There's a renewed interest in the lost age of music hall and this West End wonder, which keeps its tongue firmly in its cheek, continues to be a class actJohn Nevil Maskelyne was a 19th-century magician. He founded the Egyptian Hall in Piccadilly where, between 1873 and 1904, there were twice-daily magic shows. He was also the inventor of the penny lock widely used in public toilets right into the 1960s, which gave r…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 02:12PM on December 14, 2016