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 into admitting her, before being unceremoniously ...

Sophie Lloyd convincingly played the role of Raymond Lloyd to gain access to the male-only Magic Circle over 30 years ago. View on euronews

A magician who fooled the Magic Circle by pretending to be a man so she could be admitted was kicked out for ‘deception’ – but now the prestigious group is trying to track her down to say sorry. Sophie Lloyd revealed she was not really called Raymond Lloyd when the magicians’ association voted to allow women to join in 1991.