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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 Sophie ...

Bernard Hoffman, “Kurt Seligmann and Enrico Donati in a ‘Magic Circle'” (1948), gelatin silver print of “Magic Evening” (Soirée Seligmann) (courtesy Seligmann Center at the Orange County Citizens ...

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, 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 ...

A magician is due to receive the highest award from one of the world's most prestigious magic societies. Reg Martin from Bicester, Oxfordshire, who worked on the Paul Daniels Magic Show for 13 years, ...

The Magic Circle is another entry in the burgeoning but fascinating subgenre of games about the process of making games. Most games in that niche tend to aim small, often taking up the perspective of ...