Daisy Dunn

Don’t tell them but the French didn’t in fact invent etiquette

Plus: a beautiful Easter meditation on trees

Jacopo Pontormo's portrait of Giovanni della Casa, c.1541/44, the author of Il Galateo, one of Europe's earliest etiquette guides. Photo: Heritage Art / Heritage Images / Getty Images

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