British Behaviour

Our indispensable Guide to British life and manners. From Countryside Rules, Dress Codes, Kilts, Meeting Royalty and Port Etiquette to Apologising, Introductions, Queuing, Reticence, Small Talk and Understatement.

British rituals, social occasions, manners and characteristics decoded.

 

  • countryside rules

    A to H

    Apologising, Chivalry, Countryside, Dress Codes, Drunkenness, Faux-Pas, Formal Dinners, Humour.
  • british behaviour, debrett's guide to british behaviour

    I to O

    Informality, Invitations, Jokes, Kilts, Kissing, Loo, Members' Clubs, Money, Ostentation.
  • port étiquette

    P to Q

    Politeness, Politics, Port, Presents, Pronunciation, Ps and Qs, Pubs, Queuing.
  • guide to british etiquette

    R to S

    Reserve, Royalty, RSVPs, Season, Self-Deprecation, Shooting, Stiff Upper Lip, Sunbathing.
  • u and non u terms

    T to Z

    Table Manners, Taxis, Tea, Tipping, Titles, Understatement, Weather, Weddings.
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