The show must go on: 250 years of the modern circus
Ringmistress Nell Gifford tells why even cancer and divorce can't stop the showFor the 250th anniversary of circus, Nell Gifford, ringmistress at Britain's retro-chic Giffords Circus, is observing the age-old maxim that the show must go on.The elaborate jewelled outfits are being stitched by hand, her magnificent cloud-grey Andalusian stallion, Diamond, is wild-eyed and literally chomping at the bit, and Giffords' br…