Honestly, it was not really easy to find literature dealing with etiquette in Africa. Nevertheless, I managed to find an extract by a British writer William Hanson, which is and is not about etiquette, but I thought it was interesting so I decided to share it with...

After a long period of fasting, one visit may follow another and, moreover, today is also Mother's Day. So, how to please the lady of the house and potential guests with something original and unforgettable? What about trying to make real English afternoon tea with...

Thanks to the previous blog, you know how to talk with ease to someone and swap the first few sentences. But that doesn't always mean you’re out of the woods. What if you had a great start to the conversation, but you’ve completely misjudged the person you are talking...

Have you been invited to a social event somewhere unknown or is it your first day at work at a new job, where you don’t know the people yet and need to start a conversation? How should you address someone, like a seasoned socialite, without feeling embarrassed? How...

It is cheap, fast, reliable, and so it’s gotten under our skin quite quickly and become part of our everyday lives. We are, of course, talking about that little miracle known as e-mail. Like everything, it has its positives as well as its darker aspects. Without...

Video conferences will soon become one of the most important work communication channels due to the many limitations of the situation today. And so, even those who have up to now not been forced to use them or consciously tried to avoid them just like me, will have to...

Etiquette has maintained its tried and true rules for centuries. She's a lady that can be relied upon. But it cannot be said that Etiquette is outdated or irrelevant. For example, as mobile phones and e-mail communications have spread, etiquette immediately responded...

This admonishment accompanied almost every one of us in childhood. So, we know we must say hello. But maybe there are situations where you ask yourself how and whether you or the other person should say hello first. Though we may have certain customs where we live,...

In previous blogs, we addressed the ball etiquette and dress code, so it seems ideal to wind up this series with a post about invitations. I will try to explain all the possible terms that you might find on them, and I will also show you how to create such an...

PUBLISHED THU, MAR 5 202011:24 PM ESTUPDATED THU, MAR 5 202011:42 PM EST Monica Buchanan Pitrelli   My first experience with the small, but rapidly growing movement to eliminate handshaking was in a chiropractic office in Singapore two weeks ago. “Are you shaking...