The death of the dining room: how mealtimes moved to the kitchen – or the sofa

The Guardian UK Wednesday 09 September 2026, 16:18 UTC By Guardian Staff 1 min read

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The idea of a room that you use only occasionally for sit-down meals has gone out of fashion. Now people have found better ways to use the spaceName: Dining rooms. Ancient Romans took meals in a room called a triclinium.

The idea of a room that you use only occasionally for sit-down meals has gone out of fashion. Now people have found better ways to use the space

Name: Dining rooms.

Age: Ancient Romans took meals in a room called a triclinium.

Ancient Romans (ORG)

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