“I’m afraid I don’t have anything on me……” Yes, it’s the dreaded words. The words we are all told that we should not have to say. "Be prepared" we’re told, "always have something on you to show". And yet, it...
an article by Elliott Hodges I am writing this article as someone who has, in some senses, reached their goal in magic. It’s not a goal I consciously set myself but more of a goal that I realised along my...
One of the first set of lecture notes I put together I titled “10 Things I Know For Sure”. At the time my boss for my day job used to stop in my office and ask “ What do you...
Hi. My name is Lee Asher and I'm a playing card fanatic. Are you shocked to hear that I own thousands of decks? There isn't a day that goes by where I'm not thinking about cards. It's fair to say that...
"Big Blind Friday" is a weekly newsletter where we send magic gems, news, articles, curiosities or illusions from around the world - basically anything that has to do with magic and magicians. This project was started with the idea that...
SWORDFISH or How I Learned To Be A Better Magic Lecturerby Cameron Francis What is a magic lecture? The term “magic lecture” makes me twitch. I'm of two minds about it. My main problem with those two words placed in such...
In this post you can find all 19 episodes that were released in our newsletter series "Big Blind Friday" in the first half of 2023. If you want to receive them in your mailbox each week, make sure to subscribe...
