Treated as a private shame, loneliness is an emotion steeped in ideas of failure, invisibility and unlovability - yet it affects almost a quarter of the UK.

Featuring work from artists and writers such as Celia Paul, Haseeb Iqbal, Samra Mayanja and Vida Adamczewski, The Lonely Issue traces the breadth of the emotion - from creative possibility and heightened sensitivity, to the rise of AI companionship, the fetishisation of boundaries, sexual dissociation, and the raw isolation of grief.

Vol. 4 is Tummy Ache’s largest issue yet, and acts as a testament to a collective cry for community in an age shaped by individualism, gig work, and dissolution of locality by online spaces. It is both an examination and an offering - a testament to the human need for connection.

Interviewees: Celia Paul, Bradley Zero, Nathanael Williams, Joe Bloom, Haseeb Iqbal, Samra Mayanja, Karly Hartzman, Lally MacBeth, Marianne Brooker, Gerald Butler, Angela Christofilou.

Contributors: Sophia Wee Blàzquez, Anna Meldrum, Vida Adamczewski, Jennifer Anger, Davidè Iozzo, Phoenix Yemi, Benedetta Mancusi, Lira Bowels, Lonely Kidney, Suzanne Clements, B.H, Anna Ticehurst, Daniela Esposito, Ally Warren, Emma Long, Daisy Ayscough, Aadithyan P, Britt Albrecht, Kaishui Yikai Liu, Nella Piatek, Robin Grey, Hannah Hall, Anna Morrissey, Leanne Ellul, Lydia Morrish, Beatrice Wong, Jérémie Wenger, Susan Kellaway, Anju M Kasturiraj, Alma Stritt, Valeria Berghinz, Federico Clavarino, Kate Ireland, Andi Galdi Vinko, Anna De Waal, Lucy Hicks Beach, Xingzi Gu.