This may be the most tumultuous time in the food-hawking clown's 53-year history. In 2014, the chain gave McDonald a makeover that kept the bright red hair and white face paint but jettisoned the ...

Kenneth Cranham reads from Andrew McConnell Stott's account of the life of one of the world's most famous clowns, Joseph Grimaldi, who became a superstar of Georgian pantomime ...