Tell us: have you forged unlikely friendships during the pandemic?

The Pen Pal club notice board at Craddockstown Nursing Home in Naas, Ireland on 29 January, 2021. Hundreds of letters have been exchanged and new friendships forged in a pen pal initiative with nursing home residents across the country. Photograph: Brian Lawless/PA

We’d like to hear from people who have forged unlikely friendships since the pandemic began. Have you found friends you normally wouldn’t have crossed paths with over the past year, perhaps via an app, or through volunteering? Become pen pals with someone at the other end of the world instead of travelling there yourself? Or have you formed a special bond with your neighbour you never thought was on the cards? We’d love to hear about it.

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