How not to be rude in 2026
Do you keep your headphones on at the checkout? Or chat people up then never follow through? You need our expert guide to the new social faux pas – and how to avoid them*** Continue...
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Why Brooklyn Beckham is – bear with me – a brilliant role model | Polly Hudson
He gets slammed as an entitled nepo baby, and just keeps doing what he enjoys, unruffled. Here are five things I’d do, if only I had his confidenceNepo babies provoke a unique brand of ire. Fittingly, they seem to bring...
Read More‘We’re not out to get anyone – we just want to slow you down’: why do lollipop people face so much road rage?
They just want to help children safely across the road on their way to and from school. Yet lollipop people are having to wear body cameras after an increase in abusive and dangerous drivers. How did things get so out of...
Read MoreThe secret life of a waitress: my nine nightmare diners – from flirts to complainers
Are influencers really the biggest problem facing waiting staff? Not compared with the customer who demanded I pick up her dog’s poo …Influencers have had a bad time of it at restaurants recently. There they are,...
Read MoreThe stranger secret: how to talk to anyone – and why you should
Forget fear of public speaking. A lot of people now shy away completely from speaking to anyone in public. But if we learn to do this it’s enriching, for ourselves and societyIt started with two incidents on the same day....
Read MoreThe pie and mash crisis: can the original fast food be saved?
There used to be hundreds of pie and mash shops in London. Now there are barely more than 30. Can social media attention and a push for protected status ensure their survival?Outside it’s raining so hard that the sandwich...
Read MoreHow to be a good party host (or guest) | Zoe Williams
From picking your guests (always add a random) and your outfit, to coping with drunks and nudity, this is what you need to knowWhen I was young, I thought the worst thing you could do, as a host, was to run out of booze. Then,...
Read MoreThe ‘pavement vigilante’: why Cameron Roh is naming and shaming bad walking etiquette
He films people breaking his self-created ‘laws’ of street decorum and posts the videos online – with many viewers expressing their gratitude. So watch out if you’re rushing along on your phone or...
Read MoreYou can mute – but you can never leave. Why have WhatsApp groups become so stressful? | Polly Hudson
There is the initial group. Then the side group. Then another splinter group. Suddenly, in your bones, you know the wrong message is going to end up with the wrong person …It’s the new last taboo. Officially added...
Read MoreHave you been a victim of the ‘gen Z stare’? It’s got nothing on the gen X look of dread | Emma Beddington
Those aged between 13 and 28 have been accused of deploying a bored, superior expression. As a woman in her 50s, let me tell you I can do a slack-mouthed look of bafflement better than anyoneHave you been the victim of a gen Z...
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