A clown sitting before a church service in memory of Joseph Grimaldi at Holy Trinity Church in Dalston, east London, yesterday. The church holds an annual February clown service in memory of Britain’s best loved clown, Joseph Grimaldi, who lived from 1778 to 1837.

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