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Thursday, 2 July 2015

World Circus Day - But how do you define circus?

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Does a horse and ringmaster a circus make? Saturday 16 April, 2022 is the 12th World Circus Day . But what is a circus in 2022? ...
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Wednesday, 24 June 2015

Insuring the circus

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Ever thought about accident insurance ? Ever wondered what it costs to insure all those high-risk acts in the circus ? I looked into th...
Monday, 15 June 2015

# Tiger Douglas!

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Not being on Twitter, I've only just noticed what a storm blew up around my Daily   Telegraph article, A Critic's Plea: Stop Al...
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Thursday, 11 June 2015

Giffords Circus brings its horses to London for the first time in 10 years

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Read all about it at Blasting News . And read my review of Giffords Circus - The First Ten Years here .
Tuesday, 9 June 2015

Why the circus needs to take risks

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In The Stage today, read Circus Mania author Douglas McPherson 's views on why the circus needs risk... and animals... and why con...
Monday, 8 June 2015

Love in the Elephant Tent - Book Review

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Fancy reading a real-life Water For Elephants ? Kathleen Cremonesi 's new memoir Love in the Elephant Tent is equal parts ...

Clowns - Scaring people since 1892

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According to a report in the Guardian over the weekend, the ' Jimmy Saville factor' is scaring off business for party clowns. ...
Friday, 5 June 2015

Bobbo Roberts - 30 Years a Clown (Part 2)

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Bobbo Roberts has been a clown since he was 13-years-old and, without wishing to give his age away, 2016 is his 30th in the business. ...
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Thursday, 4 June 2015

When Circus Stunts Go Fatally Wrong

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Twice hospitalised but undeterred and accidents likes the two headline-making cases last week keep happening in the world of circus, somet...
Saturday, 30 May 2015

Bobbo Roberts: 30 Years a Clown (Part 1)

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Bobbo  by the river (Photo: Mike Brittain) Bobbo Roberts has been a clown since he was 13-years-old. He comes from one of the world’s ...