Sophie Lloyd, who was expelled in 1991 when her deception was exposed, accepts belated apology from the society Deception has always been an integral part of magic. So when Sophie Lloyd set about ...

Deception, disguise and finally a disappearance. This might sound like the premise of a magic trick, but it’s actually the story of a woman who managed to fool a male-only, world-famous magic society ...

A British society of magicians expelled a woman for tricking her way into the club in 1991. Now it wants to invite her back, but the woman seems to have pulled a disappearing act. By Amelia Nierenberg ...

Sophie Lloyd, an actress, posed as a man named Raymond to gain entry into the Magic Circle, an all-male club. She faced expulsion from society for "deliberate deception" in 1991 after she came clean.

Sophie Lloyd, who was possibly also known as Sue Lloyd, dressed up as a man to take her exams for the Magic Circle - fooling her examiners and going out for a drink with them afterwards. Wednesday 13 ...

Britain's Magic Circle has launched an appeal to track down a woman it expelled over three decades ago for posing as a man to gain admittance to the formerly male-only magicians' society. The Barron's ...