One of the worse shocks I had was finding that my best friend from schooldays had killed himself, and his younger brother had done the same. I felt guilty. Should have kept in touch. Repaid his friendship, decency, been there for him.

I only found out through Friends Reunited.

I was chatting to an old school friend - also a folksinger. Three of our classmates that we knew of had done themselves in - out of a class of 28 or so.