I am a journalist in the field of etiquette. I try to find out what the most genteel people regularly do, what traditions they have discarded, what compromises they have made.

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I am a journalist in the field of etiquette. I try to find out what...

I am a journalist in the field of etiquette. I try to find out what...

We must learn which ceremonies may be breached occasionally at our convenience and which ones...

We must learn which ceremonies may be breached occasionally at our convenience and which ones...

Good manners have much to do with the emotions. To make them ring true, one...

Good manners have much to do with the emotions. To make them ring true, one...

The modern rule is that every woman should be her own chaperone.

The modern rule is that every woman should be her own chaperone.

Parents must get across the idea that I love you always, but sometimes I do...

Parents must get across the idea that I love you always, but sometimes I do...

Good manners have much to do with the emotions. To make them ring true, one...

Good manners have much to do with the emotions. To make them ring true, one...

There can be no press freedom when journalists exist in conditions of corruption, poverty and...

There can be no press freedom when journalists exist in conditions of corruption, poverty and...

Most journalists are restless voyeurs who see the warts on the world, the imperfections in...

Most journalists are restless voyeurs who see the warts on the world, the imperfections in...

Politics is just show business for ugly people

Politics is just show business for ugly people

I hate journalists. There is nothing in them but tittering jeering emptiness. They have all...

I hate journalists. There is nothing in them but tittering jeering emptiness. They have all...

The difference between literature and journalism is that journalism is unreadable, and literature is not...

The difference between literature and journalism is that journalism is unreadable, and literature is not...

Media is a word that has come to mean bad journalism

Media is a word that has come to mean bad journalism

Journalism can never be silent: that is its greatest virtue and its greatest fault. It...

Journalism can never be silent: that is its greatest virtue and its greatest fault. It...

The reporter wrote with the hope that he would get a by-line in the Times,...

The reporter wrote with the hope that he would get a by-line in the Times,...

Be careful. Journalism is more addictive than crack cocaine. Your life can get out of...

Be careful. Journalism is more addictive than crack cocaine. Your life can get out of...

The meat-and-potatoes work of world journalism is performed by the wire service reporters.

The meat-and-potatoes work of world journalism is performed by the wire service reporters.

Journalism is in fact history on the run.

Journalism is in fact history on the run.

One of the things that will keep The Front Page burning bright as long as...

One of the things that will keep The Front Page burning bright as long as...

There is much to be said in favour of modern journalism. By giving us the...

There is much to be said in favour of modern journalism. By giving us the...

Generally speaking, the best people nowadays go into journalism, the second best into business, the...

Generally speaking, the best people nowadays go into journalism, the second best into business, the...