Loving and losing three good men—the story of a ballerina called 'Blossom'

<p>Petal Ashmole Winstanley was just a teenager when she left Perth on her own to sail to London. There, in the swinging 1960s, she began her wild adventure of dance, love and heartbreak.</p><p>Petal got her first big dancing break in a Christmas pantomime, and then she had a spin as a Go-Go dancer in a Parisian nightclub, before eventually working her way into some of the most prestigious ballet companies in the world.</p><p>Along the way, Petal fell in love with three great men, and she lost them all under brutal circumstances.</p><p>Get Up, Dress Up, Show Up: Lessons in Love and Surmounting Grief is published by Grosvenor House.</p><p>This episode of Conversations was produced by Meggie Morris, executive producer is Nicola Harrison.</p><p>It explores ballet, dancing, United Kingdom, Dancing with the Stars, love, relationships, marriage, career women, death, grief, loss of a spouse, sexuality, lavender marriages, 1960s, hippies, free love, Western Australia, South Africa, apartheid,...