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Friday, 24 November 2017

A Midsummer Night's Circus - short story

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A Midsummer Night's Circus As it first appeared in My Weekly With Britain's circuses currently off the road, here's...

Crowds queue to see Martin Lacey's British lions at Germany's Circus Krone

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Tuesday, 21 November 2017

Brexit, sentient animals and animal rights - a lesson from the circus

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So Theresa May 's government has voted that "animals can't feel emotions or pain." That's what the headline says ...
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Thursday, 9 November 2017

Wild animals to be banned from circuses in Ireland and maybe Italy

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Next year is the 250th anniversary of the circus , a global form of entertainment founded on horseback in London in 1768. But will t...
Sunday, 24 September 2017

Bobbo's Diary of a Clown - Part One: Chovy Shops and Unicycles

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How does a clown get his luggage from one end of a bus depot to the other? On a unicycle , of course! In the first of an exclusive...
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Monday, 4 September 2017

Circus Elephants ban in Illinois

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The fate of the traditional circus with animals has suffered another blow with Illinois becoming the first state in America to ba...
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Saturday, 26 August 2017

God bless the circus animals - Archbishop welcomes Zippos to Brighton

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A Zippos horse with ringmaster Norman Barrett MBE The horses and budgies of Zippos circus were blessed upon their arrival in Brighton ...
Friday, 4 August 2017

Nights at the Circus Fantasia

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What a fantastically atmospheric, magical and inviting picture of Circus Fantasia ! As well as presenting a summer show on Clacton Pie...
Thursday, 27 July 2017

Get the new edition of Circus Mania before anyone else!

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Nothing like opening the mail and finding the new 2nd edition of Circus Mania ! The book the Mail on Sunday called "brilliant...
Wednesday, 26 July 2017

Circus250 celebrations launched!

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A year-long nationwide festival marking 250 years of circus in 2018 was launched this week on the very spot on London‘s South Bank w...