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Stereo Tips

On the matters of precedent, protocol, etiquette, manners, morals, style, fashion and common sense you will receive only the very best of advice from the CGA's eclectic collection of lifestyle and society stereotypes. Our Panel, currently comprising eight experts (see below), collectively known as "The Stereo Tips" are on hand to provide answers (often prejudiced by their own characteristics!) to anyone who has a question on any lifestyle topic, moral issue or etiquette dilemma.

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The Panel

Darling Lucy
Darling Lucy

In her mid twenties she is confident, beautiful and elegant (though secretly chaotic). Lucy was groomed for society and is always the best turned out filly at any party.

Major Fudd
Major Fudd

Little is known about his military past but 'Fudds', as he is affectionately known, is hugely respected. He is constantly politically incorrect, red faced and regularly pickled.

The True Gentleman
The True Gentleman

Good looking and in his thirties, he is impeccably polite and well mannered. This quintessential English gent is the perfect draw at a dinner party.

Mr Parks
Mr Parks

This slightly effeminate former postmaster became a butler in later life, after the village post office he ran closed. Undeniably 'correct' but unbearably pedantic.

The Party Hostess
The Party Hostess

Sarah 'married well', lives in Hampshire and has a flat in Chelsea. If a week goes by without a party she needs counselling, rehab and two yoga sessions to regain anything like normality.

The Laird
The Laird

Now in his sixties, he is remarkably upmarket. He owns an Estate in Scotland - to add to his ancestral home in Warwickshire!

Nanny Boot
Nanny Boot

Very senior on the Nanny Network, this traditional British Nanny likes taking her charges for nice summer breaks in Frinton.

Eco Eddie
Eco Eddie

Spends his summers living in a yurt within woodland in Herefordshire, Eco Eddie is an enthusiastic - but hopeless - folk singer who buys organic carrots and hopes to save the planet.