We’ve come a long way since Harry’s cupboard, but some of the places we were introduced to in Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone have stayed with us, partly because of what they signify about…
For a man so keen on doing things correctly, Vernon’s panicked response showed his
If the Potters hadn’t switched their Secret-Keeper from Sirius to Pettigrew, things could have been very different.
Only a thoughtlessly clever, good-looking, confident man could fail to see how those
Azkaban has existed since the fifteenth century and was not originally a prison at all. The island in the North Sea upon which the first fortress was built never appeared on any map, Muggle or wiza…
A young man was successfully smuggled out of the prison when his visiting mother
Both Muggle and wizarding worlds need guidelines to keep society in check. But how much do the respective systems have in common?
.’ – Albus Dumbledore In an ideal universe, every man, woman, witch, wizard and creature
The penultimate Harry Potter story saw Harry learn a lot more about Lord Voldemort than he bargained for.
Not all was as it seems, and Harry discovered that Severus Snape was the man behind
The snowy owl was too cool to give a hoot.
all know the real reason Uncle Vernon caved was because Hedwig knew what made the man
What are some of the meanings behind the Weasley family’s many monikers? We looked into the etymology of their names.
Charles (we don’t know of a middle name), derives from the German name Karl, meaning ‘man
The screen turned green, and so did I.
One of them was a Slytherin and he was probably the bravest man I ever knew.’
In Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban, Harry discovers Dementors – and how they affect him more than his friends. Thankfully, his new Defence Against the Dark Arts professor gave him some wis…
to be honest, there’s no talk of being brave, or keeping his chin up or being a man
Was Narcissa Malfoy really as bad as her husband Lucius? Or was she simply a mother and wife trying to survive under the shadow of Lord Voldemort?
In a Time of Need Narcissa’s husband Lucius was a Death Eater, an egotist and a man
