One of the big reasons for taking the boat in the first place was so that when we were arrived there was no leftover tension or stress from our day to day lives, because, though I love my family to bits, travelling with them can be a little frustrating. I knew it would be important to arrive in the right frame of mind, so that all the little random ( Read more... )

I was so excited the night before we got on the ship, that I literally couldn't sleep. I would wake up every couple of hours wondering if it was time yet. I'm sure I drove raayat totally nuts. Finally though, 6am rolled around, we got up, finished some chores, packed the last few bits and then the car arrived, whisking us off to the train station ( Read more... )

 On Saturday, we found ourselves without plans (due to a technology failure), so decided on a whim to get tickets to Confluence at Sadler's Wells. Akram Khan is one of my favourite contemporary choreographers, and I was really excited to learn more about his creative process and see how he works in a more collaborative context. I didn't know ( Read more... )

something that pretty much sums up exactly what has been traipsing through the news lately

Historians and novelists always have known that tragedy wonderfully reveals the nature of man. But, while they have made rich use of war, revolution, and poverty, they have been singularly negletful of financial panics. And one can relish the varied idiocy ( Read more... )

at least according to UNESCO

In 1982 the International Dance Committee of the International Theatre Institute, UNESCO, created International Dance Day to be celebrated every year on the 29th April ( Read more... )