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‘Some people are in a season of friendlessness’
We get advice on parenting, work and romantic relationships, so why not for friendship? Relying on friendships to evolve without effort will ensure that loneliness endures, US podcaster and writer Danielle Bayard Jackson says. Read the full story at RNZ.
On homeless people in libraries
Libraries exist on the frontline of homelessness and the epidemic of loneliness. Judith Galtry observes how the role of libraries have changed over time. Read the full story at Newsroom.
Loneliness is a global health threat and a political failure
Social disconnection shortens lives and fractures societies. The WHO is urging leaders to act now before more lives are lost. Around the world, an invisible threat is increasing the risk of disease, shortening lives and fraying the fabric of our communities. Read the...
I was getting lonely. Here’s what happened when I tried to make new friends in my 30s
Read the full Guardian article about human connection. From streaming services to food-delivery apps, the modern world conspires to keep us home and alone. But I went out looking for a human connection. Iam lucky enough to have some wonderful friends. But recently...
The one simple trick to social cohesion? Trust your neighbours more than your MP
Read the full Spinoff story about the importance of regular face-to-face interaction. At a gathering of global religious, political and cultural experts in Singapore this week, one action has been cited over and over as a key to social harmony. At the International...
Meet the members of the Dull Men’s Club: ‘Some of them would bore the ears off you’
A fun club which started as a joke is now incredibly popular, with online branches all over the world. The Dull Men’s Club, founded by Grover Click (a pseudonym chosen for its dullness) in New York in the early 1980s, involved some very silly, dull activities. They...
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