Teaching magic tricks to children with disabilities can enhance their feelings of self-esteem and confidence, a study has shown. The study, published in Health Psychology Research, is a collaboration ...

When I was in the fourth grade, I went to see my first magic show. For the final trick, the magician (he was called The Amazing Gordo for reasons I can’t remember) called my cousin Davey up to the ...

Tom Virden stands in a classroom. In front of him are several straitjackets, slung over a row of chairs. “Clearly," he says, his face and voice deadpan, "I didn’t have an ordinary childhood.” Virden, ...