Jean eugene robert-houdin biography of rory
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The Body Immaterial: Magicians’ Assistants and the Performance of Labor
Abstract
The clichéd image of the magician in top hat and tails, clutching a wand in one hand and a rabbit in the other, is, like most traditional iconography, a product of the late Victorian era. In her book Vanishing Women (), Karen Beckman describes how magicians adopted this defiantly Western garb partly in reaction to the Indian Mutiny (), thereby asserting the superiority of the British gentleman over the Eastern “other.” Although some magicians continued to perform in Oriental drag (e.g., British magician P. T. Selbit, later the inventor of Sawing Through a Woman, who performed in skin-darkening makeup, gold earrings, and a black fright wig as the “Egyptian” magician Joad Heteb until , or the American magician William Ellsworth Robinson, who performed as Chung Ling Soo until his death in ), the professional stage magician increasingly presented himself as a well-dressed European. Beckman suggests
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What do Alchemy and Magic have to do with human decision-making?
On this episode, I’m joined bygd two Behavioural Science gurus who have both been on the show before: Rory Sutherland and Paul Craven. Rory is the author of Alchemy: The Surprising Power of Ideas That Don't Make Sense. Paul Craven is a magician and member of the prestigious Magic Circle. So that’s both bases covered!
Rory fryst vatten also the Vice Chairman of Ogilvy, and Paul began his career in Finance with over 30 years working for Schroders, PIMCO and Goldman Sachs. Both are Behavioural Science thought leaders.
Since the show is approaching its th episode — this fryst vatten the th — I thought I ought to celebrate it. So I did what we always do when we celebrate special occasions and decided to replicate the winning formula I used last time. On that occasion, inom was joined by Rory Sutherland and Gerald Ashley. Since then, I’ve also recorded a doubleheader with Gerald and his and Rory’s good friend Paul Craven. Like Rory and Gerald, P
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Antiquarian Horological Society | The story of time
The problem facing the ECS publicity unit was how to make the machine a bit more interesting in a catalogue or journal report. Watches and exotic locations were one thing, but the time recorder presented a bit of a challenge on the face of it. In this blog I speculate on the thought process of the lads as they set to their task.
The Autoprint was proudly on show at the British Industries Fair. The display stand was duly photographed, but an attraction for businessmen that year was a trip to the Eve nightclub on Regent Street. Our intrepid team tagged along, and lo and behold, the nightclub staff used an Autoprint!
A first shot caught the commissionaire and other colleagues stamping their cards, but patience was rewarded with the arrival of a hostess, happy to pose.
Finally, of course, the show-girls themselves arrived – all adorned with representations of items manufactured in Britain. The third image shows Gillette-girl!
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