Potion-making is a notoriously tricky craft. One dash of the wrong ingredient and you may well make someone incendiary instead of invisible. Perhaps it should come as no surprise, then, that it took the creators of “Harry Potter and the Cursed Child” a second try to perfect their theatrical brew. The breathtaking new version of […]

If you are the sort of person who gets goosebumps thinking about how Sirius Black’s mom burned his name off the family tree wallpaper, or how the Nargles may have made off with Luna Lovegood’s sneakers, there’s no better place for you in the months ahead than the Franklin Institute in Philadelphia. “Harry Potter: The Exhibition’’ […]

Where to Stream: Harry Potter 20th Anniversary: Return to Hogwarts Powered by Reelgood It’s difficult to talk about Harry Potter without talking about J.K. Rowling. By now, Rowling’s welfare-assisted origin story is so well known, her personal lore feels as instrumental to this franchise as her explanations on horcruxes. In spite of Rowling’s recent minefield […]

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Harry Potter and the Cursed Child has canceled its November 19 performance at Broadway’s Lyric Theatre. The production, in a Tweet published less than an hour before the intended curtain time, said the last-minute decision was due to a principal actor being unable to perform, and that it is not a COVID-related matter. The new […]

Potion-making is a notoriously tricky craft. One dash of the wrong ingredient and you may well make someone incendiary instead of invisible. Perhaps it should come as no surprise, then, that it took the creators of “Harry Potter and the Cursed Child” a second try to perfect their theatrical brew. The breathtaking new version of […]

A series of huge 15ft wands will be installed outside The Oracle to give Harry Potter fans a truly magical experience. Reading was one of four locations picked to host the wands – along with Stoke-on-Trent, Hull and Birmingham – following a public vote. It comes in the run up to the release of Fantastic […]

The official trailer for Fantastic Beasts 3 has arrived – and the Wizarding World is about to be torn in two, based on the film series’ newest teaser. Originally set for release on February 24, but delayed by four days (presumably in light of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine), The Secrets of Dumbledore’s trailer teases a […]

As a father of three and grandfather of one, Darren Fox, 47, from Long Eaton in Derbyshire, says he used to feel mentally tired at work.

Last year we got four new Harry Potter books to add to our shelves celebrating the subjects taught at Hogwarts School. In addition to the initial Transfiguration and Potions classes, we were also given the Charms and Herbology lessons. These clever little sets expanded on previous Disney storybook playsets that provided younger LEGO fans with […]