Whether you’re native to Britain and are just wanting to polish up your etiquette skills or you’re going to be travelling and ...

There's a special joy in sinking your teeth into juicy meat with bare fingers or scraping off those decadent flavors still ...

One of the most-read abroad stories of the month came from Hugo Harvey. He writes about how studying English literature at the University of Oxford as an Irish undergraduate was an education in being ...

We asked front-of-house workers to share what’s behind the language of the dining room, why they want to know “how everything ...

"When the expectations are great," a well-known saying goes, "so are the disappointments." Perhaps more than anyone to date, ...

GENTLE READER: Traditional snobbery. Time was when snobbish Americans believed that French customs were more elegant than ...

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I have been to several weddings over the last few years, and I’ve noticed a trend. Do the groomsmen have no responsibilities ...

Spouse was reluctant to engage in backstage chitchat after a theatrical production, but the encounter went smoothly.

Backstage etiquette is not easy. Honest criticism is rude, and insincere praise is -- well, insincere. (It should be noted, however, that insincerity is not the major moral transgression some make it ...

Please send your questions to Miss Manners at her website, www.missmanners.com; to her email, [email protected]; or ...

Please send your questions to Miss Manners at her website, www.missmanners.com; to her email, [email protected]; or ...