Dear Deidre

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. 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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