Silvanus Kettleburn was the Care of Magical Creatures teacher at Hogwarts until Harry’s third year, when he was replaced by Rubeus Hagrid.
Kettleburn was an enthusiastic and occasionally reckless man whose great love of
Rubeus Hagrid, the loveable Hogwarts gamekeeper of Hogwarts, won our hearts from the moment he said, “Harry – yer a wizard”. Here’s just five reasons why we love him, but we could have gone on fore…
And as a big man with ‘hands the size of dustbin lids’ and a grand bushy beard, he
What do we know about the four people who actually founded Hogwarts? Enjoy these beautiful illustrations of Godric Gryffindor, Helga Hufflepuff, Salazar Slytherin and Rowena Ravenclaw, and their st…
Legend has it that Godric was also the man who gave Hogwarts the Sorting Hat, a sentient
Nicolas Flamel isn’t just a character in Harry Potter, he was a real person – A French alchemist born in the 14th century. Read all about him here!
The man We are told that the Flamel of the wizarding world met his wife, Perenelle
In London, nine giant wands now stand outside London’s St Paul’s Cathedral – as Warner Bros. presented an iconic new installation supporting J.K. Rowling’s charity, Lumos. Here’s what happened at t…
Pierre, the man behind the wand designs, loved seeing his wands brought to life outside
The ghosts of Hogwarts were not always ghosts. They once lived and breathed…
A noble life for a noble man, but the Fat Friar’s kindness was to be his undoing
Who are the wizarding world’s biggest style icons?
A man of refined taste, whose sartorial flair harked back to more genteel times,
The Australian production of Harry Potter and the Cursed Child are welcoming some new members to their company.
, Torres Strait-Islander, former professional rugby league player and Wagadagam man
‘King’s Cross’ showed us that Dumbledore was more than just a magical legend – he was human.
of Lord Voldemort – but by Harry discovering that Albus Dumbledore was not the man
Harry’s first Defence Against the Dark Arts teacher is a clever young wizard who took a ‘Grand Tour’ around the world before taking up his teaching post at Hogwarts. When Harry first meets Quirrell…
At the very least, Quirrell fantasised that he could be the man who tracked Voldemort
