Like the last huge PBS success teeming with great rooms and the vagaries of the British class system — “Brideshead Revisited” in 1982 — “Downton Abbey” features a magnificent house ...

With the growing popularity in North America of British drama TV show Downton Abbey, Jackie Chiesa ... refined action around their own candlelit dinner tables.

The intricacies of table settings have gone the way of butlers and parasol flirtations, calling cards and dressing for dinner. But that may be changing. After all, Downton Abbey was wildly popular for ...

Lord and Lady Grantham regret to inform you they will not be inviting you to dine at Downton Abbey anytime soon ... p.m., and no gloves at the table, he said. A little dinner music Music at ...

It was as close to a 'Downton Abbey” dinner as this writer/hostess and ... Fortunately, I've had a penchant for table settings for many years, and George has had a penchant for crystal wine ...

Dinner gatherings ... a proper part of the formal table setting, we sometimes feel like it's just another dish to wash (and like they make more sense if you have Downton Abbey-style kitchen ...

The Countess of Carnarvon, chatelaine of Highclere Castle, where 'Downton Abbey’ is filmed, says the drama has the etiquette all wrong. But is she right? UK News Website of the Year 2024 ...