Oh, January. You are so dark and sad and cold. Especially if you live in Britain, where the weather is rarely ever our friend. Imagine if we had got our Hogwarts letters and learnt these handy spel…
It’d be pretty great to have Alohomora (the door unlocking charm) to hand, just to
The great North American school of magic was founded in the seventeenth century. It stands at the highest peak of Mount Greylock, where it is concealed from non-magic gaze by a variety of powerful …
As Isolt watched, James finished marking the graves he had dug by hand, then picked
Low-wattage civil servant and hen-pecked dad of seven – or thoughtful, courageous hero with (whisper it) a bit of a spicy side?
On the one hand, this is grossly unfair – ambition for its own sake is the cause
With the release of the stunning new edition of Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire just around the corner, we can exclusively reveal sketches from illustrator, Karl James Mountford, who talks us t…
Ron’s hand-me-down trousers which are a bit too short.
She’s evil, sadistic, condescending and cruel. Stephen King once described her as ‘the greatest make-believe villain to come along since Hannibal Lecter’, and that man knows a thing or two about ho…
to ‘Your hand is not up, Miss Granger!’
Quirrell and Lockhart weren’t what you would call *exemplary* teachers. The reality? They both had their… issues. But if you had to choose, who would you say was better? Two writers debate this tri…
But you have to hand it to Lockhart (who is a Ravenclaw, by the way) that using his
Last weekend, a new Yule Ball-themed experience opened in Italy – inviting fans to dress up to the nines and dance the night away at an extremely festive party. Here’s what we learnt from attending…
dancing is thirsty-work – thankfully the Yule Ball has its own beverage-experts on hand
If you were at Hogwarts – how would you earn points for your house? Would you be a Quidditch star or a homework hero? We’ve had a think and made some deductions based on your personality.
highly intelligent and knowledgeable person, we’re sure you would be sticking your hand
Let’s face it, the wizarding world could be brutal. But for all the darkness, there were also moments of light – in fact, there were some characters and scenarios wholesome enough to make our heart…
Harry dug his grave by hand, Ron peeled off his own shoes and socks to put on Dobby
In Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone we met our first-ever dragon, the adorable little Norbert. But there are plenty more fire-breathing friends out there to learn about.
a week, it wasn’t long before he became impossible to manage, biting Ron on the hand
