Table manners have definitely not gone out of style,” says Diane Gottsman, author of “Modern Etiquette for a Better Life,” ...

Hollywood remakes of foreign films have always been a trend, occasionally bringing stories only film nerds have seen to ...

Star Wars' Mark Hamill uses "the old wheelchair trick" while Jennifer Lawrence is "incredibly rude" - odd as this sounds, they're revealing how they avoid being pestered in public. Hamill recently ...

Further, they include table manners in this nasty sport. Lamentation over “which fork to use” is still cited as a trap, although it has been more than a century since highly specialized ...

Not because of the behaviour of the kids, God no, but of the dad, who was loudly, in fact performatively, admonishing his kids for their “table manners”. The ancients covered acres of ...

Yes, that is a dirty trick that Miss Manners has been trying to squelch. But it is the deceit involved that makes it wrong. There is nothing bad about people deciding to go out together and pay ...

DEAR MISS MANNERS: For my 40th birthday, my sister planned a bowling party. She is very organized, and pre-entered the names of all 12 guests into the lanes (two lanes, six people at each).

Your friends have a home routine that does not meet your expectations, and while it does not make them great hosts, it does not necessarily make them bad companions. Miss Manners suggests that you ...

I have tried to tell my husband that it’s just bad manners to start cleaning up the meal when people are still eating it. GENTLE READER: Yes, it is. But a 15-minute respite also seems extreme.

I have tried to tell my husband that it’s just bad manners to start cleaning up the meal when people are still eating it. Yes, it is. But a 15-minute respite also seems extreme. Perhaps you can ...

DEAR MISS MANNERS: I am a young woman who was brought up by my parents to bring or send a gift to my host when I have been invited for a meal or a visit. I am in the fortunate and enviable ...