IS IT still right for a man to open a car door for a woman before getting in himself? Should men use moisturiser, and is it acceptable to look at social networking sites to check up on a potential date? These are just some of the vexing - or trivial, depending on your point of view - questions addressed by a book on how to be a 'modern gentleman'.
Published by etiquette specialists Debrett's, the aim is to assist today's man through such minefields as style, manners and office politics.
Its verdicts on the above dilemmas are that it is indeed still considered courteous for a man to open a car door for a woman, that men should not be afraid of skin products, and that there's nothing wrong with a little internet research before a date.
Debrett's Guide for the Modern Gentleman covers ground from buying the right type of shoes to basic cookery, and has tips ranging from chat-up lines to how to get an upgrade on a flight.
Billed as 'a compendium of masculinity', it also gives bedroom advice from an anonymous 'Mrs Debrett', explains how to paint the ultimate bachelor pad and offers a 'bluffer's guide' to the opera.
Editor Jo Bryant said the book was intended as a light-hearted way of updating traditional questions of chivalry and style, adding: 'It's an ultimate celebration of all things male.'
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