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New York is a people pleaser’s hell

The city is a psychological assault course, an emotional minefield, for people like me who are chronically apologetic

Josie Cox

The difference between children and tattoos

When did it become socially acceptable to discuss the state of another man’s testicles?

Billy McMorris

The terror of choosing the wrong email sign off

Emails seem easy-going, but we’re using them for lots of work messages too

Melanie McDonagh

Will the handshake outlast coronavirus?

The handshake strikes the perfect balance: personal and cordial, while neither too formal nor too relaxed

Hunter DuBose

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The unwritten rules of sending Christmas cards

We always write ‘we really must see each other next year’ and we mean it, although we won’t see each other ever again

Marcus Berkmann