A note every morning
Etiquette
On status, power, elegance and the small habits that decide how a room treats you. Written by a grandmother who learned the rules the long way round.
Three Things Never to Discuss at Dinner
Money, health and other people's marriages. Everything else is fair game. Here are the exact words I use when a table starts drifting towards one of the three.
Dinner Party Etiquette: The Rules Nobody Explains
From the reply to the invitation to the note the morning after: the dinner party rules nobody explains, for men and women, modern and never stuffy.
How to Write a Thank-You Note People Keep
Write it by hand, send it within two days, and mention one thing only you would have noticed. Everything else is stationery.
Lateness Is Theft Wearing Perfume (and How to Stop Being Late)
For six years I was late on purpose and thought it made me interesting. It made me a small thief with good perfume. Here is what I learnt, and the one habit...
How to Leave a Party Gracefully (and Why You Should Leave Early)
Decide your time before you ring the bell, find the host, say one warm sentence and go. The exit is the last thing they see of you, so let it be unhurried.
Don't just read the notes. Live them for ninety nights.
Ninety nights from now you'll be ninety nights older either way. The only question is whether you'll have the pages to show for it.
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