Last year, the Magic Circle began searching for Sophie Lloyd, who disguised herself as a man in 1991 to gain membership and was then ousted. On Thursday, she returned. By Amelia Nierenberg ...

Back in 1991, Sophie Lloyd pulled off the ultimate illusion, tricking the Magic Circle into thinking she was a man. But over 30 years after being unceremoniously kicked out, the Circle has tracked ...

Sophie Lloyd will be welcomed back to the Magic Circle. She was expelled for posing as a man in 1991. Laura London, the society's first female chair, located Lloyd. The society will present her ...

Magic Circle president Marvin Berglas and Sophie Lloyd, who is being honoured by the organisation at a ceremony on Thursday night (Brendan Rodrigues/Magic Circle/PA) A woman kicked out of the ...

"Raymond Lloyd" was granted membership of the Magic Circle in 1991 A magician who tricked her way into the Magic Circle is finally being granted membership - 34 years after she was kicked out.

The Magic Circle has readmitted a female magician expelled for tricking her way into the previously all-male institution by disguising herself as a man. “We’re proud to welcome back magician ...

A woman kicked out of the Magic Circle for pretending to be a man is being let back into the organisation after more than 30 years. Sophie Lloyd wore a male disguise in 1991 to trick the ...

However after months of magic shows and socialising with other members, when Ms Lloyd and Ms Winstanley revealed their deception to the Circle over the phone, it was not well received. At the ...

Over thirty years after expelling Sophie Lloyd for masquerading as a man to join the then exclusively male Magic Circle, the London-based society for professional and amateur magicians has tracked ...

A woman kicked out of the Magic Circle for pretending to be a man is being let back into the organisation after more than 30 years. Sophie Lloyd wore a male disguise in 1991 to trick the ...