The world’s greatest high-wire artiste reveals the secret to walking a tightrope at insane height
BOOK OF THE WEEK ON THE HIGH WIRE By Philippe Petit (Weidenfeld & Nicholson £9.99, 115pp) When my son ran away to join the circus, I more or less ran away with him. I couldn’t be kept away from the Academy of Circus Arts, the apprentice arm of Zippos. Most weekends, I would cook a … Read more