Magician Dynamo eats at Yorkshire Burrito, shops at END and is never far from the police

All the time. I have been pulled over before just so they can find out if it’s me, and will I show them a trick.

Home is …

Hampstead. I’ve actually lived in London longer than I’ve lived in Bradford now. I started coming when I was 15. I’d get on the £1 bus from Bradford. It would take eight hours — this was before wi-fi so it was proper boring — and when I’d get to London, I’d go straight to Covent Garden, St James Street corner, which is the magicians’ corner, and busk there. I’d stay on other magicians’ couches for the weekend. Jump on the bus back up to Bradford and hopefully go home with a stack full of change in my pocket.

Where was your first flat in London?

When I first properly moved, I lived in Walthamstow. I lived above a chippy. But it cost me 50 quid a week, and that was quite easy to make busking in Covent Garden.

What was your first job here?

I’ve never had a proper job. My first residency? That was at a venue called Too2Much which is now The Box. I was performing in the VIP room every week and they were guaranteeing me the 50 quid for my rent. I was getting £50-note tips and stuff like that: it was amazing. The people that would come to that venue: Kate Moss was in there hanging out, all the rock bands.

Which shops do you rely on?