I only brought a backpack on my recent 10-day trip to Guatemala. To help you pack lighter, here are my favorite multifunctional gear and essentials to maximize bag space.

Sabrina Brier – who you know as that in-your-face, never-stops-talking "friend" from TikTok – has a new audiobook out now all about a friend group and how different personalities clash.

Want to know a secret? I’d really like to have more friends. For most of my life, this was never something I struggled with – until I turned 30, moved out of London and back to my home city.

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Based on Sigrid Nunez’s compelling 2018 novel, The Friend weaves a rich tapestry of love, loss, and unexpected companionship. The story centers on Iris, portrayed by Naomi Watts, a writer and teacher ...

Now an organisation is using that energy to help children read after dark in Tanzania - by using their backpacks to power a reading light. And they're using solar power, that's gathered free from ...

Dear Eric: I have a friend I will call “Linda”. She is a very sweet, lovely friend, whom I have known for about five years. A few months ago, she had a party at her house, and she introduced ...

But now, James’ company, Soma Bags, is providing a solution: backpacks equipped with solar panels that charge a reading light. What started as a small-scale project with some discarded cement ...

These friendships are formed between siblings, friends, classmates, and even rivals. The characters in such friendships push each other to their limits, and ultimately end up making each other better.

You may feel like you can read your friend’s mind or that you can finish each other’s sentences. It’s not your imagination. There is new scientific proof that your friends influence you ...

My 5-year-old, “Jane,” started kindergarten this year and has made many new friends. We recently invited one of these friends, “Carla,” over for a playdate; in return, Jane was invited ...