With presumably less than a month to go before Dancing on Ice returns to our screens, ITV treat us to yet more celebrity skaters stepping even further away from their comfort zones on Monday and Tuesday in The Real Full Monty on Ice. The show was a continuation of previous years’ cancer awareness campaigns culminatingContinue reading “The Real Full Monty on Ice”
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First Impressions (part two)
Now that the final three contestants have been announced I thought it was probably time to get round to completing my ridiculously early predictions. If you missed part one you can find it here. Freestyle rapper, Lady Leshurr (born Melesha Katrina O’Garro) is one of those contestants that I have to admit to only knowingContinue reading “First Impressions (part two)”
First Impressions
A couple of weeks ago I was lucky enough to take part in one of Dan Whiston’s online Zumba classes which aside from confirming lockdown has done little to improve my poor fitness levels, also confirmed that the Dancing on ice team were a week away from beginning the process of getting 2021 season trainingContinue reading “First Impressions”
Back on the ice but still back of the queue
I wasn’t planning on waiting so long to write another post, but celebrating the progress Dancing on Ice has made on the new series while the rinks remained closed just seemed distasteful. While pubs and restaurants has been allowed to re-open back on 4th July presumably because drunks are well-known for not invading personal spaceContinue reading “Back on the ice but still back of the queue”
Fear of The future
For clarity I must stress that what follows is merely my observations of the impact of the current situation on the sport and is in no way meant to be a judgement on the decisions being made by any sporting body. Indeed, given the current rates of global infection let alone the catastrophic death rateContinue reading “Fear of The future”
Skating, clapping, & laughter
Despite my parents throwing my last pair of skates in a skip while I was at university it took 1 week of lockdown for me to come to the conclusion that I needed a pair to get through this. And while my Instagram is full of inspirational figure skaters axelling away on off-ice skates IContinue reading “Skating, clapping, & laughter”
Melted Ice
It’s safe to say we’ve all had a strange week. With The World Figure Skating championships already having been cancelled, this week was never going to look how I’d imagined it. Last weekend I took part in The Mark Drama (a retelling of the events of Mark’s gospel told as theatre in the round viaContinue reading “Melted Ice”
After the Final: what now?
“What you gonna do when Dancing on Ice finishes?” asked a colleague last Friday as I prattled on once more about how desperate I was to see Joe Swash and Alex Murphy skate Bolero. Not realising at the time what a visual treat they had in store with their Chaplin-inspired routine, reminiscent in places ofContinue reading “After the Final: what now?”
From Golden Glory to Hellish Horrors
On Tuesday February 14th 1984, Zetra Olympic Hall in Sarajevo was the setting of Jayne Torvill and Christopher Dean’s monumental Olympic triumph cheered on by 8500 spectators in the hall, and millions across the globe. The ultramodern, copper-roofed complex, designed by architects Lidumil Alikalfic and Dušan Đapa was officially opened by then President of theContinue reading “From Golden Glory to Hellish Horrors”
A wife’s perspective:“Please be kind, especially to my family”.
I also spoke about this on BBC World Service (skip to 9.44) https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/w172wrw0rb90mhw It’s this line from Philip Schofield’s statement to the press, which hit me like a battering ram to the gut. For in 2017, I myself was faced with the revelation that my husband of 8 years was in fact gay. Usually whenContinue reading “A wife’s perspective:“Please be kind, especially to my family”.”
