Will Houstoun is Genii’s executive editor. He holds a literary fellowship from The Magic Castle, has a PhD in Victorian conjuring, and consults for film and television.
A poetic and elegant presentation of a classic illusion—and this one, built right before the audiences’ eyes!
Magic, Halloween, and an 800-year-old cathedral.
Magazines, séances, and an oft-forgotten name.
Missed opportunities and ruined effects.
Reigniting a passion for magic and keeping the flame alight.
A miniature treasure and magical novelty is reproduced in The Chamber of Secrets, from wood that’s older than the original!
More further, inner manufactured standing ovations.
To celebrate the 90th birthday of Genii we delved into our archives to bring you one anecdote, fact, or piece of trivia from each decade of the magazine’s history.
A milestone birthday for Genii, with nods to the past, and a present for the future.
He died following a show at the Wood Green Empire Theatre in London.
Inventor, performer also famous for his double talk routines.
Remedying a shortfall in The Magician Monthly.