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Roll up for the magical Harry Potter studio tour

03.10.11
Original sets, costumes and props from the Harry Potter movies will go on show at a new three-hour tour at the Leavesden Studios in Hertforshire in what promises to be the ultimate experience for any discerning fan... more

Golden Dai refuses to chase fame and money

15.09.11
Exclusive: World champion tells Matt Majendie how he is coping with his new life in the spotlight and how he can get even better for 2012 ... more

Severus Snape named best loved Harry Potter character of all time

15.07.11
Severus Snape has topped a poll to find the best loved 'Harry Potter' character. The wizard - played by Alan Rickman - received over 500 more votes than Harry's best pal Ron Weasley... more

Trafalgar Square rolls out the red carpet for Harry

07.07.11
Trafalgar Square was transformed as Harry Potter mania reached fever pitch for the premiere of the final movie... more

Harry Potter And The Deathly Hallows: Part 2 (in 3D) - review

06.07.11
And so we come to the end, thank Dumbledore! The eighth and final film in the Harry Potter franchise is where good and evil are told what's what and the central mystery is revealed... more

Scene stealers: London's stars of the future

01.07.11
You may not recognise them yet but these young British actors are tipped to become superstars The hotlist has been drawn up by movie industry magazine Screen International- and it includes several Londoners... more

Michael Gambon: I feel wrong if I don't plan a play a year

02.09.10
After a mystery illness and his dramatic withdrawal from Alan Bennett’s The Habit of Art last year, Michael Gambon returns to the stage in Krapp’s Last Tape... more

Harry Potter studio tours challenge US theme park

14.06.10
Harry Potter 'experience' is to open at the studios where the films are made... more

Harry Potter is a Dickens of a tale

17.07.09
As the epic Harry Potter franchise approaches its climax, the pleasure is in the rich, complex world JK Rowling has created around the boy wizard.... more

First review: Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince

07.07.09
The sixth instalment of the Harry Potter saga is a slickly unemotional affair with a host of special effects.... more

The magic of Bonnie Wright

26.06.09
Bonnie Wright has gone from Voldemort's accomplice to Harry Potter's leading lady. Lydia Slater is enchanted by Ginny Weasley... more

West End shows hit the streets

19.06.09
Crowds of 200,000 are expected to enjoy the best of the West End’s entertainment at a free festival in Leicester Square this weekend... more

Check out the biggest movies this summer

05.06.09
Sacha Baron Cohen's new comic creation, the latest instalment from Harry Potter at Hogwarts and adventures in the land of lizard men - here is our guide to the biggest movies of the season... more

JK’s fairy tales are a load of old Hogwarts

05.12.08
Pages and pages on the special properties of wands made from elderwood? That's not literature, it's fiddling... more

A short-lived fix for those pining for Hogwarts

04.12.08
The Tales of Beedle the Bard will come as a disappointment to Harry Potter fans in one obvious respect... more

Broadway girls go potty for Harry star Daniel Radcliffe

18.08.08
Harry Potter star Daniel Radcliffe was surrounded by dancing girls as he went backstage after watching a musical in New York. The actor, 19, caught the closing night of A Chorus Line on Broadway yesterday.... more

Life after Harry Potter: JK Rowling to release a series of fairy tales

31.07.08
JK Rowling has announced her first book to hit the shelves since Harry Potter's final outing - a series of fairy tales.... more

Sneak peek: Ron Weasley collapses after swallowing poison in new Harry Potter trailer

30.07.08
Eager fans awaiting the new Harry Potter film have been given a glimpse of the first official trailer, and it's set to be the darkest movie in the series yet.... more

Sneak peek: First look at new Harry Potter film as Hogwarts students go back to school

04.07.08
The Harry Potter trio are back to save Hogwarts from dark forces in the eagerly anticipated sixth film in the series.... more

Ghaffur is right - the Met still lags behind on race

01.07.08
Zaheer Ahmad, the president of the National Association of Muslim Police, has urged the Home Secretary to launch a "critical review" of racism in the police... more

Dumbledore and the bed chamber of secrets: Sir Michael Gambon's ménage à trois with his wife and (much) younger lover

22.02.08
Weekends with his wife at their £4million country manor in Kent. Weekdays with the lover 25 years his junior, who's had his child. Welcome to Harry Potter star Sir Michael Gambon's ménage à trois... more

Duo take popshots at Potter

19.12.07
Potted Potter, an unhinged and decidedly unauthorised romp through the JK Rowling oeuvre, whizzes along like a six-year-old on Sunny Delight.... more

DVDs of the week

13.11.07
Escapism of the highest order in the fifth Harry Potter film, Jimmy Carr chruns out some more gags and fun with Little Britain Abroad.... more

Harry's girl joins Equus for a bit of horseplay

12.11.07
As Daniel Radcliffe plans to take Equus to Broadway, his girlfriend prepares to bare all in another, British touring production of the play, alongside Lily Allen's brother Alfie.... more

Harry gets his girl

12.07.07
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix is the darkest of the series yet but should still satisfy its hardened fanbase... more

Warm and pleasant Potter never quite blazes

04.07.07
The fifth instalment of Harry Potter doesn't live up to the standards set by the last two films, but there's still plenty of warmth, humour and stunning settings to enjoy, says Nick Curtis.... more

Welcome back to Harry's world

31.05.07
An industry employing hundreds has grown up around the Harry Potter films. Mike Goodridge went to watch the crew at work - and talk to the fifth film's star.... more

The blockbuster is back

17.04.07
If Spider-Man 3, which had its world premiere in Tokyo last night, is anything to go by, this summer's big films will be better than ever. We preview this year's blockbuster movies.... more

And next year's winners will be ...

15.02.07
The Brits threaten to clean up at the Oscars - but can our film industry sustain the good form? Charlotte O'Sullivan looks ahead to the movies that could take next year's prizes.... more


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