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Author Patricia Nicol reveals a selection of the best books on ballroom dancing, including Watch Her Fall by Erin Kelly and The Turnout by Megan Abbott
The longlist for the Theakston Old Peculier Crime Novel of the Year 2022 has been reveaed with debut authors and literary icons vying for the UK and Ireland’s most coveted crime fiction writing award.
The longlist for the Theakston Old Peculier Crime Novel of the Year 2022 has been reveaed with debut authors and literary icons vying for the UK and Ireland’s most coveted crime fiction writing award.
This 1936 classic remains a touchstone for balletomane children. Orphans Pauline, Petrova and Posy Fossil are adopted by eccentric Great Uncle Matthew; when the money runs out, they take to the stage to pay the bills. I believe the book’s endurance is down to its depictions of adolescence as much as the dance detail. The characters are complicated, enviable, flawed. Pretty Pauline’s temper tantrum is one of the best meltdowns in any literature, and results in one of the most relatable comeuppances. The writing is suffused with a teenage sensuousness: costumier’s fabrics such as organza ...
How ballet helped us beat the blues: When author ERIN KELLY suffered a breakdown in lockdown, taking up ballet at home was her salvation. And she's not alone - with scores of stressed midlife women learning how to dance their troubles away Author Erin Kelly took up ballet after a breakdown during the first lockdown Scores of stressed midlife women have turned to ballet to dance troubles away There has been a tenfold rise in the number of online dancers since pandemic