I walked down to the Bank this afternoon. It was a nice day, and I thought the walk would do me good. On route, I noticed several of these posters advertising a circus. I didn't know they still existed. I have a vague memory of going to a circus with my grandparents sometime around 1970, and they (circus acts not my grandparents) were regularly on TV around that time. But how do they compete in a world full of TV, PlayStation, cinema, DVD, the internet. I mean, it's not *that* entertaining watching clowns acting out the same routines over and over? Or is it? Is circus the new rock 'n' roll? Or maybe it's now 'New Circus'?? Either way, I don't think we'll be going.