Never let your voice be heard by the ladies and gentlemen of the house, except when necessary, and then as little as possible. Always "give room" if you meet one of your employers or betters on ...

The Edwardian era corresponds with the reign of King Edward VII in Great Britain, whose short-lived governance (1901-1910) came after Victoria's long reign and preceded the modern House of Windsor ...

But in Edwardian times, from the turn of the century decade of 1901 to 1910, times were made even tougher thanks to coal shortages which meant even fireplaces were too expensive to run for many ...

As The Forsytes, based on John Galsworthy's epic Edwardian drama chronicling the lives of an upper middle class family in London, comes to Radio 4 we examine the life of an Edwardian gentlemen.