For more than 80 years, it was the happy preserve of men who enjoyed showing off their boxes of tricks to whoever would watch. But on the outside, there was more than one talented 'witch' who wanted ...

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 ...

From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or ...

The Magic Circle - the society of magicians around the world - have elected their new president. Megan Swann, who is 28 and the youngest leader of the society in history, says she hopes she can ...

I am from a different land---a different time, maybe---where the car people resist the circling. No circles at all costs, they say. Straight ahead is the way forward. But in this place, across the sea ...