and was the first woman Rector of St Andrews University. She has two sons and one grandchild.
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Featured Q&A with our agony aunt
Q: I am 60 and have been married to my husband for 30 years. We have drifted apart over the last few years and I don't love him any more or want to be with him. I have the chance to find some happiness and love elsewhere but I feel so sorry for my husband and feel very guilty at the thought of leaving him on his own. He has very few friends or interests in life except watching TV. Also, I do everything for him and don't know how he will cope on his own. Your advice would be appreciated.
