How do you get rid of unwanted guests? What do you do if there's a racket in the quiet carriage? How should you eat peas, and behave in queues? How to behave, like how to punctuate, is an aspect of life that many are no longer taught - and getting it wrong is the stuff of comedy at best and humiliation at worst. Thankfully, Sandi Toksvig has come to the rescue with her entertaining guide to modern manners,with tips on what to do whether you're talking to a bore, or forgot their name in the first place. (Just call them 'darling'.)
The award-winning Radio 4 broadcaster and writer offers guidance on the social pitfalls of every phase of life, from christenings to condolence letters. With characteristic wit and perceptiveness, and revealing the trickiest of her encounters along the way, she highlights decency rather than convention and provides an essential guide to twenty-first century behaviour.
Now this down-to-earth, hilarious guide is available in perfect pocket-sized paperback size.
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9781781250334
9781781250327
Table of contents
- Cover Page
- Title Page
- Copyright Page
- Dedication
- Contents
- To the reader
- To begin: an introduction
- 1. At home
- 2. Table manners: eating in
- 3. Table manners: dining out
- 4. Communication
- 5. Out and about
- 6. Travel
- 7. Shoulder to the grindstone
- 8. Having relations
- 9. Little ones
- 10. Breaking up is hard to do
- 11. Buying the farm
- Epilogue: where good manners are bad