The Sound of Friendship
Things have been a little quiet on this Western Front of late, so it seems fitting to return to the page with a word on silence. And friendship. The following is an adapted extract on the moving backstory to the Simon and Garfunkel song, The Sounds of Silence, in which Art Garfunkel’s former college roommate reveals an untold story of friendship, courage and love. It also shines a poignant light on the song’s opening lines: ‘Hello Darkness my old friend,…