Dear Deidre was the British newspaper The Sun's long running agony aunt column written by Deidre Sanders.[1] Dear Deidre is also a phone-in section on the long-running British daytime TV programme This Morning, where the section has viewers calling live on the show asking for help from Deidre Sanders.

June Deidre Sanders (born 9 June 1945),[2] a graduate of Sheffield University,[1] was responsible for the feature which bears her name since November 1980[3] until her retirement at the end of 2020. On 27 September 2022, Sanders announced during an interview with This Morning that she had been diagnosed with breast cancer.[4]

References

  1. ^ a b Archie Bland "The agony and the ecstasy: Why 'Dear Deidre' Sanders is still solving problems, 30 years on", The Independent, 4 October 2009
  2. ^ "Mrs Deidre Sanders Authorised Biography", Debrett's
  3. ^ "Deidre Sanders describes 30 years as a Sun agony aunt", BBC News, 13 November 2010
  4. ^ Barr, Sabrina (27 September 2022). "This Morning's agony aunt Deidre Sanders has been diagnosed with breast cancer". Metro. Retrieved 27 September 2022.

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