First, let’s be clear: Henry Hitchings, author of “Sorry!,” certainly doesn’t argue that the English are paragons of civility in the modern world. (Hooliganism, anyone?) But over the centuries, the ...

WHEN I took my passage for Liverpool I naturally inquired what kind of man he was in whose charge and under whose command I was to be for some ten days upon the ocean. I was told that he was an ...

These are the most sociable weeks of the year. Between now and January we will eat out more, be invited to some dinner parties, and perhaps even host a few of our own. These gatherings always raise ...

Set in a dining room, living room and garden of an English country house, the action is simultaneous, with each exit in one play turning out to be an entrance in another, as the stories follow six ...

While there are certainly plenty of outdated etiquette rules and traditional expectations still being followed by most people, studies show that proper table manners, like keeping your elbows off the ...

DEAR MISS MANNERS: I was raised by parents who said that there is a right way to hold a fork, and never to speak with your mouth full. I am married to a man who holds his fork in his fist and who ...

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