Was society getting sadder? On 10 August 1969, the Observer kicked off an investigation into ‘new aspects of unhappiness’ by talking to people who were unlucky in love. Music manager Eve Taylor, 53, worked with Sandie Shaw and Val Doonican, but success made personal fulfilment elusive: ‘It’s the hardest thing in the world for me to meet somebody now that I’m in the position I’m in.’ Following two ‘disastrous’ marriages, she was ‘looking for somebody to love me,’ but usually stayed home in her nightie, dealing with client dramas. ‘I haven’t got anybody to tell my own troubles to,’ she said.’
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