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From The Observer magazine - How an epic climb lifted one woman out of life’s lowest point

Story about 51-year old Jessica Hepburn who decided to climb to the top of Mount Everest and listen to every episode of Desert Island Discs after not being able to have a child:

"In 2021, due to Covid, cyclones and a chest infection, she failed in her second attempt to summit Everest (her first attempt, in 2020, was also thwarted by the pandemic). But it was being cast away with the author Paulo Coelho that convinced her she should try again the following year. “From the moment you have dreams,” he said in his Desert Island Discs interview, “you can at least start fighting for your dreams. And from the moment you fight for your dream, everything is meaningful.” “That’s when I realised that the beauty of life is having dreams,” says Hepburn. “Sadness comes when you don’t know what you want from life.”"

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Their daily bread

From The Observer Magazine by Michael Segalov: Hiroshi Suzuki, 62, silversmith, Tokyo

"Each day since 1993 I’ve spent it the same: hammering away at metal. It’s slow work, shaping and decorating the silver sheets I make. All day, every day, I repeat the same motion, thousands of times, over and over. However good you get, there’s no skipping that daily work. It’s a little like a jigsaw – the process becomes more familiar, but you cannot escape it: start with a single dent and continue forward. Hammering away at metal all day long might sound dull, but it’s my greatest joy. If you find yours, you’ll never stop it."

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Rituals are the key to happiness

From The Observer: Make coffee. Shower. Clean the loo. In an age of choice, rituals are the key to happiness by Tomiwa Owolade

"Hirayama lives alone but to describe him as a loner isn’t quite right. After work, he goes to the same small restaurant close to the ticket area of an underground train station and is served by the same exuberant man. At weekends he goes to the same bar and is served by the same flirtatious woman. A Harvard longitudinal study published in 2017 found the key to happiness is close relationships. We all have families but we don’t all have close relationships. Underpinning close relationships are shared rituals, a shared language, a shared code. Intimacy is produced by habit. To maximise happiness in this age of choices, we need to inject more routine into our lives. We should all aim to be happy monks."

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You know Liverpool are rocking when there is an epic intro to the Anfield Wrap's post-match review

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As the Anfield Wrap says: "Football miracles. On a weekly basis, season after season"

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Still have not recovered from this football miracle YNWA

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Still not ready to say goodbye to the legend that is Bobby Firmino

From Empire of the Kop:

"On a night when the travelling Liverpool supporters chanted his name non-stop for 20 minutes during the Reds’ win at Leicester, Bobby Firmino took to Instagram after the game to reciprocate the adoration shown to him by the fans.

The Brazilian will leave the Merseyside club this summer after eight years at Anfield, during which time he’s netted 109 goals in 360 appearances and won a multitude of major trophies (Transfermarkt), along with capturing the hearts of Kopites far and wide.

Firmino gave thanks to his Liverpool teammates and fans after last night’s match, posting on Instagram: “Well done boys… What a great win tonight. I’m so grateful to God for the unbelievable affection and love with me and my family. Thank you all Reds. #YNWA❤️🙏🏻“."

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love this song

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Another football miracle from Liverpool.

Football can take you from agony to ecstasy in 99 seconds. I was so happy when Jota scored after that ridiculous pigeon celebration.

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Egyptian King

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Eugene Rogan writes in ‘The Fall of the Ottomans: The Great War in the Middle East, 1914-1920’ that the post-war partition of the Ottoman Empire was solely to advance British and France’s imperial expansion: “Had the European powers been concerned with establishing a stable Middle East, one can’t help but think they would have gone about drafting the boundaries in a very different way.”

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Enjoying the daffodils on my run (at Rochester Esplanade, River Medway) https://www.instagram.com/p/CqYJ7z8D5uO/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

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Ceviche of scallop, Avocado and Bergamot- beginning of a spectacular birthday lunch. So lucky to have been able to spend the day with a special group of friends (at The Ritz London) https://www.instagram.com/p/CqRCh5ejS2z/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

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There were lots of horses in Rochester today for some reason (at Rochester Cathedral) https://www.instagram.com/p/CqOKt8oDzpR/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

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So lucky to have friends who treated me to an amazing experience for my birthday #abbavoyage (at ABBA Voyage) https://www.instagram.com/p/CqMLGY_DHc_/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

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First time in ages I have seen the building without it being surrounded by roadworks (at St Mary le Strand) https://www.instagram.com/p/CqGZskFrq6M/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

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Blossom (at St Mary le Strand) https://www.instagram.com/p/CqGZKBhL6OZ/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=