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If manners really do matter, then why does nudging the grandkids into saying ‘Please’ and Thank you’ cause quite so much bother?

I’m not sure whether it’s globalisation, the fact we consume more media content or we meet more people these days, but I’ve begun to notice a phenomenon that’s crept in to daily conversation: the seem

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Bob Cooper of Macclesfield, Cheshire remembers: From an early age, I have always loved reading and writing. My best subject at school was English to the detriment of maths, and I managed to become top

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