The Companion
Charlie Brinkhurst-CuffThe Companion is a newsletter about the culture of friendship by author and friendship columnist Charlie Brinkhurst-Cuff.
| Platform |  | Pricing | Only free issues | Publishes | Weekly |
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| Issues | 23 | Founded | 4 years ago | Last Issue | 8 months ago |
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How to remember a best friend
Joy and her school friends via Agnes Embi
For the past year I’ve been working on a podcast called The Missing Sister, which broadcasts today. It would mean the world to me if you would listen to it, the first episode is embedded below! It...
My Ancestors Whisper in the Trees
Melz Owusu died on April 16th 2025. He was a multifaceted artist and academic, whose work explored the radical Black imagination and building transformative worlds. In this essay, he reflected on finding solace in nature. He was a joy to ed...
The Companion 021: Losing my temper
Still via Channel 4, Nicola Coughlan and Lydia West in Big Mood (2024)
I have a temper. It rears its head in very specific circumstances, most commonly on the football pitch, and not with any particular regularity. I got angry last summer,...
The Companion 19: Meet my internet friends
Movie still from Bottoms (2023)
It is all of a sudden March and I have been a rubbish friend. I’m sorry for ghosting. It’s been a busy time — in late January I began a fellowship at the University of Oxford which has somewhat upended my li...
The Companion 018: Ins and Outs
Still via Channel 4, We Are Lady Parts (2021)
The year 2023 was a good year for me as an individual, a terrible year for many, and a political year that we cannot afford to forget. Going into the new year, solidarity, which I’ve written ab...
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