The complete online text of Keeping Up Appearances by W. W. Jacobs.

W. W. Jacobs, remembered today almost exclusively for his horror story "The Monkey's Paw" (The Lady of the Barge, 1902), was one of the most popular English humorists of the early twentieth century. His stories, many of them amusing tales of life along t...

Ben Conard takes a little more time picking out his favorite jeans, polo T-shirt and loafers than his grandfather did 50 years ago. From day-to-day wear to work attire, men are starting to spend more money on their personal appearances. Men are...

Branding and image are everything when it comes to product success. Mike Brown explains why this is something the government should consider in its drive to boost competitiveness Conventional accounting has always treated marketing as a cost rather than as an investment,...

Poor guys. Growing up, they never spent entire evenings in hot rollers, never savored the sizzle of the straightening iron, never left a slumber party with a head covered in braids. It was unacceptable for a dude to keep eight shampoos on the edge of...

God preserve us from the British upper classes! They are the reason I left England. I decided that I couldn’t listen to their whining sense of entitlement for one second longer, and thus fled to New York, where I promptly discovered that everyone worships the...