I’m Surviving My Downton Abbey Withdrawals by Improving My Manners

Way back in the day (read: autumn of 2010), the carefree college kid that used to be me jetted off to jolly old England for a semester abroad. As I lugged my overstuffed bags through my first Underground station, I paused to wipe my brow directly next to a poster depicting people in fancy dresses. Upon closer inspection — because what girl can resist a good gown? – I discovered it to be a new iTV program set in the early 1900s called Downton Abbey.

As if I needed more encouragement than that to tune in, Dame Maggie Smith was one of the stars. ​

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