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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Lifestyle
Emine Saner

Summer etiquette: 47 essential rules – from sex to sunloungers to shopping in swimming trunks

An illustration of a man in red and white striped swimming trunks, holding a matching umbrella and wearing dark sunglasses and dark hat while shopping in a supermarket.
‘Are you near water? No? Put some clothes on.’ Illustration: Sandra Navarro/The Guardian

Summer means a loosening of rules and norms. Eating with your fingers is suddenly encouraged, near-nakedness is everywhere and a 6am airport pint is unremarkable. It’s a hot, sticky recipe for social chaos and – if you share my view on showing off ungroomed feet – possibly the end times of human civilisation. Here, then, is everything you need to know about summer etiquette.

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