‘Why I’ve taken up pole dancing in my 50s’

“I was never going to do what was expected, blending in is literally my idea of hell.”

So says Leisha Bond from Kenilworth, Warwickshire, who has been a barrister since the 1990s.

She said she was happy with her work, but had “a bit of an existential crisis” and felt like something was missing when she hit her 50s.

Bond wanted to try something different with her life, but did not know what that was.

In January 2025, she decided to address her situation by taking up pole dancing.

Speaking to the BBC, the 52-year-old said:…