David Blaine is back – And doing what he does best! You may have heard that David Blaine has a new TV special. To promote it, he has done a couple of TV talk show appearances. If you’d like to see one of the best, doing his thing, take a look. No camera tricks, no stooges […]
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He inspired a whole generation of magicians! Just a few weeks ago, he was diagnosed with a brain tumour. Paul Daniels died this morning. As a kid, I remember the excitement as soon as I heard the Juliet Bravo theme tune coming on the TV. It meant that Paul Daniels was on next! I’d start grinning […]
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Last weekend, I went to a magic convention in Cheltenham. I have been to many magic conventions in my time, but this turned into quite an occasion. The first sign that things were a little bit different were when I realised that David Blaine was stood directly behind me in the queue for registration. I’d […]
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I just got back from the worlds biggest magic convention. This is held in Blackpool each year and involves magic dealers, lectures, performances and ‘sessions’ (see below). With Dynamo I usually see Dynamo (we knew him as Steven before he got famous) a couple of times each year. Dynamo gets a lot of stick from […]
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The National Entrepreneur Awards were hosted by Alistair McGowan last Friday, and I was nominated for Best Business Video. I was delighted to be nominated, but didn’t expect anything if I’m honest. This wasn’t a competition among other magicians. I was up against every company in the whole of the UK! That’s a lot of talent, […]
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I had the pleasure of performing magic to Cheryl Baker on Saturday night. We were both attending a large dinner event in Kent. I was booked to perform table magic in between the food and the speeches. There were a few celebrities there, but as I don’t watch much TV, I didn’t recognise most of […]
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