“It’s Not Weak to Need Your Mates”: Why Men Need Close Friends, What Gets in the Way — and How to Rebuild the Brotherhood 1. The Quiet Crisis of Male Friendship If you are a man in the UK, the odds that you sometimes feel socially adrift are sobering. A Continue Reading

In the past 24 hours the India-Pakistan confrontation has moved from a single-night strike to an unstable cycle of retaliation, market nerves and information warfare. India’s 7 May “Operation Sindoor” missile-and-drone raid on nine alleged militant hubs in Pakistan has now been followed by Pakistani counter-strikes, disputed claims of downed Continue Reading