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More than half of us say we are not getting enough touch in our lives, according to the Â鶹Éç Touch Test. In its most severe form, this problem is known as ‘touch hunger’.

John Marriott is 80 years old and was brought up by his grandmother from the age of six weeks, after his mother left him there. He spent his childhood deprived of touch. He explains how, in adult life, he overcame this absence of touch and why it remains so important to him.

(Image: Touching hands, Credit: Getty Images.)