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What images spring to mind when you think of the 1920s? Perhaps flappers, wearing the latest, most daring fashions, wildly dancing the Charleston at roaring parties to jazz music... Yet underneath that façade of glamour and liberation was an experiment that transformed American nightlife – Prohibition. Intended to prevent alcohol consumption, it instead gave rise to a secret world of hidden establishments and illegal bars: the Speakeasy. For the History Nerds... Prohibition o

This month’s blog tells the story of the other hugely influential 1920s dance - the Black Bottom! Despite overtaking the Charleston as one of the most popular social dances of the late 1920s, it hasn’t quite stood the test of time in the same way...

The Charleston was never about getting every step right. It wasn’t polished or precise, neat and tidy. It was loose, wild, a bit messy. As Craig Revel-Horwood is so fond of saying, with the Charleston, “There is no top you can go over!” And yes, the Charleston can absolutely be ‘too perfect.’