We all know that when dining in a Western restaurant, we should put the napkin on our laps. But good table manners involve a lot more than that. According to the workshop instructor, people should ...

So why are elbows on the table rude? Some say the origin of this specific table-manners mantra was born in the Middle Ages, when guests at crowded banquet tables were jostling for space at ...

At first, Hamlet and the planets seem far removed from table manners. But social historians see close links between the Renaissance outlook and the rapid development of codes of behavior at the table.

New research conducted for Best Western suggests that 30 per cent of Brits are now ... The survey also claimed to find that ...