I’m 47 now, and I grew up in social housing as the youngest of four brothers in a single parent family. A couple of articles in the newspaper about my own little struggles: the drinking, the anxiety, the childhood stuff I’d never quite shaken off.

Delaney sometimes overdoes his Jack-the-Lad /Diamond Geezer persona in these pages, but even this flaw comes from his commendable desire to speak about mental health to working class men in their own language and on their own terms. A nationwide network of men’s groups that meet every Monday night at 7pm to chat about how they’re getting on.

Irreverent and accessible discussions about politics, current affairs and various social issues, as well as the inanities of life, mental health and other shit.

In 2018 I had a complete nightmare, losing my radio show and TV show within a couple of months of each other. We need as many different conversations going on about mental health as possible so we can maximise the number of people who engage.They’d heard all the stuff about mental health and the importance of sharing but they just didn’t know how to do it – or with whom. He has learnt to ‘not belittle your own problems or pain’ and he feels hopeful that the newest generation of young men feel more able to discuss their feelings and experiences without judgment. The language surrounding mental health can deter some men from seeking help, says Sam Delaney- journalist and dad from southwest London, who released a bestselling book on the subject in 2023. Sharing my truth and dropping the bullshit is better therapy than a pint of Kronenburg and a large whisky chaser ever was, I can tell you. Refugee and asylum specialist Louise Calvey talks to us about the reality of the government's 'Stop the boats' policy.