BAGHDAD: An Alitalia plane carrying him, his entourage, a security detail, and about 75 journalists, touched down at Baghdad International Airport slightly ahead of schedule just before 2 p.m. local time. Iraq is deploying thousands of additional security personnel to protect the 84-year-old pope during the visit, which comes after a spate of rocket and […]
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Secrets for sale as magician´s historic tricks go to auction
Two trunks full of antique magic tricks and books are set to go under the hammer later this month. Gathered between the 1940s and 1970s, the collection belonged to former Magic Circle member Cyril Bayliffe, who was born in Oldham, Lancashire, in 1928. Tricks such as The Dagger Chest, fire-eating, escapology, mind-reading illusions and a […]
A night to remember at the historic Mohatta Palace
I always mention to people how Lahore’s Fort should be commercialised in a way that it gets cleaned up and the authorities of the Walled City allow events to take place there. If the historic and spellbinding Mohatta Palace of Karachi can do that, so can Lahore. Speaking of Mohatta Palace, a fun filled night […]