Once upon a time, good manners were about please and thank you. In 2025, they’re about read receipts, voice notes and knowing ...

Yet Miss Manners agrees that the unpleasant habit of taking insult when none was intended is widespread. She admires and ...

We’re ready to say goodbye to many things in 2026: clutter, the tendency to overcommit, and maybe that rug in the den with a ...

DEAR MISS MANNERS: The owners of a business for whom I did some work threw a company barbecue and asked guests to sign up to ...

DEAR MISS MANNERS: Our family holds an annual reunion, and members rotate who hosts it. One night of the reunion weekend is ...

DEAR MISS MANNERS: The owners of a business for whom I did some work threw a company barbecue and asked guests to sign up to ...

Jeanie Beeman was working last week when Michelea Ponce, an irate activist, harassed her just for the attire she was wearing. Matt Janes ...

Dear Miss Manners: We have a close friend who gives gifts we are not wild about, but display anyway. If she does not see her ...

As shoppers flood stores across the country during the year’s biggest shopping season, retail workers are bracing for what many describe as the most demanding — and often demoralizing — stretch of the ...

Of all that was said about Tom Stoppard after last week’s news of the playwright’s death, it was striking to see how many times people mentioned his manners. They were “famously good”, said fellow ...

Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Of all that was said about Tom Stoppard after last week’s news of the playwright’s death, it was striking to ...

DEAR ANNIE: I have a good friend “Amy,” who is a great lady. We’ve known each other for about 15 years, but we reconnected about two years ago and started attending events together, including dinners ...