Did anyone notice that the Magic spells are no longer operable? My level 53 Mage can no longer reliably cast spells. Kinda blows for him

I tried the 'delete game data' and 'patch data' but the end results is the same......magic is no longer operational

Anyother sensible suggestions greatly appreciated.
Note that before this latest patch, my Mage had 270 hours and a 12 Mbyte save size under his belt and barring minor crashes everything was working fine......