Severus Snape might have been a master of Occlumency, but his own mind was so impenetrable to us readers it can be hard to sift the heroic from the horrible.
Add a clockwise stir Harry ended up with the second-hand Advanced Potion-Making
From the Gryffindor lion to Ravenclaw’s connection to the element air, there is plenty of potential meaning behind each facet of the Hogwarts houses. Join us as we unravel their significance…
In our view, loyalty (one of Hufflepuff’s key traits) and friendship go hand in hand
While no mode of transportation in Harry Potter is exactly humdrum (we’d all like a Firebolt for Christmas, please) some are definitely weirder than others.
Just stick out your wand hand, step on board and we can take you anywhere you want
Sugar is sweet, and so is friendship… which might explain why confectionary was often the foundation on which relationships were formed in the wizarding world.
but she made timid motions towards Neville, holding something in her outstretched hand
Hermione Granger was unashamed to be the cleverest witch of her age. She never hid her love of learning or tried to make herself smaller. Growing up, her character taught me that you shouldn’t have…
I always did my homework, raised my hand in lessons, joined the debate team, got
Not feeling Christmassy? Perhaps we can be of assistance. Here are some of our favourite moments from the Harry Potter books that had us singing ‘God Rest Ye, Merry Hippogriffs’ from the rooftops.
A bittersweet Christmas at Godric’s Hollow They were standing hand in hand in a
In Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban, we get an insight into Harry’s aptitude for challenging magic when he learns to cast a Patronus. We’re taking a look at how Harry’s emotional strength i…
But he is also hearing first-hand evidence of their love for him, a love he has previously
Dolores Jane Umbridge was the eldest child and only daughter of Orford Umbridge, a wizard, and Ellen Cracknell, a Muggle, who also had a Squib son. Dolores’s parents were unhappily married, and Dol…
having forced him to cut the words ‘I must not tell lies’ on the back of his own hand
The tale of how the Deathly Hallows came to be is key to the plot of the seventh story – but the trouble was, how do you show a story-within-a-story?
Her animations were distinguished by their use of hand-cut paper silhouettes and
Step right up! The award-winning production is about to release 250,000 tickets for the Broadway spectacular. Here’s how to get involved.
including a close look at the ‘I must not tell lies’ scar that Harry still has on his hand
