As a society, there is a tendency to elevate romantic love. But what about friendships? Aren't they just as – if not more – important?

Elizabeth Day unpacks the significance and evolution of friendship from ghosting to frenemies, from the effects of social media to the impact of the global pandemic. Blending personal experience from a lonely adolescence and an over-friended adulthood with the unique and powerful insights of others across the globe, Elizabeth searches for a language that can express friendship’s crucial influence on our world, and opens up on how we can each become a better friend not only to others, but also to ourselves.