Look back: PT Barnum's very bizarre UK circus tour
ON a cold February day in 1844, a small group of travellers disembarked their ship at the port of Liverpool. There was no welcoming party; no ...
The circus is back! ‘Greatest show on earth’ resurrected in Birmingham
Eight years after what was believed to be its final act, ‘The Greatest Show On Earth’ has returned to the Magic City. Ringling Brothers and Barnum & Bailey has resurrected its organization with a ...
London Theatre4d
A history of circus musicals in London
From *Barnum* and *Matilda* to the thrilling new production *Come Alive! The Greatest Showman Circus Spectacular*, London has ...
Seville Quarter founder and legendary figure Bob Snow has passed
What better way to send off the flamboyant showman and respected businessman than with a second-line procession through the ...
The Nation6d
The Reckless Creation of Whiteness
In The Unseen Truth, Sarah Lewis examines how an erroneous 18th-century story about the “Caucasian race” led to a centuries ...