Aside from using magic to promote Akvinta vodka, I performed on a boat called Tamesis Dock. It was in aid of The Inga Foundation, a pioneering charity helping farmers adopt Inga-alleycropping. The party was a complete sell out and a very enjoyable and friendly event. A lot of last minute events seem to be cropping up this Winter. Time certainly flies, I can't believe it's been two years since I was performing magic in Dubai on various oil rigs! I suppose as the dark nights draw in I become a little melancholy for the sun. Although my thoughts go out to the poor people in L.A affected by the wild fires stirred up by hurricane winds.


I have also been watching what I think is certainly one of the best shows to have been on TV, up there with The Sopranos, maybe even better over all and that is, "The Wire".
Five season were made for HBO. Ironically this one slipped under the wire. Set in Baltimore in the USA I urge you all to get it on DVD. It'll take a couple of episodes to get into it, and perhaps subtitles for some to understand the dialect and street language, but I urge you to preserver. Also some fantastic performances from a largely unknown cast interspersed with some British actors such as Dominic West who plays Officer Jimmy McNulty and Aidan Gillen, who plays the new Mayor, Thomas "Tommy" Carcetti and Idris Elba as Russell "Stringer" Bell . I love it that the Brits are taking over US TV! At least they have some TV. Also I want to see Jonathan Ross back on the telly. Ok, he did wrong, but really it wasn't that bad! Now there is virtually nothing good on telly over here. I've followed Jonathan since The Last Resort show and think we've had value for money as a presenter. It is the typical British attitude to money, that of jealousy rather than praise at ones success. If the BBC had not nabbed him a commercial channel would have. I bet his new book, Why Do I say these things, does well!

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