BIG IN SWEDEN

Carl-Einar Hackner; Swiss Club, 89 Flinders Lane, 8.15pm Tue-Sat, Sun 5.30pm $21-$24. 4/5

...AND ANOTHER THING

THE people in Mildura are out of touch with travelling by train: they all have seats. Bryan Fraser, St Kilda

Why atheists' ridicule won't win friends and influence people

They have a message, but need more humility and self-deprecation.

A marriage of charity and politics

A couple's unlikely honeymoon makes for a challenging documentary, writes Paul Kalina.

Questions shadow girl's grief

HENRY Lin kept all the promises he made in his young life, except his final one.

Lying cheating bastard

LYING CHEATING BASTARD CRITIC'S RATING 6/10 OLD FITZROY THEATRE UNTIL JULY 25 TICKETS $25-$40 BOOKINGS 1300 438 849

Summer Grill With ... Rebecca Maddern

My favourite show as a child was ... Humphrey B. Bear on Here's Humphrey. I really used to like it when he did his magic tricks.

Today

? Learn magic tricks from acclaimed Charlestown magician JD, left. The one-hour workshop is for school children aged 6+ and starts at 10.30am at Hamilton Library. Workshops are taking place as part of the school holidays. Bookings essential phone 4974 5300. Cost is $5.

The Man Magic

In a forthright Q&A, the Swans veteran tells David Sygall he's got plenty more tricks in him.

Magic Hands

He's wowing them in regional tours now, but magician Cosentino has bigger ambitions - he wants to be the best. Greg Burchall reports.

Rave Reviews

Mention the old Newcastle Stadium and magic memories come flooding back.

New Tricks

The internet is helping keep magic alive in Melbourne, but revealing the secrets may also threaten it. Luke Buckmaster reports.

Merlini's Wife And A Life Less Ordinary

MARGARET Robbins Greenland knows all the tricks of the trade.

Andy's Handy Olive

MAGICIAN and international street performer Andrew Elliott will return to the city where he landed his first job performing magic tricks as a teenager.

Natural Charmer Will Work Magic

ANDREW Elliott was always up to tricks as a child.

Kidd Gloves Off As Nets Show Their Magic Tricks

EAST RUTHERFORD: Despite sitting out the fourth quarter, Jason Kidd had 15 points, 13 assists and eight rebounds to inspire the New Jersey Nets to a crushing 121-88 NBA win over the Orlando Magic here yesterday.

Fantasy Figures

You can't believe everything you read especially in a modern financial report. Business editor David Potts casts an eye over an accountant's range of magic tricks.

Cicutto's Job Is To Sit Tight

Until it sells its problematic HomeSide arm, NAB has to keep corporate magic tricks to a minimum.

Celebrating With Jd

RECENTLY, to celebrate St. Joseph's Day, Joel Howlett or JD as he is sometimes called, performed some magic tricks to entertain the children at our school.

Maher Works His Magic

AN hour after defusing a press frenzy over steroids, Olympic women's basketball coach Tom Maher is calmly performing magic tricks in the sunshine at an outdoor cafe. He pulls a worn deck of cards from his coat pocket and magically makes one pile come up all aces. It's like that with Maher. The ac