Magic Circle elects its first woman president – who performs ‘environmentally themed’ tricks

Magic Circle elects its first woman president – who performs ‘environmentally themed’ tricks to teach children about climate change

  • The Magic Circle has elected the first female president in its 116-year history
  • Megan Swann, 28, is the clubs new leader, the youngest magician to do the role
  • Swann joined the club aged ten and performs environmentally themed tricks


The Magic Circle has elected the first female president in its 116-year history.

Megan Swann, 28, is also the youngest magician to take on the role, having joined its children’s club at the age of ten.

Miss Swann (real name Megan Knowles-Bacon) said she was ‘proud and honoured’ to take on the role. 

Megan Swann, 28, has been elected the first female president of the Magic Circle. She is also the youngest magician to take on the role, having joined its children’s club at the age of ten

The organisation’s most famous member is Prince Charles, who joined in 1975 after performing a cups-and-balls trick.

Its 1,300 members pledge not to share ‘magical secrets’ with anyone except ‘bona fide students and historians of magic’ on pain of being expelled.

Miss Swann, from Eltham in south-east London, said that she creates ‘environmentally themed’ tricks and teaches children about climate change.

She said: ‘I tear up a newspaper to represent forests being cut down, and then restore it to show that we can hopefully restore our forests in the future.’

The Magic Circle's 1,300 members pledge not to share ¿magical secrets¿ with anyone except ¿bona fide students and historians of magic¿ on pain of being expelled

The Magic Circle’s 1,300 members pledge not to share ‘magical secrets’ with anyone except ‘bona fide students and historians of magic’ on pain of being expelled

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