2026-06-01 – News – www.theguardian.com

Adult beginners are charming when the stakes are low. Learning the piano at 50 is cute – but nobody ever needed to be airlifted out of a piano recital
I was 43, unfit and burnt out at the end of 2025, when my phone pinged from an old friend:
I know this is unlikely but I’m thinking of doing this four-day hike and there are two places available. You stay in huts so there is less gear to carry. Would you like to come?

