Manners and Other Matters
Do you find modern social and business etiquette dilemmas challenging, would you like to live your life with an elegant style, communicating confidently and entertaining with flair?
Please join me, Louise Percy, every two weeks, as I discuss these topics, answer your questions and chat with fellow experts about the arts, fashion, jewellery, home décor, entertaining, travel and more.
Regarded as an expert in my field for 32 years, I aim to inspire you in every episode to embrace etiquette and elegance as a positive personality choice. Offering real life examples, questions and opinions, you won’t want to miss an episode!
Manners and Other Matters
Latest Episodes
81. The Art of Confident Presence – Why You Don't Need to Be an Extrovert to Shine
Do you ever walk into a networking event, a wedding on your own, or another event, and wonder where to stand, whom to approach or what to say?Confidence isn't necessarily about being outgoing, speaking loudly or commanding attenti...
80. The Etiquette of Adult Friendship: When Friendships Change, Drift and End
Friendship seems so wonderfully simple when we are young. We sit beside someone at school, meet through university, work, our children or our neighbourhood, and somehow a friendship begins.Adult friendship is rather different....
79. From Market Basket to Table, The Etiquette of Shopping, Cooking and Eating Well
What do good manners have to do with buying an avocado, pushing a supermarket trolley or choosing vegetables at a farmers' market? Quite a lot, as it happens.In this episode of Manners and Other Matters, Louise Percy takes us from th...
78. The Elegance of Seasonal Living
Spring invites us to open the windows, notice what is flowering and welcome a sense of renewal into our everyday lives.In Episode 78 of Manners and Other Matters, Louise Percy considers how to greet a new season with elegance and int...
77. Paws and Poise: Manners for our Pets
Dogs are more involved in our social lives than ever before. They join us at cafés, visit friends' homes, accompany us on holidays and, quite rightly, are often considered members of the family. But has the way we teach our dogs good manners ch...