Circus founder and ringmistress inspired by the idea of a traditional travelling showThe rhetorical questions her flyers asked were: "Who wouldn't want to run away with the circus? Who doesn't dream of travelling in a velvet-lined circus wagon, under the stars, circus music accompanying a life of freedom, family and art?" Nell Gifford, the owner and ringmistress of Giffords Circus, who has died of cancer aged 46, liv…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 05:06PM on December 23, 2019