Throughout April we asked you to submit flash entries around dance and neurodivergency. We’re thrilled to announce the well deserved winner, 84 year old Peter Davies! He wins a copy of John Elder Robison’s Look Me In The Eye as his prize. About Peter Take Your Partners Slow, slow, quick, quick, slow, followed by the unmistakeable tune … Continue reading Dance and Neurodivergence – Winning Entry →

Sarah Crofts, aged 68, retired from working as a university librarian nearly seven years ago. As well as dancing Morris, she is a musician who plays Anglo-concertina, mostly at sessions these days although she has played as part of a ceilidh/barn dance band in the past. She is also an organiser, with others, of the … Continue reading Morris Dancing →

They say we are all a product of our childhood. Well, if my childhood was anything to go by then I should have turned out a total wreck, and in some ways, I did start heading in that direction. Being the overweight kid, with NHS glasses and homemade clothes, I was the butt of everyone’s … Continue reading A Foxy Dance →

Neurodivergence – or neurodiversity – are words that get bandied about a lot right now, and not everyone knows what they mean.   Adopted first by those on the Autism spectrum, the terms have now expanded to describe almost anyone whose thought processes don’t conform to what’s considered the standard (or ‘neurotypical’) model.  That means everything … Continue reading Uncommon senses →