Lucy Neal on the secret history of morris dancing
The traditionally male pastime of morris dancing has a secret history involving a suffragette and the slum girls of Victorian London. Lucy Neal investigatesThey say morris dancing is on its last legs, with no new blood to keep its ancient heart beating. A few years ago I wouldn't really have cared, but I've changed my mind. Now I think the traditions of morris dance are part of a wider inheritance, and have a politic…