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Tuesday, 28 May 2013

Pinders Circus - Two hundred years on the road with Britain's oldest circus family

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One of the most interesting people I met while writing Circus Mania was retired ringmaster George Pinder . He gave me this picture of hi...
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Friday, 24 May 2013

Circus acts of the 30s and 40s - Variety Acts and Turns of Pre War and Post War Years DVD review

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Meet Joy, taking to the air as one of those ‘Aristocrats of Adagio,’ the Marquis Trio . Say “Hi” to Elizabeth Collins, looking ...
Wednesday, 22 May 2013

Roll up, roll up...!

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Circus Mania author Douglas McPherson Welcome to the new look Circus Mania blog - more colourful, more pictures, more searchable . ...
Thursday, 16 May 2013

20 Years on: Eva Garcia - Her life and Death in the Sawdust Circle

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 Eva Garcia Her life and death in the circus inspired Circus Mania Hard to believe it’s twenty years since I interviewed...
Friday, 30 November 2012

Circus Mania author Douglas McPherson TV debut in The Last Circus Elephant

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Circus Mania author Douglas McPherson making his TV debut in BBC 1's The Last Circus Elephant The 2012 circus season en...
Wednesday, 7 November 2012

Circus Mania on Kindle

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With three in 40 people receiving an e-reader for Christmas last year, and Amazon selling more ebooks than paperbacks and hardbacks com...
Monday, 2 July 2012

TRAPEZE Starring Burt Lancaster, Tony Curtis & Gina Lollobrigida!

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Step right up for the best seat in the house: your favourite armchair in front of your telly. July 30 sees the release on DVD of ...
Friday, 22 June 2012

Anti-Circus Campaigners Outbid Zippos Circus For Dancing Dog Act

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Animal rights organisation PETA has chosen unusual celebrities for its new anti-circus ad campaign: Britain’s Got Talent winners Ashleig...
Wednesday, 13 June 2012

Gerry Cottle's 50 years of Circus

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Back in the Big Top! Half a century ago, a stockbroker’s son from Cheam ran away with the circus. He went on to become the most famo...
Monday, 14 May 2012

Circus Mania author Douglas McPherson filming on location with the BBC

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Circus Mania author Douglas McPherson makes his TV debut in BB1's The Last Circus Elephant Circus Mania author Dougla...