Traditional Neapolitans started their New Year by throwing old clothes, dishes and furniture off their balconies. It probably wasn’t a dream-come-true for a health & safety manager. Instead it was a pragmatic way to start afresh and make room for the new. I learned about this tradition while living in Italy… long before my future as a …
Go to the kitchen, put an oven mitt on one hand. Now leave it there for a few hours while you get on with your day. After that, come back and you’ll understand this post much more. You’ll understand how a child with hemiplegia can overcome challenges and learn to become a young magician. You’ll …
“Josephine and I ran through the backstage corridors of this beautifully ornate theatre. We guided ourselves by the exciting and powerful glimmer of the lights in the wings. Already there, we felt the audience’s roar resonate between the horseshoe shaped wooden balconies. The luscious red velvet curtain lifted to reveal our stage magician variety show …
Thomas Heatherwick is one inspiring man. He’s a UK designer who uses a powerful secret weapon that we can all put to work to be more creative. It will revolutionise whatever project – ‘creative’ or not – you’re working on today. It all hinges on a detail of the Heatherwick design theory. You’ll see what …
Since I’m a London magician, I guess you expect this blog to be all about magic. Full disclosure: it won’t be – not all of it at least. You see, even as magicians go, I’m an oddball. (And that takes doing, believe me!) Unlike for most, my story doesn’t start and end with magic. Actually I’ve spent …
