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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

Brooklyn Beckham to celebrate birthday at Hogwarts

02.09.11
David and Victoria Beckham's eldest son Brooklyn will celebrate his 13th birthday at Hogwarts... more

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2 - review

15.07.11
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 1 was an interminable bore but it might as well be said straight away that the finale is a great British triumph, twice as good as its predecessor, highly recommended... more

Fans say global goodbye as Harry Potter casts his final spell

15.07.11
Joy and sadness greet midnight screenings of Harry Potter And The Deathly Hallows: Part Two... 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

Harry Potter fans rewarded for wet spell as campers win tickets to see stars of films

06.07.11
Harry Potter fans who have been waiting in Trafalgar Square for up to six days earn the chance to meet author JK Rowling and stars of the films based on her books... more

Barchick goes to King's Cross

16.06.11
King's Cross hasn't been this popular since the discovery of Platform 9¾. It's no longer just sex shops and sandwich shops... more

Central line maps doctored with joke stickers offering stops at the moon

09.05.11
Guerrilla artists have targeted Central line maps with joke stickers that offer a stop for moon flights... more

Harry Potter will premiere at Leicester Square and Trafalgar Square

01.03.11
Harry Potter will bow out with the first red carpet premiere in Trafalgar Square... more

Harry Potter producer's building work spells trouble for £11million Pimlico home

07.02.11
Producer of the Harry Potter films has left neighbours less than enchanted, after building work at his Grade II-listed house caused 'unbearable disruption'... more

Life in a school of hard knocks in Kin

25.11.10
Plenty of books and films have treated boarding school as the very essence of dystopia... more

First review: Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 1

12.11.10
It’s not quite the end, but the end is undeniably nigh: The Deathly Hallows Part 1 is the first of two films of J K Rowling’s final Harry Potter book... more

A wizard weekend at Bovey Castle

12.11.10
Owls swoop along Bovey Castle's corridors, ferrets race about terraces, and you can brew your own sloe gin. There's nothing bleak about this moorland retreat, says Sasha Slater... more

Clémence Poésy: the hottie of Hogwarts

29.10.10
Having cast a spell over the whole of Hogwarts in the Harry Potter films, Clémence Poésy has graduated to bewitching fashion designers and film directors. She's magic, says Hermione Eyre ... more

Harry Potter stars launch Orlando theme park that sees Hogwarts come alive

17.06.10
Imagination became reality for Harry Potter fans at Universal Orlando.... 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

A wizard treat... early entry to Harry Potter land

04.06.10
A handful of lucky Muggles were allowed to explore Harry Potter's magical world before the theme park's official opening... 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

Why art is the social lubricant of our great city

10.07.09
At last night’s annual Serpentine Summer party, London shoulders its way to the front of the queue when it comes to sexing up the art world ... more

Emma Watson makes a boob at Harry Potter premiere

08.07.09
Showing her thigh, knickers and the hint of a left breast in public that's not what we've come to expect from Harry Potter star Emma Watson.... more

Harry Potter cast after a good old Snogwart

08.07.09
All of the main characters are playing tonsil quiddich at Harry Potter headquarters.... 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

JK isn't a touch on Stevenson's classic

29.04.09
Forget Hogwarts, old children's tales are the best read. So say Children's Laureates Quentin Blake, Anne Fine, Michael Morpurgo, Jacqueline Wilson and Michael Rosen... 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

Uplifting Björk is surely out of this world

15.04.08
Björk has never seemed quite human but at her Hammersmith Apollo gig it appeared the Icelandic musician really could do magic.... more

Wrapped-up Beckhams star on Broadway

18.02.08
Considering it was a family day out, there were few smiles as the Beckhams arrived on New York's famous Broadway theatre district with their three boys to see a play. A stern faced David carried son Cruz, 2, and held nine-year-old son Brooklyn's hand while son Romeo, walked hand in hand with mother Victoria... more

Wannabees lose out over Harry Potter role

14.11.07
Seven thousand girls who auditioned at Earl's Court to play Lavender Brown in Harry Potter And The Half-Blood Prince have been left disappointed after actress Jessie Cave was cast in the role.... 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

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


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