The Observer

“You have two choices: either believe that we have the capabilities, and after you make us lose $900,000 we will invest no less than that to finish you. Or end this with money in your pocket, and also earn back the life you had until now,” @IsabelColes on the gamblers trying to rewrite the record of the Iran war bit.ly/3Pl2xHp

The chores that cured my bad back Got back pain? Most of us do. But the solution might be simpler than you think. @laurenbravo explains how ‘snacktivity’ got her back on her feet again bit.ly/4lD3RkV

Rebecca Solnit and the audacity of hope The Beginning Comes After the End makes the case for the power of activism in a world defined by authoritarianism and climate disaster, writes @KathleenJamie bit.ly/4ssHjWY

Want to tell a story? Then ditch the phone bit.ly/4uGF9o2

New musical celebrates the music and comedy of Victoria Wood Marking a decade since her death, theatre writer Tom MacRae has written Fourteen Again, a show celebrating Wood’s comic songs, writes @vanessathorpe bit.ly/4tg7P5V

Blooms of hope and joy: the daffodils are here bit.ly/4sgTndy

How gamblers are trying to rewrite the record of the Iran war When a journalist reported on a missile strike on an Israeli forest, he was inundated by messages accusing him of an ‘inaccurate report’ causing ‘a chain of errors’. Then, he realised he was at the centre of a gambling war on Polymarket, writes @IsabelColes bit.ly/3Pl2xHp

Royal Opera’s Siegfried for the ages bit.ly/47aDdtM

Chelsea’s fine shows the Premier League is not keen to enforce its own rules On Monday the club were fined £10.75m, a punishment so insufficient it’s an insult to every other top-flight team, writes @GeorgeRSimms bit.ly/4sSssVj

Skincare’s mushroom magic bit.ly/4lGYiSK

Nigel Slater’s kitchen diary: a sticky fig pudding to foil the fickleness of spring bit.ly/4sRvg51

Gemelo No. 2 bit.ly/4rzFeHb

Everyman No. 4,111 bit.ly/4lCIqR3

What to watch this week, from The Other Bennet Sister to Inside the Rage Machine bit.ly/4752cPi

Chelsea’s fine shows the Premier League is not keen to enforce its own rules bit.ly/4uEhYuo

“This market will resolve to ‘Yes’ if Iran initiates a drone, missile, or air strike on Israel’s soil on the listed date in Israel Time (GMT+2)” @IsabelColes on the gamblers trying to rewrite the record of the Iran war bit.ly/3Pl2xHp

Rebecca Solnit and the audacity of hope The Beginning Comes After the End makes the case for the power of activism in a world defined by authoritarianism and climate disaster, writes @KathleenJamie bit.ly/4ssHjWY

“You have two choices: either believe that we have the capabilities, and after you make us lose $900,000 we will invest no less than that to finish you. Or end this with money in your pocket, and also earn back the life you had until now,” @IsabelColes on the gamblers trying to rewrite the record of the Iran war bit.ly/3Pl2xHp

Lost Doctor Who episodes resurface after 50 years, revealing how memories can help preserve art The rare find recalls a time when television was fleeting, communal and easily lost, writes @EricaWgnr bit.ly/4sYvxDz

"How can you protect the country if you can't protect yourself? The killing of Iran’s security chief marks a turning point, @msrmichaelson reports bit.ly/4sT6im2