Peas & Queues - The Minefield of Modern Manners

Author(s): Sandi Toksvig

Dictionaries, Language & Reference

How do you get rid of unwanted guests? What do you do if there's a racket in the quiet carriage? How should you eat peas, and behave in queues? How to behave, like how to punctuate, is an aspect of life that many are no longer taught - and getting it wrong is the stuff of comedy at best and humiliation at worst. Thankfully, Sandi Toksvig has come to the rescue with her entertaining guide to modern manners,with tips on what to do whether you're talking to a bore, or forgot their name in the first place. (Just call them 'darling'.) The award-winning Radio 4 broadcaster and writer offers guidance on the social pitfalls of every phase of life, from christenings to condolence letters - and has uncovered fascinating details about how our manners have changed across time, from the earliest etiquettes (little cards to remind courtiers how to behave) to the changing nature of spoons. With characteristic wit and perceptiveness, and revealing the trickiest of her encounters along the way, she highlights decency rather than convention and provides an essential guide to twenty-first century behaviour.

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The queen of Radio 4, Sandi Toksvig, delivers an entertaining and fascinating guide to what to do and why in the confusing world of modern manners

"'[Toksvig is a] national treasure and doyenne of Radio 4' (Guardian) 'There are three things you immediately notice about Sandi Toksvig. Her height, her wit and her distinctive voice... it's rip-roaring stuff, and it translates to the page, too.' (Independent on Sunday)"

Sandi Toksvig is a well known broadcaster for both television and radio. She has written more than twenty books including fiction and non-fiction for both adults and children, is a regular columnist for Good Housekeeping magazine and in September 2012 her latest play 'Bully Boy' was the opening production for London's first new theatre in thirty years, the St James. Sandi is the new Chancellor of Portsmouth University.

General Fields

  • : 9781781250327
  • : Profile Books
  • : Profile Books
  • : 0.442
  • : September 2013
  • : 216mm X 135mm
  • : United Kingdom
  • : December 2013
  • : books

Special Fields

  • : Sandi Toksvig
  • : hardback with dustjacket
  • : hardback with dustjacket
  • : 395.30207
  • : 395.30207
  • : very good
  • : very good
  • : 288
  • : 288