The value of friendship has been known for millennia. Cicero, who died in 44 BCE, the year after Caesar was murdered, wrote a long essay called “On Friendship,” in which he said: “All I, myself, can ...

Friends are important. We know that. But many middle-aged men report few friends and “feelings of isolation and loneliness” according to the Guardian (2023), which invites men to tell how they made ...