British vs. American Etiquette: How Your Table Manners Give You Away

British and American table manners differ in surprisingly specific ways, from spoon placement to bread plates, tea, and the proper finished position for cutlery.

Who Has the Upper Hand in Today's Housing Market?

Ask around and almost every homebuyer out there wants to know if there’s a way to get a better deal. And just about every seller wants to know if they'll still get top dollar.

Youth avoids Manchester cliches for city's first Cubitts eyewear store

British eyewear brand Cubitts has unveiled its first shop in Manchester, designed by locally based studio Youth to reflect the city's industrial and musical history without resorting to the obvious. Youth co-founders Oliver Collinge and Liam McGroarty planned the interior to reflect the present and

Kii uses local limestone and colourful "melting" stools for SR Ice Cream Miyakojima

Architecture studio Kii has designed an ice cream shop on Miyakojima Island, Japan, featuring a pink ceiling, a limestone counter and perforated concrete tiles. Called SR Ice Cream Miyakojima, the cafe and ice cream shop is located on an island in the southern part of Japan's Okinawa prefecture in t