That's the way to do it: for centuries, audiences young and old have enjoyed Punch and Judy shows Credit: Photo: Christopher Jones / Rex Features I thought Cole Hawlings, the time-travelling showman from John Masefield’s The Box of Delights, had the finest name in the Punch and Judy annals – until this week, when I heard of Quintin Greatrex. The 75-year-old puppeteer laments modern parents’ lily-l
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