Borris House, County Carlow. Ancestral seat of the McMorrough-Kavanaghs, High Kings of Leinster. It is not recorded if they were keen dancers but if they could have been re-incarnated in their ballroom on Friday evening 12th February last one suspects that they would have approved of the tango music and dancing that filled the night and banished thoughts of the bitter cold outside. Read More...

Tags: Tango, IYO, Hunt

It is 8.50am on Thursday 28th January last in the Burgundy village of Pommard and the mercury is tucked two or three degrees below freezing. A needle-sharp wind makes it feel a lot colder and the mothers dropping their children off to school don’t tarry for a chat. Read More...

Tags: Pommard, Marc