First years at Hogwarts must take seven subjects, plus flying lessons. Based on likes, dislikes and personality traits, we make a few wizarding guesses about which subject would get you the most h…
Defence Against the Dark Arts would suit you if: • you have fast physical and mental
This week, Harry Potter: Magic Awakened launched worldwide, having already cast a spell on fans across mainland China. To celebrate the mobile game’s extended release, we spoke to Creative Director…
I’ve been on the project for a year and a half, but there have been some people who
Our exciting new exhibition reveals a world where nothing is as it seems. Where magical beasts and fantastic animals share the same extraordinary skills, and where nature is revealed to be just as …
But could they have their origins in nature?
It’s a given that Harry, Ron and Hermione would be at the top of our Christmas dinner guest list. Here are some of the other witches and wizards we’d like to share a wizard cracker with, and who we…
You may have to listen to Celestina Warbeck once the plates are magically cleared
Being sorted into Gryffindor felt a bit like sending away for one of those DNA analysis kits and finding out that I was 80% Viking; like I had fundamentally misunderstood the very bones of myself.
brazenly brainy and secretly petrified that one day someone might discover that I have
The following description of the powers and properties of various wand woods is taken from notes made, over a long career, by Mr Garrick Ollivander, widely considered the best wandmaker in the worl…
It takes years of experience to tell which ones have the gift, although the job is
Is it possible to define Snape as a good or bad character? Or is he simply far too complicated?
have lived.
Crystal balls… tea leaves… Seers… tarot cards… the art of Divination is a divisive one, both in the wizarding world, and in our real-life Muggle world. Today, gaze into the beyond with us a…
In real life, Seers have been thought to walk amongst us Muggles.
Birthdays can only mean one thing (unless you live with the Dursleys) … presents! And Harry certainly got his fair share. From Hedwig to a pair of old socks, we’ve ranked the gifts this young wizar…
Yet, we do have our reasons for putting it so low down on this list.
How on earth did the school manage to stay open year after year?
Witches and wizards have access to remedies that we can only dream of.
