Circuses
Gail Kavanagh
Latest Articles
Working for butter and eggs...
Recalling the days when the barter system could get you the best seat in house...
In Defence of Traditional Circus
Which is doomed? Traditional or modern circus?
The recent mauling of trainer Geoffrey Lennon by his lions has the Animal Liberations baying for circus blood again...
Modern circus tents can be shape you want, but in the old canvas days, they were often just in poor shape...
A remembrance of my father, Little Beaver Kavanagh, who died 20 years ago in July...
Travellers love to write poetry...here is a poem I wrote as a young woman travelling the roads of Europe and the UK...
Tingha and Towser join the circus...
This is a story about my teddy bears - they are not quite as old as I am, but they are as well travelled and I think - a bit wiser!
My first and last appearance as Musical Director...
Circus costumes have changed over the years and today's artists don't know how lucky they are...
The story of how I met princess Margaret...