Nick Cave's online Red Right Hand Files series, in which the Australian singer/songwriter responds to questions from fans, has proved to be a great font of wisdom in recent years, with Cave proving to be an empathetic and thoughtful agony uncle of sorts.
The latest instalment in the series, Issue #295, finds Cave musing upon a question from a Swedish fan named Karin, who asks: 'I’m wondering if you have any thoughts about loneliness. I am middle-aged and richly blessed in life, with children, a husband and a good job that I enjoy. I have friends and interests, but still struggle with a sense of loneliness. It is a melancholy that varies in darkness. I don’t think anyone notices because I’m positive and often cheerful.'
