Blogger, author & expat Mitzi Szereto met us on our Baker Street Tour, and filmed this documentary piece – in which, among other things, she uncovers just how many IT workers do morris dancing.
Londonist: A Westminster Morris Man
In the leadup to our 2009 Day of Dance, one of our men (Jason B. Standing) was interviewed by London-centric news website, Londonist.
http://londonist.com/2009/04/interview_a_westminster_morris_man.php
Guardian: Hankies at the ready
Following the press release by The Morris Ring that morris was in danger of becoming extinct, our foreman David Seaborne was invited in to The Guardian office to talk to them a little about morris dancing:
http://www.guardian.co.uk/stage/2009/jan/07/morris-dancing-folk
And also give a little demonstration of some of the moves:
http://www.guardian.co.uk/stage/gallery/2009/jan/07/how-to-morris-dance
Time Out Magazine website
Headlining the “Around Town” section of the Time Out London website for our 2008 Day of Dance.
Hotline (Virgin Trains Magazine)
Anyone reading the Virgin Trains magazine – “Hotline” – in July-Sep 2007 would have been treated to this delightful spread on pages 36 & 37.
Film: The Great St Trinian’s Train Robbery
An appearance which is now world-infamous – in 1966 the Westminster Morris Men featured in the Frankie Howerd comedy film, as part of a fairly obscure plot device involving a getaway.
Bizarrely, the writers of the 2007 St Trinian’s “reboot” (featuring Russell Brand) didn’t put any morris men in their plotline, so there was no opportunity for a followup appearance.
London Evening News, 1960
Evening Standard, May 1953
One of the earliest mentions of the team in print.