The School of Life Guide to Modern Manners : The School of Life Press : 9781912891146 : 191289114X : 17 Oct 2019 : An essential guide to modern etiquette; putting good manners back at the center of our priorities.Modern life is full of minor but acute dilemmas: we get stuck at a gathering with someone unusually boring and wonder how to move on without causing offence; in the course of introducing one friend to another, we realize that we have forgotten one of the party's names; we run into an ex while on an early date with a new partner; we spill red wine across a host's sofa ... Such dilemmas might?at one level?seem desperately insignificant. But they actually belong to some of the largest and most serious themes in social existence: how can you pursue your own agenda for happiness while at the same time honoring the sensitivities and wishes of others; how can you convey goodwill with sincerity; how can you be kind without being supine or sentimental? The modern age often doesn't see