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
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
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 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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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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With London Fashion Week kicking off on Friday, British designer Matthew Williamson tells Rosamund Urwin about breaking up with his ex, post-show partying and his new model man