Poem: ‘Perfect Weather for the Minuet’
John Hughes, 31 March 1988
All the misfortunes of man, all the baleful reverses with which histories are filled … all of this is the result of not knowing how to dance.
Molière, Le Bourgeois Gentilhomme
We listen to the late weather-bulletin. The forecast is for severe storms, resulting in spires and chimneys being blown down on top of those citizens who venture out of doors to post letters to...