With or without the pandemic interruption, five years is a lifetime ago in my tango journey. Way back in the Paleolithic era of 2020, with a little over a year of tango under my belt, I’d made it my mission to sample every milongo in London, and The Light was one of these.

Visiting it had very rapidly seemed like a mistake, as I soon discovered it was where all of London’s tango teachers, DJs and organisers went to dance socially. I danced exactly three tandas, all of them with the follower friend who accompanied me, and that was that …

The Argentine ambassador’s milongas are always very special events. Not just for the privilege of being able to dance in such splendid surroundings, but also because the Argentine culture is very much present.

When it comes to the warmth and zest for life, I always feel like a little bit of Buenos Aires is alive under the grey skies of London …