The New Demon Telegraph

Issue No. 4 - May, 2025

Blue Peter is the longest-running children's TV show in the world, having been broadcast by the BBC since October 1958.

In 1987, at the tender age of 15, I was invited to appear on the programme to perform some of my manipulation act and to be interviewed. It was a fabulous experience to go to BBC TV Centre in London and well worth the trip down from Edinburgh, where I was at school at the time...

Issue No. 3 - October, 2024

Here’s a story that’s come down the generations in my family, one of a few no doubt yet to come in these musings.  

My great grandfather, Lewis Davenport, was performing his act at a British music hall as he did twice daily, 6 days a week. It was a Monday evening, the first house of this particular week’s run at a theatre...

Issue No. 2 - September, 2024

Depending on who you talk to, there are different ideas on how many types of magical effects there are:  vanish, transformation, levitation etc.  Whatever the number is, I believe the humble pack of cards is the most versatile tool in a conjurer's armoury. Not only is it versatile in effect, but also in presentation. One can entertain 1 to over a 1,000 people with something that fits into your pocket...

Issue No. 1 - August, 2024

I always think that the trick chooses the magician rather than the magician choosing the trick. One sees a trick performed, or reads about an effect, and some force beyond our ken takes over and draws us to spend the time and money to make it our own...