Five Tips for Teaching your Children Table Manners
Good table manners are an important part of every meal and should be encouraged from an early age. In recent years we have seen a decline in family meals eaten…
Netiquette: A Guide to Digital Manners
If you thought that everything you needed to know about etiquette was contained within your grandmother’s dusty old volume of Debrett’s, it is time to think again. The advent of…
Why Soft Skills are Vital for Business Success
How you present yourself in corporate situations and how effectively you communicate with clients and colleagues is fundamental to your professional success. Research by Harvard University, The Carnegie Foundation and…
School Gate Etiquette: Five Do’s and Don’ts
The first day of school can be a daunting prospect for both children and parents. But fear not - our guide to school gate etiquette will ensure that you breeze…
Royal Wedding Protocol, Trivia and Unusual Facts
Prince Harry and bride Meghan Markle have continued many centuries-old royal wedding traditions - and created some new ones of their own. - The royal bride always has a spare…
Hat Trick: Top Hat-Wearing Tips
For a wedding, a big occasion or just because, what does a hat say? Advice from experts including the Queen's milliner. The right hat can be a real feather in…
Manners Maketh … William Shakespeare
Happy birthday to the most famous of bards. Born 23 April 1564 in Stratford-upon-Avon - now known as National Shakespeare Day, as well as being St George’s Day - Shakespeare…
The US & UK: One Language, Two Sets of Manners
The land of Mary Poppins, James Bond and Hugh Grant - ah, Great Britain. Our American cousins delight in our accents, traditions and history but not so much in the…
Doing Business with the British – Politely
Earlier this year a Chinese senior analyst who had been working in the US but had recently moved to London came to The British School of Etiquette for an introductory…
#Manspreading: Is it Ever Acceptable?
Women, tired of squeezing themselves into small spaces while men unfold themselves comfortably on public transport, have taken up arms against manspreading in the past few years. The seated posture…
