The General Strike of May 1926 was the last national strike to happen in the UK. It disrupted both the nation and Jasper Maskelyne's...

A review from the Abracadabra magic magazine of Jasper Maskelyne's summer season show at the Westminster Theatre, London in 1947. JASPER...

To freshen his act, Jasper invested in a new illusion to be the feature item in his 1949 repertoire. The ‘Escape from the Coffin’ was an...

In autumn 1928, one of the non-magic acts booked to fill-out the programme of Maskelyne's Mysteries at St. George’s Hall, was ‘The Robot...

After the death of his first wife, Evelyn Enid Mary, in 1947, Jasper Maskelyne married again. Jasper Maskelyne and Evelyn Mary Scotcher...

By the late 1920s, Jasper Maskelyne was fast becoming respected by his peers on his own merit and not just because of the magical dynasty...

In the late 1940s, Jasper put together a new touring show. Called Maskelyne and Femynye, it combined the appeal of Jasper’s magic with...

“The wind of change is blowing through this continent,” declared British Prime Minister Harold Macmillan, on a visit to South Africa in...

In this blog, we share a link to a YouTube video from Davenport's Magic Kingdom, a former magic-themed museum in North Walsham, Norfolk.*...

In late 1938, almost two years after his first appearance on television, Jasper Maskelyne returned to the B.B.C. studios at Alexandra...

As a teenager, Jasper wanted to become a farmer. A life on stage as a magician, following in the footsteps of his grandfather and father...

Almost a decade before Jasper Maskelyne published White Magic (1936) and over two decades before Magic-Top Secret (1949), he wrote the...

Before becoming a magician, Jasper Maskelyne tried his hand at farming. Aged 18, he attended the Bradley Court Agricultural College in...

Jasper Maskelyne emigrated to Kenya after World War Two and was the first managing director of Kenya's National Theatre in Nairobi. The...

Just after New Year’s Day 1941, Jasper took a train from London to Liverpool Docks. There, along with several thousand others, he boarded...

One of Jasper Maskelyne's regular tricks was 'The Transit of Venus.' Invented by magician David Lymer, it was marketed by magic dealer...

In April 1937, Jasper Maskelyne featured in a Pathetone news film, performing his version of the classic Swallowing Razor Blades trick....

A pre-war poster advertising 'Jasper Maskelyne, The Royal Command Magician and Company, in A Melange of Magic'. #jaspermaskelyne...

Jasper Maskelyne was born at 88 Trinity Road, Wandsworth in London, England (a few minutes walk from Tooting Bec tube station)....

'Maskelyne's Book of Magic' was published in 1936. Containing instructions for simple magic tricks, how to present magic and stories of...