Some call it the greatest show on Earth. By gum, did Beijing deliver it. From the start, the world’s most populous nation gave the world one of the most amazing public spectacles of human endeavour ever seen. Zhang Yimou’s vision of creating a performance for an Opening Ceremony using China’s best resource, its people, was [...]
Categories: Life
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- 24 August, 2008 – 3:34 pm UTC
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- By lest
Hi all. Apologies for the big hiatus on this site. Unfortunately, I’ve been having some problems with WordPress in that it only shows the front page of the site and while I’ve made a temporary fix for my blog posts, it hasn’t solved all the problems with the site. I’m hoping for a solution some [...]
Categories: Life
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- 13 August, 2008 – 9:29 am UTC
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- By lest
I’m trying my best not to be completely obsessed with dancing. (Which is, admittedly, one of the reasons for not having posted on this website for at least a month!) But I have to admit that it is an addictive activity and I am starting to get a little envious of my brother who dances [...]
Categories: Life
Tagged: Bomb the Bank, Dance, Lindy hop, Merengue, Salsa, Swing Dancers of London, Tango
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- 6 April, 2008 – 11:56 pm UTC
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- By lest
So for our intranet at work, I was asked to do a one-minute interview. I thought I’d reproduce it here for fun, so hope you enjoy it. It was actually written a month ago, so some of the entries are slightly out of date, but hey, does it really matter? One minute interview – [...]
Categories: Life
Tagged: Interview, One Minute Interview
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- 6 March, 2008 – 3:27 pm UTC
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- By lest
Ok, it’s just over a month away, and I can’t now resist promoting it! London has been quite springlike for a while now, and with March just round the corner, a few of us though about doing some outdoor dancing. Well, I for one have missed it since my Lindy in the Park experience in [...]
Categories: Life
Tagged: Bomb the Bank, Lindy hop, London, South Bank, Swing Dance, Swing Dancers of London
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- 25 February, 2008 – 2:12 pm UTC
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- By lest