I am a single man who inherited, from my parents and grandparents, both a love of entertaining and also a great deal of the trappings needed -- china, crystal, linen, silver -- that other relatives ...

Our friends graciously offered us use of their rustic lakeside cabin, as they no longer can travel there themselves. We had a disappointing time and cut our stay short due to the terrible odor, ...

A recent survey reveals that a common, everyday gesture among men strongly irritates a majority of women. It's not a question of manners, but rather of comfort, hygiene… and mutual respect in shared ...

How far did I get into the new series of The Apprentice (BBC One) before wanting to fire everybody involved? I had a wobble at 10 seconds, when the narrator introduced the usual bunch of chumps as ...

Expat life can be starkly different if you have children. You’re going through life in a different country through the ...

Facing what activists say is a hardening of repression inside Chechnya amid Russia's invasion of Ukraine, Asil and Aishat, both young women, recently fled ...

DEAR MISS MANNERS: I am still not inured to the rampant trend of women tattooing their hands, feet, arms, backs and even ...

A grocery story encounter turned nasty after a shopper lobbed an insult that was too close to home; a friend lends out a ...

Given the situation, how could I have better handled myself with this condescending woman while maintaining dignity?

DEAR MISS MANNERS: I was at a store with narrow aisles. I turned down an aisle that had two women with carts. The first woman I encountered completely ignored me, so I gently pushed my cart past. The ...

When Iraq was invading Kuwait in 1990 a British Airways plane flew straight into the turmoil. Now its passengers might ...

DEAR MISS MANNERS: I was at a store with narrow aisles. I turned down an aisle where there were two women with carts. The ...