Good morning. I’ve been thinking about lust for life: the things we do to savour it, mark the passage of time. (Like reading our weekday Morning Mails and Afternoon Updates, you say? Yes, very much that.)
Today’s dispatch covers a range of ways we anchor ourselves in the moment – from morning rituals to lurid art to end-of-life conversations. Put your feet up, savour your coffee, read about them all.