This does not appear in Beechey's Account Books and may in fact have been painted later than ... on loan to the House of Lords from Lord Clifford. The deaf and dumb artist, Thomas Cooley, was ...

An uninvited, vegan plus 1 showed up to the letter writer’s dinner party and promptly criticized all the food.

The unfortunate requirement of saying “Hey!” to get the attention of a certain nonhuman helper has led to the widespread ...

Did the letter writer do the right thing by quickly passing by their injured professor who was getting the help she needed?

GENTLE READER: That might encourage uncomfortable follow-up questions for the girlfriend. Miss Manners suggests instead that you introduce them by their names. After doing so, you may add, “Carter is ...

DEAR MISS MANNERS: I was walking in the humanities building of the university where I am a graduate student. I turned the corner of the hallway that leads to the offices and saw one of my ...

DEAR MISS MANNERS: What is the proper response when an atheist sneezes, instead of “God bless you”? What about people you don’t know? I had a lady give me a hard time when she sneezed and I ...

DEAR MISS MANNERS: What do you think about people who start scanning their items at grocery store self-checkouts and sending them down the belt before one has finished bagging one’s own items?

GENTLE READER: Is that not what the little plastic dividers are for? DEAR MISS MANNERS: The man I’ve been dating for the last year doesn’t use the words “thank you” or “please.” ...

DEAR MISS MANNERS: A woman my husband works with bought him five work shirts. (This is something that happens quite often with this co-worker.) I told him that I felt it was inappropriate ...

DEAR MISS MANNERS: My father, my three siblings and I are having a surprise 80th birthday party for my mother. One of her cousins responded that they were coming, but also asked what restaurant my ...

DEAR MISS MANNERS: Some years ago, my uncle, having never met my then-boyfriend, made a series of racist jokes about him. (My boyfriend is part-Asian.) ...