Sophie Lloyd disguised herself as a man to join the Magic Circle in 1991, when female magicians were not allowed membership.

Last year, the Magic Circle began searching for Sophie Lloyd, who disguised herself as a man in 1991 to gain membership and ...

Sophie Lloyd, pretending to be ‘Raymond Lloyd’, allowed to join elite society in 1991 – but later that year she revealed disguise when women started to be granted membership, only to then be expelled ...

Sophie Lloyd performed her greatest trick before the Magic Circle: she vanished. It wasn’t to a roar of applause, however – ...

Sophie Lloyd is being honoured by the organisation at a ceremony on Thursday night, after being thrown out 30 years ago.

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 ...

"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.

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 ...