It is 1831 and the good people of Cromarty are setting up a circulating library. A list of suggested titles is purchased, ...

Such repetitive messages arrive by post, text, email and sometimes even dreaded phone calls -- at all hours of the day.

GENTLE READER: As someone who likewise keeps her appointments, Miss Manners also finds it annoying to receive 236,475 emails, phone calls and texts reminding her about them. Especially when she then ...

Such repetitive messages arrive by post, text, email and even dreaded phone calls. These multiple demands for confirmation have grown tiresome.

GENTLE READER: As someone who likewise keeps her appointments, Miss Manners also finds it annoying to receive 236,475 emails, phone calls and texts reminding her about them. Especially when she then ...

He evidently thought himself the soul of wit, but, as I have to look for a job with my degree from this school, I did not find his comment at all amusing. I laughed with him anyway, partially because ...

Dear Miss Manners: Lately, I find that whenever I schedule even the most mundane of appointments, I am endlessly nagged by correspondence from the host: “Please confirm Lady Tuna’s rabies booster ...

DEAR MISS MANNERS: It seems that more people are now issuing invitations to “come for drinks” in the early evening, with no plans for dinner to follow. Related Articles Miss Manners: Do I have to tell ...

DEAR MISS MANNERS: 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 ...

An audience member wears a button that reads, “I ♥︎ my Dallas LIBRARY,” as Dallas Public Library director Manya Shorr speaks at City Hall on Jan. 20, 2026. Re: “Planned closures panned — City Council ...

Miss Manners: Sometimes I dine alone. It doesn’t mean I’m pathetic Miss Manners: I’m not enthusiastic about attending my son’s ‘wedding’ party Miss Manners: My sons-in-law have offensive table manners ...