My circus ‘gives me a reason to live’

Nell Gifford is living with advanced cancer, but is continuing to perform at the circus she founded. …

Nell Gifford founded one of the UK’s best-known traditional circuses 20 years ago.

Now she is living with advanced cancer, which has spread to her liver and bones, and is dividing her time between hospital visits and performances.

She says the circus is a “land of pure magic”, that she finds rejuvenates her after chemotherapy.