‘Prepare to enter a world where mind reading and mind control are commonplace, and the rules of reality are flexible’. So boasts the promotional literature of ‘psychological mindreader’ Michael Hinchliffe, who also happens to be a criminal defence solicitor at Fraser Dawbarns in King’s Lynn.

Hinchliffe’s act involves ‘the game of fate’, in which he forecasts the actions of three members of the audience; the ‘propensity for hyperbole’, in which he uses his cunning powers of observation to spot who is lying; and something else that appears to involve a steel blindfold [pictured].

Indeed, his skills are so developed that he even offered to read Obiter’s mind over the telephone. We’ll call you back on that, Michael.