Stalwart of Strictly, winner of Rear of the Year 2011 and author of B is for Ballroom: Be Your Own Armchair Dancefloor Expert, dancer Anton du Beke is on this week’s Shelf Life. He tells us what he’s reading and which self help book would make him foxtrot for the hills. He tweets @TheAntonDuBeke
1). What are you reading at the moment?
The Big Miss: My Years Coaching Tiger Woods, by Hank Haney
Lady Blue Eyes: My Life with Frank, by Barbara Sinatra
Steps in Time: An Autobiography, by Fred Astaire
2). As a child, what did you read under the covers?
The Famous Five, by Enid Blyton
3). Has a book ever made you cry, and if so which one?
No, I don’t cry!
4). You are about to be put into solitary confinement for a year and allowed to take three books. What would you choose?
An encyclopaedia, William Shakespeare’s complete works and an Agatha Christie omnibus
5).
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