New York is a people pleaser’s hell
The city is a psychological assault course, an emotional minefield, for people like me who are chronically apologetic
Manners
Wednesday
Wednesday
You, too, can ban James Corden from your restaurant
The British TV host was declared Balthazar’s ‘most abusive customer’
Saturday
How Emily Post taught the elite to greet
Happy birthday to the original mannered miss
Wednesday
The Farm Stand Test
Seasonal vegetables are a secret weapon in the fight against crime
Tuesday
In praise of Midwestern manners
Demonising won’t help the Dems in South Dakota
Thursday
The short step from good manners to lofty imperialism
In a world increasingly shaped by encounters with other cultures, the English started to form theories in which their own evolved behaviour resembled the pinnacle of possible civilisation.
