Came across this article today about the UK adopting the Zimbabwean mental health model of Friendship Benches. I wrote about Friendship Benches in my book Drinking from Graveyard Wells but gave it a magical realist (psychological horror?) spin haha

https://www.theguardian.com/society/2025/apr/08/friendship-benches-mental-health-support-sussex?fbclid=IwY2xjawJiEOFleHRuA2FlbQIxMQABHsfKmwGBu8LF0I_VcCb6_Acd3A6CgTGqv4eh5rvTJ020E4EnDKeBfiFqwl-O_aem_4uk42BpRxKIQZhk7dzZ4nw
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