Episode 8: Christmas gifting with William Hanson
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Penguin Books UK
4.1 • 550 Ratings
🗓️ 21 November 2024
⏱️ 47 minutes
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Summary
As the Christmas season approaches, we’ve assembled an expert panel to help you navigate your gifting dilemmas and find the ideal presents for everyone on your list. Plus, how do you politely decline a festive party? And is bending the spine of a book the approved way to read it? We find out with etiquette expert, and Help I've S*xted my Boss podcaster, William Hanson as we discuss his new book Just Good Manners.
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| 0:00.0 | The Penguin Shop is your destination for all things quintessentially Penguin, from sets of beloved classics to merchandise and home goods, highlighting our iconic design history. |
| 0:11.0 | This week, from today through to Thursday the 28th of November, enjoy 20% off a selection of books and merch with the discount code Penguin Podcast. |
| 0:22.3 | Some exclusions apply, see terms and conditions in the show notes for full details. |
| 0:28.0 | Hello, I'm Rihanna Dillon. Welcome to the Penguin podcast and another episode of Ask Penguin, |
| 0:34.6 | the show that's packed full of book recommendations and conversations |
| 0:38.6 | with Penguin authors and the people who make the books. Now I know that we're still a few |
| 0:43.8 | weeks away from Christmas, but purely in the interest of helping you sort out your Christmas |
| 0:48.3 | presents early so you can enjoy the run-up to Christmas, we're talking all about the perfect |
| 0:53.5 | books that will make the perfect gift. |
| 0:56.4 | Whether you're looking to buy for a secret Santa or you're tackling the whole list of family, |
| 1:00.9 | extended family, friends and more, we will have your shopping sorted. |
| 1:06.2 | We're always surrounded by beautiful books in the studio, but for our Christmas special, |
| 1:12.6 | we have all sorts of treasures, from gorgeous children's books, quizzes, classics, page-turning romances. I mean, there are just so many books here that I'm going to be stealing as soon as we've finished recording. |
| 1:22.6 | And to answer all of your Christmas shopping dilemmas, we've got not one but three experts from Penguin who are going to be recommending the perfect book-related gifts. |
| 1:33.0 | But first, the Christmas season can be an absolute minefield of potential faux pas. |
| 1:39.6 | What is the etiquette for giving and receiving gifts? |
| 1:43.3 | How do you get out of that Christmas party that you |
| 1:45.4 | desperately want to avoid so you can just stay home curled up with a book? Or is that just me? |
| 1:51.1 | Fear not, I happen to have the perfect guest with me today to guide us through the Christmas season. |
| 1:57.3 | Joining me down the line is author, podcaster and etiquette expert William Hanson. |
| 2:03.6 | William is widely regarded as one of Britain's most trusted authorities on etiquette. |
| 2:09.1 | His day job is as director of the English Manor, a training institute where he advises individuals, |
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