Merlins of Wakefield - It's always magic at Merlins

Our latest issue, no.23 for November 2008, surely has something for nearly everyone (even you!).

If you are into reading about personalities, we offer you our cover star Shawn Farquhar, who is the only performer to win both stage and close up at the IBM in the USA, Lee Thompson and Natalie Davey who make a living picking peoples' pockets, Miss Magic (Kay Dyson) fresh from recording a part in the new Sorcerer's Apprentice TV show, and Paul Zenon, who quite frankly lives the sort of life that most of us in the magicseen office can only fantasise about!

On the other hand if you want to get inside information about performing magic, the latest issue provides an A-Z of Commercial Close Up Magic with 26 key pointers to help you become a great close up worker, an article called Magic For Older Kids in which Irish pro Pat Fallon explains why entertaining the 7+ age range doesn't have to be such a worry, and a feature on Visual Gags with advice from some top funny men about how to use this powerful performance tool.

Alternatively, maybe you're the type who's keen on reading reviews. Well, in that case we can offer you honest opinion on a large number of new products, have an indepth retrospective look at the classic 13 Steps To Mentalism book from the 1950's in The Bookshelf column, plus we had our spies at the IBM close up events in Eastbourne, at the children's convention Kidology and at Paul Stone's MagiCares charity show in London.