Ballroom is two people dancing together to music, touching in perfect harmony.

My old dance teacher, Jimmy Wilde, a former European ballroom dancing champion, was so sophisticated.

It's great that ballroom dancing is being recognised. For many years ballroom dancers were misunderstood and other dance forms didn't want anything to do with us.

Ballroom dancing: it's a wonderful thing at so many levels because you've got to follow the rules. They used to call those rules etiquette once upon a time, but you don't really have that any more.

When you dance together, there's a fabulous interaction. It's quite intimate. You're touching your partner, leading them. Learning how to behave in that person's proximity is a skill. I love it. I can't imagine tiring of it.

My perfect morning is spent drinking coffee, eating porridge and reading the paper at a local cafe.