A low, soft hooting can often be heard coming from Eeylops Owl Emporium, a small, dark shop found in Diagon Alley. That’s because it specialises in owls, including tawny, barn, and screech owls. Learn more about this Diagon Alley shop!
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Flex your knowledge by taking quizzes on all things related to the first Harry Potter book with these magical quizzes!
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Lord Voldemort is the Dark wizard who plunges the wizarding world into a war. But when he tries to attack a baby Harry Potter, his spell backfires and Voldemort mysteriously disappears, leaving Harry as an orphan with a lightning bolt scar.
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In the wizarding world, images in photographs or paintings have their own personalities, thanks to various magical means. At Hogwarts, many grand paintings line the walls, offering advice or even insults. Learn all about them here!
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Dudley is the son of Harry Potter’s aunt and uncle, Petunia and Vernon Dursley. He often bullies poor Harry and kicks up a fuss if he doesn’t get what he wants.
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Learn all about Madam Malkin’s Robes for All Occasions, the first shop Harry Potter visits during his trip to Diagon Alley with Hagrid, where he acquires an essential part of his new life at Hogwarts – his uniform!
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Charms class encourages Hogwarts students to study all sorts of useful spells. For instance, this is the class where Harry Potter and his classmates learn to levitate objects (Wingardium Leviosa!) which comes in handy for him later!
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Petunia Dursley is Harry’s aunt, and sister to Harry’s mother, Lily. Not that she likes to talk about her… No, Petunia prefers to keep the family home spick and span and spoils her son (Dudley) rotten. As for Harry, she is much less kind to him.
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Roam the Hogwarts corridors and it won’t be long before you feel the icy chill of a ghost passing through – the wizarding world has many of them. Each Hogwarts house has its own ghost representing them!
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Wizard’s chess is just like Muggle chess – except the pieces come to life and knock each other out! Ron Weasley is a noted master of the game.
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