What are the best books to gift at Christmas? with William Hanson

About this episode

<p>Who actually decides what counts as good manners? Why are speakerphone calls the latest frontier of bad etiquette? Can humour make us better behaved? And should you ever sniff someone else’s books?</p><br><p>This week on <em>Ask Penguin</em>, Rhianna is joined by etiquette expert and author <a href="https://www.penguin.co.uk/authors/298600/william-hanson" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">William Hanson</a> to talk about his latest book, <em><a href="https://www.penguin.co.uk/books/464160/just-good-manners-by-hanson-william/9781804952023" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Just Good Manners</a></em>, and why etiquette might be far less stuffy and more fun than we imagine.</p><br><p>Plus, our Penguin experts unwrap their best book recommendations to solve your festive gifting dilemmas.</p><br><p>For the complete list of books mentioned in this episode and the transcript visit: <a href="https://www.penguin.co.uk/articles/2024/11/the-penguin-podcast-episode-8-christmas-gifting?utm_campaign=PodcastEpisode8&amp;utm_source=acast&amp;utm_medium=podcast&amp;utm_camteam=penguin" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Episode 8: Christmas gifting</a></p><br><p>Send us a question: penguinpodcast@penguinrandomhouse.co.uk.</p><p>Website: <a href="https://www.penguin.co.uk/podcast?utm_campaign=PodcastEpisode7&amp;utm_source=podcast&amp;utm_medium=organic&amp;utm_camteam=penguin" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">www.penguin.co.uk/podcast</a></p><hr><p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.</p>