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Harry Houdini

November 2019

  • The actor Sarah Bernhardt relaxing in a salon

    Eminent Victorians: 19th-century celebrity portraits – in pictures

    As a new picture of Billy the Kid goes on sale for $1m, these photographs showcase some of the most significant people of the 19th century to be captured on camera

April 2019

  • 'Smoke and Mirrors: The Psychology of Magic' exhibition, London, UK - 10 Apr 2019<br>Mandatory Credit: Photo by Nils Jorgensen/REX/Shutterstock (10196627b) Sawing through a woman, cabinet used by Paul Daniels and Debbie McGee at Wellcome Collection Smoke and Mirrors exhibition 'Smoke and Mirrors: The Psychology of Magic' exhibition, London, UK - 10 Apr 2019 Smoke and Mirrors, The Psychology of Magic, a major exhibition opening at Wellcome Collection in London explores the worlds of magic and psychology in search of the truth about deception. Smoke and Mirrors, The Psychology of Magic, a major exhibition opening at Wellcome Collection in London explores the worlds of magic and psychology in search of the truth about deception.

    Abracadabra: London show puts magic props under the spotlight

    Tommy Cooper’s fez and Paul Daniels’ saw-in-half box part of display at Wellcome Collection

October 2016

  • Harry Houdini seance

    Houdini fans hold annual seance: 'If anyone could escape the beyond, it's him'

    The magician died 90 years ago, but that hasn’t stopped enthusiasts from gathering in New York to reach him in the afterlife – even if he’s been quiet so far

May 2016

  • Harry Houdini Michael Weston Arthur Conan Doyle Stephen Mangan

    Houdini & Doyle: new show can't free itself from shackles of old formula

    Based on the real friendship of Harry Houdini and Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, this show sees the two solving supernatural crimes in the manner of Victorian X-Files

March 2016

  • HP Lovecraft

    Lost HP Lovecraft work commissioned by Houdini escapes shackles of history

    Manuscript for The Cancer of Superstition, agreed shortly before escapologist’s death, is discovered in memorabilia collection

January 2016

  • Harry Houdini attempting to escape from a giant milk can in 1908.

    Houdini's big secret: the sidekick who was more skilled than his master

    When Houdini got lowered into water, who padlocked his trunks? A British carpenter and locksmith called Jim Collins. Now a magician has written a play about the forgotten hero of escapology

August 2015

  • Harry Houdini and Sir Arthur Conan Doyle

    Harry Houdini and Arthur Conan Doyle: a friendship split by spiritualism

    The author and the illusionist might seem an odd couple, but a shared interest in the afterlife made for an unlikely bond and a bitter rift

October 2014

  • Ryan Gosling

    Ryan Gosling tipped to work magic as Dr Strange

    Gosling is frontrunner to play Marvel superhero after talks break down between Disney and Joaquin Phoenix

September 2014

  • Love, compassion and fear … Alison Steadman and Olivia Colman in The Dilemma/The Secrets

    TV review
    The Secrets; The Suspicions of Mr Whicher; Houdini review – the detective and the escapologist are confounded by a quiet, intense little film about death

    Sam Wollaston: A mother wants her daughter’s help to die in this measured and thoughtful drama, with lovely, understated performances from Alison Steadman and Olivia Colman

July 2014

  • hedy lamarr and her patent

    From Prince's keytar to Bing Crosby's sash window: celebrity patents in pictures

    They’re celebrated as singers, actors or even politicians but their talents don’t end there. We delve into the patent archives to discover the inventions of famous people, past and present

October 2013

  • Pictures from the past
    Harry Houdini - a picture from the past

    Harry Houdini was a Hungarian-born American illusionist and escape artist

May 2013

  • Magician Dynamo

    The 10 best ...
    The 10 best magicians – in pictures

    With Derren Brown currently touring a mind-bending new show around the UK, we pull the pick of the profession's big names from a top hat

October 2012

  • Harry Houdini archive

    From the Guardian archive
    Harry Houdini, the king of the handcuffs

    The Manchester Guardian meets Harry Houdini in 1904

August 2012

  • Bullet Catch – Edinburgh festival review

    A remarkable, multilayered and gripping show inspired by the infamous bullet-catch trick that heads towards the inevitable finale, writes Lyn Gardner

May 2012

  • The illusionist is the subject of a biopic by Gary Ross

    Gary Ross in talks to direct Harry Houdini biopic

    Hunger Games director seems to have freed himself from sequel Catching Fire to negotiate project about famous escapologist

October 2011

  • Harry Houdini

    Houdini and Conan Doyle: Friends of Genius, Deadly Rivals by Christopher Sandford – review

    The unlikely friendship between Houdini and Conan Doyle, and how it turned sour over matters supernatural, makes for a magnificently rich story, writes Olivia Laing

May 2011

  • Harry Houdini

    Film blog
    Houdini and the magic of the movies

    Peter Bradshaw: The origins of cinema, a prize-winning book reveals, are closely linked to the conjurors and spiritualists of the early 20th century

March 2011

  • Harry Houdini

    Harry Houdini: the sum of all amazements

    As Google celebrates Houdini's 137th birthday, we explain why the great escapologist remains an enduring symbol of wonder

August 2010

  • Harry Houdini

    Classics corner
    On Deception by Harry Houdini

    Harry Houdini's tome now reveals more about his time than his trickery, says Euan Ferguson

June 2008

  • From Houdini to Abu Ghraib

    Peter Bradshaw picks his Edinburgh film festival top 10

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