Hello, Oli Mann here, and as it's the last Friday of the month, it is time for our

playback edition, another chance to bring you a classic story from the Modern Man Archives. And

following your lovely response to our new episode this month with Alok-Sama, in which he told me

all about hanging out with billionaires, including Mark Zuckerberg and Masayoshi's son,

it got us thinking about the previous times on the show when we've tackled the lives of the

super rich and caused us to revisit serving the super rich, an episode we did in which we interviewed

one of Britain's top butlers, Lawrence McKenna.

This is a really fun conversation.

There's not too much darkness in this one.

Lots of insight into a really weird job.

Diligence, drugs, suppressing your emotions.

It's all here.

You'll find out the difference between carrying a plate and carrying a plate.

And Lawrence has sent us an update at the end as well.

Serving the Super Rich.

That's this month's Modern Man Playback.

And it all starts next.

Now, there are more billionaires than ever.

Rock stars, oil tycoons, internet entrepreneurs, and all of them employ private staff.

So the age of Jeeves and Worcester may be over, but the demand for a dependable butler remains.

Lawrence McKenna has been serving the super rich for four decades, including stints at Claridge's

and the Royal Enclosure at Royal Ascot. When we met back in 2017, I began by asking him how his

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