by Noah Levine | Dec 11, 2013 | Articles, Curious and New, Magic News, Research
We recently made friends with a ninety-five year old Magic Circle member named Fergus (Gus) Anckorn. Gus caught our attention not just because he is a skilled and experienced practitioner, but because his abilities as a magician are woven into an unbelievable tale of...
by Noah Levine | Dec 11, 2013 | Articles, Exhibitions, Gibecière, Magic News, Research
Here’s a full recording of The Piddington’s – a husband and wife team who gained worldwide fame performing a telepathy routine that bordered on the supernatural. You can find out more about them by reading the fascinating biographical piece that...
by Ricky Smith | Jun 19, 2013 | Articles, Magic News
In an editorial introducing the first issue of his eponymous monthly magazine, Jean Hugard set himself an ambitious goal. The purpose of Hugard’s Magic Monthly, he wrote, would be “to set forth fully, clearly and conscientiously the best things in magic.” It was this...
by Noah Levine | Feb 27, 2013 | Articles, Exhibitions, Magic News
Imagine a magician who drops coins into an ACME style portable hole only to remove them from a bagless change purse; or who ties a Japanese coin to a string and uses a paper fan to make the coin fly like a kite on a beach. Or imagine a magician who can pour the sound...
by Ricky Smith | Jan 20, 2010 | Articles
Recently, due to the unfortunate passing of Professor Bobby Baxter last year, we were lucky to receive a large collection of his handwritten letters, notes, etc. which we have been carefully going through in the hope of staging an exhibition on this great master of...
by Conjuring Arts | Jan 19, 2010 | Articles
The following article, written by Mike Caveney, first appeared in the Conjuring Arts Bulletin: Vol.1, No.1 I recently had a spirited conversation with a group of magic collectors over the pros and cons of our very own database: Alexander – The Computer That...
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