Magic Magazine "Richard Wiseman" November 2015 - Book

CONTENTSNOVEMBER 2015VOLUME 25NUMBER 3Richard Wiseman - ExperimentalBy David BritlandHe's the man behind the magic show without a magician. Richard Wiseman is a psychologist, best-selling author, magician, and noted television and YouTube personality - and he combines these careers in fascinating, entertaining ways.Stars of Magic - A Dramatic HistoryBy Rory JohnstonIt is one of the best, most influential magic books of all time. Stars of Magic started as a series of manuscripts in the 1940s. Collected in a book, they have endured for seventy years, most recently being turned into a documentary show at MAGIC LiveWes Barker: Stunt MagicianBy Jamie D. GrantTurning down a well-paying career was just what he needed. Now billing himself as a "stunt magician," Wes Barker does magic, comedy, and sideshows feats. Read about this "inappropriate for all ages" performer, and learn his Bill to Light Bulb effect here.Billy Topit: Master MagicianBy Rory JohnstonFive years after retiring from the stag