tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6606798.post1376608504318772200..comments2024-03-28T22:32:50.562+00:00Comments on Liberal England: The real Billy Elliot?Jonathan Calderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00730157683743989696noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6606798.post-4729520028264888102023-03-13T00:29:34.024+00:002023-03-13T00:29:34.024+00:00Thanks for the information. That's so sad.Thanks for the information. That's so sad.Jonathan Calderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00730157683743989696noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6606798.post-85593227129807645412023-03-12T23:33:41.599+00:002023-03-12T23:33:41.599+00:00John Ryder won a scholarship to attend the Royal B...John Ryder won a scholarship to attend the Royal Ballet School at White Lodge in the 1950s.<br /><br />He graduated to become a member of the Royal Ballet company from the early 1960s, touring the world and dancing alongside Rudolph Nureyev and Margot Fonteyn amongst others.<br /><br />Tragically, in 1973 and aged just 28, he lost his life through the actions of a hit and run driver in Shepherds Bush, London.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com