December has been crazily busy as everyone knows a magician makes a Christmas party really special.  On Wednesday I headed up to Camden to do magic for IPA at the incredible Gilgamesh restaurant.  This place is well worth a visit - the whole place is spectacular!  You go in via a long escalator and are immediately met by a huge bar area surrounded by dark wood and amazing carvings and dragons.  The food is also extremely good, so give it a try if you are in the area.  However I was there to do plenty of magic and spent a very enjoyable couple of hours mingling with the guests.  There was also a palm reader at the party and it was interesting to see the different ways that people reacting to the magic and the palm reading - which is more real, more amazing or more fun?

Many thanks to Sophie for inviting me along to the party and to all of the guests who made it such as enjoyable afternoon!

Over the last couple of days I've done magic at a 40th birthday party in London (congratulations Nuria!), a wedding in Hampshire (congratulations Mark and Cara!) and at Heathrow airport.

I spent the first hour at the wedding doing special magic and balloon models for the children, they really enjoyed it and it give the adults a bit of time to relax and have some peace and quiet!  I also tried out a couple of new magical routines that went down very well and will now be a regular part of my act - look out for the "Mr and Mrs test" and a plastic toy with amazing powers of deduction.

When I arrived at Heathrow I noticed that they had got a few giant Pudseys for Children in Need and had put up the Christmas decorations - some more impressive than others as you can see here, the one on the right in particualr being somewhat underwhelming!

Every time that I do magic at Heathrow it's fun to meet all the different people flying off all around the world.  This time most were going to Aberdeen, Las Vegas, San Diego and Newcastle.  I met an architect, some accountants, a group of oilmen, a couple of pilots and two cage fighters!  They all loved the magic, which was good (I especially didn't want to annoy the cage fighters!)

If you know someone who is flying out from Heathrow Terminal 5 tell them to pop into Crown Rivers restaurant/bar and they may well see me in there doing magic.  It's a great start to your holiday or business trip.

The last month has been very busy.  I've performed at eight weddings, two school proms, four parties, three corporate events and back at Heathrow airport - and also managed to fit in a week in the (very rainy) Lake District.

A couple of highlights were meeting a J.J.Abrams lookalike at Heathrow and doing magic for legendary newsreader Anna Ford.  Pictures below...

By the way, Christmas party bookings are now coming in so if you are arranging a party in December 2012 and would like to add a bit of magic then please get in touch soon.

Over the last few months I have been working regularly at Crown Rivers restaurant and bar at Heathrow airport Terminal 5 (airside).  This is one of the flagship locations within the J.D.Wetherspoons chain and it is always a pleasure to entertain passengers waiting for their flight while enjoying their Crown Rivers food and drink.  It is still quite unusual to have a magician in a restaurant/bar, especially at an airport, and this fact has been picked up by the J.D.Wetherspoons magazine.  Their latest issue includes an article about my magic alongside a couple of nice photos.

If you run a restaurant or bar, especially one in the J.D.Wetherspoons chain, and would like to amaze your customers with some magic please get in touch!  It's a great way to get publicity, stand out from the competition and boost sales.

Yesterday I was back at Heathrow airport doing magic for the passengers.  There were a number of delays so the Crown Rivers restaurant/bar was very busy with people who needed some food, drink and entertainment while they waited.  A bit of magic certainly did the trick and turned a boring wait into an amazing one!  An American family on their way to Toulouse were playing cards to pass the time, so I did some of the magic using their own cards to show there was no cheating going on.  I also met a group of lads heading off for a stag weekend abroad.  The attraction of a magician enticed them into Crown Rivers and once they had all bought a drink I spent a very enjoyable few minutes entertaining them with some card tricks and mind-reading.  My purple top hat also grabbed attention and was tried on by various customers, someone even wanted to buy it, which I couldn't allow, although I did direct them to a shop in Camden that might be able to help.  With the Summer holidays coming up I will be back at Crown Rivers in Terminal 5 (airside) regularly so, if you are flying out through that terminal, please pop in and say hello.