Mary Killen Mary Killen

Your Problems Solved | 5 November 2005

Etiquette advice from The Spectator's Miss Manners

issue 05 November 2005

Dear Mary…

Q. You suggest (22 October) that scrap suppers be served on site following private views in art galleries. May I suggest the very same practice might well reverse the decline in numbers of young people attending classical concerts? For friendless, new to London perhaps, but unpushy lovers of classical music, it would surely be an incentive to know that, for an extra £10 on their ticket, they could eat a simple hot supper with a glass of wine, meet and chat to the musicians and mingle in like-minded civilised company following a performance.

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