Burnt oranges and ballet music
I reached a point in a recipe once where I wondered whether I could really be bothered to dry-fry coriander seeds and then crush them. The person who’d written the…
If you want to show your buttocks in Idaho, put on a ballet
From the Argus Observer in Idaho comes a lovely story about naked hockey players that would have delighted the French sociologist Pierre Bourdieu, author of Distinction, in which he argues…
Give to East Cheshire Hospice
Get your credit cards out… On November 7th, best pal & favourite choreographer Christopher Hampson is running the marathon in aid of the East Cheshire Hospice, who looked after David…
Podcast: The Mighty Handful and more
In previous blogs (1, 2, 3, I’ve got very enthusiastic about the work of Marina Frolova-Walker who more than any author I know has managed to make sense of Russian…
Parrots, beats, synchronization and dancing
Bird Lovers Only Rescue: Snowball Makes World News. A bit late, since the article was in May, but here’s the scholarly scoop on that dancing parrot, neuroscience, beat perception, synchronization…
Cinquillos, tresillos & the tango/habañera question
For all those interested in the tango/habañera question (like Wen Yang and Joni and me pictured here in Clarke Quay after our trip on the Singapore cable car, here’s a…