This year has seen even our closest friendships turn into long-distance ones; what is the impact - and the thought spirals - of your A-list friends becoming peripheral specks in your vision? We discuss, with a funny and thought-provoking piece by Katie Heaney for The Cut. Also today, we natter about how to mend a broken heart, and the evolving nature of romantic relationships, with a special reading from the author Nick Hornby. E-mail [email protected] Tweet@thehighlowshow Shop thehighlowshop.com with 100% profits going to charity (50% Black Minds Matter, 50% Freedom Charity) Links Are All My Friends Mad At Me? By Katie Heaney, for The Cut https://www.thecut.com/2020/09/are-all-my-friends-mad-at-me.html High Fidelity, by Nick Hornby Schitt's Creek, on Netflix Guys We F****d - Heartbreak Is Universal? with Guy Winch https://luminary.link/8lCmg8hebab The Psychology of Friendship, by Mahzad Hojjit Us, on BBC iPlayer Safe Spaces for Black Women, created by Leyla Hussein https://gf.me/u/y2khxi Dawn French's Desert Island Discs, 2012 on Radio 4 https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b01pf6dx The Wife, by Meg Wolitzer   See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.