Dr Pamela Cox looks at the grand houses of the Victorian ruling elite - large country estates dependent on an army of staff toiling away below stairs. The Victorians ushered in a new ideal of ...

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Simply sign up to the Film myFT Digest -- delivered directly to your inbox. Hard-to-shake Czech drama Servants opens like a dream at the very point it tips into nightmare — car headlights on a gloomy ...