Dance Fever
The country is in a toe-tapping, hip-wiggling frenzy of excitement at the return of ‘proper’ dancing. Hotcourses explores the furor over the nation’s favourite new craze, dance. We even have a go ourselves!   Ballroom dancing has traditionally been the proviso of pensioners in community halls and immured professionals in impenetrable dance competitions. The middle ground, where you or I could strut our ballroom stuff, has been sorely lacking. Taking in the UK’s dance scene today, however, it seems that boring ballroom is a thing of the past...

A Passion for Fashion
Want to produce the designs and fabrics that will keep the latest fashionable crowd early with the hottest looks? Don’t label yourself a fashion addict until you take this quiz! Does the thought of not going shopping for a month make you break out in a cold sweat? A) Are you trying to kill me? B) I hardly go shopping, can’t stand the crowds Have you ever bought a piece of clothing that was the wrong size so it would not go home with someone who could never love it as much as you? A) Yep, but with my sewing skills nothing’s three sizes too big...