So, I’m not what you’d call big on politics. I mean, I care, and get very pissed off about the whole business, but I’m not what you’d call a believer. I’m a wishy-washy liberal, which by definition means someone who is prepared to sit down and consider the other guy’s point of view. (This naturally …
Monthly Archive: April 2010
Apr
30
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Apr
28
London Borough of Hackney
I was born and raised in Hackney. Technically, if we’re going to wax literal about this, I was born in St.Bartholemew’s Hospital, Smithfields, the day after a nuclear disaster and a few months before the maternity ward shut down, and while this is not in Hackney, by dint of being within the sound of Bow …
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Apr
25
Djinn
Throughout history, there have been legends of djinn. Sometimes they’re desert wanderers, cruel tricksters, creatures of fire and vengeance; other times, they’re friendly helpful, almost fairy-like creatures that show up at dodgy narrative moments and fulfil your every desire or, at the very least, offer to fulfil your very desire even if it later turns …
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Apr
14
Familiars
Throughout the history of magic, witches and wizards have had a noble tradition of keeping animal familiars as spiritual companions, pets and occasional useful substitutes for the mailman in times of trouble, closely bound and by their sides. This tradition continues to this day, although the rising of urban magic has naturally caused some changes …
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Apr
12
Midsummer Nights Dream
So, I’m sat at RADA on my lunch break, having just finished cutting colour for a production of Midsummer Nights Dream. It’s a holiday job, in which RADA and the New York University join forces to produce a bit of Shakespeare, and I did the last NYU/RADA production as well… Pericles… and since it was …
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Apr
10
Yellow Fluorescent Jackets
In nearly all cities, there is no symbol so universally recognized as the yellow fluorescent jacket. From Tokyo to Venice, everywhere you go, it is a sign that immediately cries out ‘I am an important person carrying on important, if not vital urban work and if you interfear with this work you and the civic …
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Apr
06
Seah’s Syndrome
Seah’s syndrome is a rare medical condition affecting vampires. Essentially, it causes a mutation of the intestinal lining whereby the vampire’s digestive system, which can usually break down and process all blood types that may be imbibed, is altered to reject all but a specific antegen blood group. While most vampires can muddle by with …
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Apr
03
Lady Neon
No urban magician can really agree on the origins of Lady Neon. Which is, for any academic magician, an excellent thing, since there’s nothing quite like certainty to dampen the potential for highly paid papers, conferences and consultancy groups of the subject. However, one story stands out more than any other, and it goes something …
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Apr
02
Coming soon…
So, something I’ve been planning for a while is a glossary of urban magic terminology. Some of which is in the books, some of which isn’t, just to kinda put it out there and generally make this blog, which is about urban magic, more sorta about urban magic. So, since this is still kinda a …
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Apr
01
The 39 Steps
So! I went to the theatre a few days ago, for the first time in ages. The ironic thing about learning how to work in theatre, is that you never really have time to go and see the real thing… but anyway… we found discount tickets to go and see a show in the West …
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