Potterless
A podcast about a grown man reading a series of children’s novels for the first time”. Given that the series in question is, you guessed it, Harry Potter, this concept…
Harry Potter themed bar set to arrive in Edinburgh in 2018
The wizarding world of Harry Potter has been connected with Edinburgh since its inception. Victoria Street has often been suggested as the inspiration for Diagon Alley, while JK Rowling is…
This week in history: 16 November 2001, the first Harry Potter film is released
Following the success of the Harry Potter books – the most recent having been Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire released in July 2000 – the film Harry Potter…
Debate: Is Quidditch a sport or not?
For millions of Harry Potter fans around the world it has captivated the imagination and, for increasing numbers, provides an extra-curricular purpose. But can Quidditch, deriving from fiction, truly be…
Harry Potter – Always?
“The scar had not pained Harry for nineteen years. All was well.” In 2007, the simple yet effective final lines of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows marked the end…
Harry Potter and the Cursed Child
There are always complaints voiced when books are adapted to films. The omission of valued scenes is an inevitable, albeit necessary, part of the transformation process. Harry Potter and the…
JK Rowling’s appropriation of Navajo beliefs shows racial ignorance
Once more Rowling comes under scrutiny for her portrayal of minorities in her literature. The main seven novels of Harry Potter are undeniably heteronormative and white; thus it should be…
Re-reading allows literature to mature with the reader
With the sad news this week of the passing of Alan Rickman, I look back on my childhood, which was immersed in the phenomenon that was (and still is) Harry…