Memories from before nightfall

The Yale Alumni Magazine has a moving and beautifully written article that is both a tribute to a college friend who recently took his own life and a wider discussion of depression, suicide and friendship.

The writer is Andrew Solomon, perhaps best known for one of the finest books on the experience, meaning and science of depression – 'The Noonday Demon' – and this latest article follows in his honest and subtly powerful style.

There's not a lot I can say that would do the piece justice...