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Thursday, 17 May 2018

Father of the Circus celebrated in Philip Astley's home town of Newcastle under Lyme

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Celebrations marking 250 years of the circus have continued in Newcastle under Lyme , the birthplace of Philip Astley , the Father...
Monday, 30 April 2018

Aerialist by Rebecca Truman - Book Review

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Rebecca Truman is the Grande Dame of aerial. “Cut me in half and I will have aerialist written all the way through,” she writes in this...
Sunday, 29 April 2018

The sad case of the vanishing circus animals

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The circus - where else can you get this close to a tiger? I just read an article in which the writer took a package trip to Indi...
Monday, 16 April 2018

Roll up, roll up, this Saturday, for World Circus Day!

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Click here for 20 Circus Facts!
Thursday, 12 April 2018

American Circus in Paris!

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Ringling may have retired across the pond, but in Paris zay have ze elephants ! Ze tigers ! Ze parades ! Ze 3 (count 'em) rings ...
Tuesday, 3 April 2018

Peter Jolly's Circus - The Most Traditional Show On Earth!

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A lovely teaser for one of my favourite circuses. Read about my visit to this beautiful traditional show in the new updated edition of C...
Monday, 2 April 2018

New plaque marks site of the first circus

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2018 is the 250th anniversary of the very first circus , and to mark the occasion, Lambeth Residents Association have installed a blue...

When the circus was on the cover of the Radio Times

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Bobby Roberts, 1979
Wednesday, 14 March 2018

Zippos rides into 2018!

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A image to gladden the hearts of circus fans! The Khadikov Riders are among the stars of Zippos ' new show Legacy , which opens in ...
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Friday, 23 February 2018

Why circuses should have animals, by Dr Marthe Kiley-Worthington

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It was refreshing to read an article by noted animal behaviourist Dr Marthe Kiley-Worthington stressing the positive benefits to ...