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How a Hotel Concierge Spends His Sundays
New York Times· 5 days agoGeorge Gaffney, the top concierge at the Beekman hotel, goes restaurant hopping for breakfast with his family, then helps tourists find the best brunch...
The 20 best Amazon Prime Day Kindle deals
ZDNet· 2 days agoTo sweeten the deal, Amazon slashes the prices of those e-readers ahead of and during its Prime Day sale, making mid-July a convenient time to snatch one...
How returning to competitive sport after 25 years taught me resilience – and the joy of new friends
The Guardian· 4 days agoWhen I was 17, my rowing coach announced that taking a day off was unnecessary. And while this is good when it comes to sport, it has the downside of building up adrenaline in areas of life where it isn’t helpful.
From Jordan Pickford's Sunderland, to Ollie Watkins' Newton Abbot: What England thinks of England
New York Times· 5 days agoOn the first floor of the National Football Museum in Manchester, there is a corner dedicated to what it calls ‘The (almost) Impossible Job’ of managing England. It is a nod to the fly-on-the-wall ...
I dreamed my best friend was gossiping about me. Why did I feel hurt after?
The Guardian· 3 days agoThis is a common experience. If, in a dream, you’re fighting an enemy or experiencing the joy of flying, you might eventually leave the sleeping world – but the emotions stay with you. This ...