How can you be responsible for ghosting someone when they never write to you? Just because I have decided to accept their silence, and return it to them, doesn’t mean I don’t care. But what is the ...

GENTLE READER: If you believe that people should behave politely and treat one another with respect, then you and Miss ...

In today's Miss Manners column, advice columnist Judith Martin responds to tastefully arranging a Ph.D. and four other ...

GENTLE READER: You can use the title “Dr.” and put the others below -- but please assure Miss Manners that this is intended ...

Should the first line contain her name and “Ph.D.,” then the other credentials underneath? There are four titles to include.

GENTLE READER: It is awkward to suggest that someone else engage in an act of kindness on one’s behalf. While your intentions ...

In today's Miss Manners column, advice columnist Judith Martin responds to when a reader's attempt to assist an elderly man ...

Instead of seeing etiquette as a set of categorical rules, we should recognise that poor form can actually have good consequences Many people are out there labouring under the impression that lateness ...

Shoppers browse through stores at Mall of America for Black Friday deals Friday in Bloomington, Minn. (Adam Bettcher/Associated Press) As shoppers flood stores across the country during the year’s ...

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 ...

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 ...