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Some would say that Harry Potter is a Bildungsroman story, about the growth of the protagonist (Harry) from childhood to adulthood. Others argue that it is a fantasy story containing a quest, magical ...

Recall from the movie, Harry, Ron, and Hermione play their way across a chessboard to pass the White players in a giant-scaled and dangerous game of Wizard Chess. In order for our heroes to pass, they ...

Among Harry Potter fans, one subject is quickly overtaking religion and politics as a taboo topic for polite conversation. The controversial subject is whether Severus Snape is good, evil or somewhere ...

"When you have seen as much of life as I have, you will not underestimate the power of obsessive love¦" - Professor Slughorn 1 I want to look at Snape to try and answer this question: Did Snape feel ...

Thanks to our wonderful transcription elves, you can now read the transcript of the first part of our Harry Potter podcast, PotterCast‘s interview with J.K. Rowling (to hear it yourself, just click ...

It is now possessed by the soul of corporate greed and we are gutted about it. Leaky has always enjoyed a warm relationship with our fellow Harry Potter fan sites. We joke about being rivals but ...

I’ve seen a lot of bizarre Potter-related merchandise. From hats to trainers, you can dress yourself in Potter-themed clothing, shoes, accessories, jewellery, and bags. You can decorate most rooms in ...

Brace yourselves, Harry Potter fans! Pop Mart, the creative geniuses behind Labubu, have just released an enchanting new collection of figurines, taking us straight back to the thrilling events of ...

It may be summer holidays at Hogwarts now but the team behind Harry Potter: Puzzles & Spells has just shared a roadmap of magical new events headed to the game. With the school year soon to be back in ...

Can you guess where I am?!? There’s not much that will inspire this stiff-upper-lip WASP to dissolve into hysterics of joy, but here I am sobbing, “It’s real!” Such a spontaneous expression of raw ...

Note: A preliminary transcript is now at the end of this post; please note that there may be some small errors in phrasing, and all questions have been paraphrased to save time; this is not a final ...