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...

Jasper Maskelyne toured London and provincial variety theatres almost constantly from the mid-1930s through to 1950. The only significant...

Magic-Top Secret was Jasper Maskelyne's autobiography of his wartime experiences. Largely written by a ghostwriter, the book was released...

This image is an original version of magic dealer Jack Hughes' 'Ball in Glass' or 'Pentra-Spheres' trick. Designed in 1937, it was later...

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

A playbill for an early summer variety show at the London Palladium featuring magician Jasper Maskelyne. Jasper headlined this 1931...

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...

General Johann von Ravenstein’s 21st Panzer Division was engaged in counterattacks against the Allies during Operation Crusader in World...