Strictly

Noel Baker reveals a secret enthusiasm for bodies in motion

by Noel Baker 1st December 2017

With my ‘serious’ Quaker ‘mind’ I snobbishly thought Strictly Come Dancing was an inconsequential frivolity – irrelevant in a deadly serious world.

Three years ago, however, I encountered an episode of the programme and was utterly seduced. Since that first encounter I’ve thoroughly enjoyed the weekly viewing experience, though I was still slightly embarrassed at doing so.