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The trailer for Prince Harry and Meghan Markle’s new Netflix series has been released today – but doesn’t feature either the Duke or Duchess of Sussex. Named POLO, the five-episode docu-series will show ‘fierce rivalries’ and the ‘intense training’ that those in the US Open Polo Championship go through. The clip promoting the programme, which […]
I’m reading the penguin house translation of “the travels of Marco Polo” and I’m about 50 pages in. I feel so lost. I have a bachelors in geography and have read several history books / historic dramatizations and nothing has me re-reading passages as frequently. I’m not sure if it’s the translation (from original Italian) […]
“In a technical sense, a maitre d’ makes sure that a restaurant is—and stays—busy, and helps with reservations and seating of the room. If you don’t feel welcome in a restaurant, you don’t want to go back, right? It’s the maitre d’s job to change that. They need to make you feel at home, to […]