Dynamo: Above and beyond. An interview with the international Magician sensation
Issue 1197
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In this weeks issue…He can walk on water. His tricks make Pharrell run away in terror and Ronaldo bow down in adoration. By the end of this British tour, Dynamo will have performed live for 500,000 people. He’s well on the way to becoming a national treasure. Britain’s new favourite magician tell us how his tough, deprived upbringing has made him determined to help those with nothing. And he explains why Paul Daniels will always be the godfather of British magicians.
Our Letter To My Younger Self is with George Galloway. Confident, bullish and a great fan of George Galloway, he has a pop at Alex Salmond and details regrets from his past.
This year it’s the centenary of crazy golf’s invention. To mark it, Peter Ross has immersed himself in the British playing scene, discovering incredible competitions, great British eccentricity and a man who changed his name to Tiger. Terrific piece.
John Bird reflects on Famous, Rich And Homeless, the recently aired TV show that took a new look at the issues around homelessness. A fine and important show, he says. It did a good job of focusing attention on this most complex of problems.
Samira Ahmed looks at the Rhodes Must Fall campaign and wonders where the realities lie around an honest reassessment of our past.
This week’s featured vendor is Paul Luckhurst, who sells in Birmingham city centre. A former supermarket worker, a relationship breakup lead to Paul sleeping rough. He’s going to sell the mag until he gets enough money together for deposit on a flat.
We also have a fascinating piece on appreciation of odd architecture from Miles Jupp (it’s the Croydon Ikea for him), Martin Compston gets all dewy-eyed over the genius of Peter Mullan, and for Easter we have a look at The Sixteen and their new Passion with Streetwise Opera, and in Pause we celebrate the glory of an egg.