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The sea doesn’t owe you a wave. Paddle out anyway.

Keanu Kahale

Surf coach, Honolulu

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A kitchen table is the oldest boardroom in the world.

Adaeze Nwosu

Founder, Lagos

Home Truths

42 min

Episode

035

Write it down in full

with Greta Lund, therapist

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The first hour of the day belongs to the work nobody asked for.

Juno Park

Astronomer, Busan

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The river doesn’t hurry, and it still carved the valley.

Tomás Herrera

Mountain guide, Patagonia

“

A good kitchen is loud for an hour and quiet for the rest of the day.

Kenji Morimoto

Chef, Osaka

300

letters

Three hundred Thursdays in the garden.

The anniversary seed swap opens on Saturday.

Leaflet

Liner Notes

A letter by Olu Adeyemi

No.

293

On sale now

28 October 2026

The art of the thank-you note

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Cook for the people at the table, not the people on the phone.

Rafael Duarte

Chef, Lisbon

Prompt 157

The Daily Page

Describe a stranger you still think about.

Ten minutes. No editing.

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An interview is over when the other person asks you a question.

Ben Asante

Journalist, Accra

“

A good question is worth three good answers.

Lucía Ortega

Journalist, Madrid

“

Nobody ever regretted the stretch at the end of the run.

Sara Haile

Physiotherapist, Addis Ababa

Aperitivo

No. 44

Winter 2026

€10

01

Why the olive matters

02

Vermouth you can make at home

03

The bitter truth about amaro

Summer

The summer issue · Drinks and bars

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Rooms remember the people who laughed in them.

Soo-ah Lee

Architect, Seoul

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The weather forecast is a promise with footnotes.

Rohan Pillai

Meteorologist, Kochi

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A recipe is a letter from someone who wants you to eat well.

Nkechi Eze

Food writer, Abuja

Mother Tongue · No. 94

Say it out loud

hiraeth

HEER-eyeth noun, Welsh

A homesickness for a home you cannot return to, or that never was.

Welsh, from hir, long.