Milonga de los Domingos

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It is Sunday - close and muggy. The August bank holiday has almost come and gone in a shower of rain and an overcast sky. No balmy late ...

Manhattan, Harrogate.

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It is 18 August, and by rights should still be summer. The Smart car hums along the A1 south towards junction 47. Either side, the...

The story of Voodoo Café

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Voodoo Café Milonga Club arises from the story of Tango a Trois and Café Banlieue. One July, three musicians met by chance in ...

2nd Oxford International Tango Festival

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Whilst heavy snow seals off Scotland , Wales , Northern Ireland , Lancashire , Cumbria , West Yorkshire and the Pennines, we set off f...

re-post Milonga el Arrabal

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Eight o’clock, and we have parked down by the Tyne . It’s an eight minute walk up the steep slopes of Side to the Royal Station ...
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The Milonga Villages of Manhattan

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Triangulo, Manhattan You need to live in New York to get the feel of Manhattan's milongas. Richard Lipkin 's great guide is ...

Englishman in Central Park, Manhattan

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Throughout the summer there is tango in the park - Argentine tango around Shakespeare's statue just south of Sheep Meadow in Centr...

Tango in New York

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This year, New York takes the place of Buenos Aires for tango. With the support and advice of our group of dancers who have recently r...

Voodoo Milonga Club

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In April 2012 a small group of visionaries met at the Cantina Voodoo Cafe , Darlington. Among them were the cafe proprietors, Les and Ke...
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Argentine tango....where?

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photo courtesy of   john hennessy If you think slipping from the Pennine clouds into Cumbria does not seem the proper prelude for a...

Flor de Milonga

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Colectivo no 10 tears along Chacabuco in the direction of Plaza Dorrego , San Telmo. I disembark at Carlos Calvo, the doors crashing t...

End and Beginning

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Not the usual preparation for a milonga. Our mood is subdued. Mid-winter light fades early, and curtains are pulled to keep out the cold. Th...
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Hard Times - For These Times

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Hard times. Harder times to come. Here in Britain, John Humphries, the voice of doom on BBC Radio Four has just confirmed our worst suspicio...

2012: Warmth and the Scent of blossom

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No no, I am not in Buenos Aires; and therein may be the problem. The English winter has been kind enough to date, with almost balmy Christm...

Teatro Colón Buenos Aires

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When I first came to Buenos Aires in 2007, Teatro Colón was closed for restoration. The outside of the theatre was entombed in scaffold and...

Virginia Tola

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Can you sense it? I have fallen in love! Two nights ago I spent the evening with a beautiful, sensual woman with whom I travelled to the st...

Late Summer in Buenos Aires

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Whilst at Flor de Milonga , the bohemian tango event run by my friends Lucia and Gerry, I felt it. The tall doors were open leading to balco...

Cafe life

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I am sitting alone in a cafe here in San Telmo. The day is bright and sunny. Rather than the pavement table, I have chosen one by the open w...

Temazcal

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In glorious summer sunshine, days have a habit of slipping quietly into weeks; and so it is since I last wrote on my blog. But today, there ...
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Sunday afternoon in Plaza Dorrego

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Of course you know Plaza Dorrego in San Telmo . Everyone does. It is at the foot of Defensa. If you visit Buenos Aires it is one of the ...

Confiteria Ideal

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If you have not heard of Confiteria Ideal you have not heard of tango. Today it has rained. The huge clap of thunder this morning signall...

Club Gricel Thursday night

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I left you, my dear reader, as I left the terrace here at El Sol de San Telmo to prepare for a night of dancing at Club Gricel. This was to...