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Universal announces expansion of Harry Potter theme park
Friday 10 May 2013
Fans of Harry Potter and magic, rejoice: Universal Orlando is expanding its Wizarding World of Harry Potter with a new area based on the books' fictional scenes in Diagon Alley and London.
Harry Potter shop to open on platform 9¾
Thursday 13 December 2012
Wand-er through the magical store from Saturday
Rowling vows to write for children again
Monday 08 October 2012
The best-selling author J K Rowling has vowed to continue writing and promised that her next published book would be for children.
The 10 Best children's book sets
Tuesday 21 August 2012
Keep boredom at bay on long journeys or dull afternoons this summer with pages and pages of fiction, fantasy and fun
How we were spared the 'Howie Potter' franchise
Saturday 04 August 2012
Can Howie Potter, the geeky new arrival at Hogwarts High, use his magic spells to sweep cheerleader queen Hermione off to the prom?
Fifty Shades outsells Potter on UK Amazon
Thursday 02 August 2012
E L James's Fifty Shades trilogy has outsold J K Rowling's Harry Potter series on Amazon's UK site. James has sold more than four million copies of her books in print and on Kindle since they went on sale in March, making her the bestselling author of all time at Amazon.co.uk.
Fifty Shades outsells Harry Potter
Wednesday 01 August 2012
EL James's Fifty Shades trilogy has outsold JK Rowling's seven-book Harry Potter series on Amazon's UK site.
James Bond will fake own death in new movie Skyfall
Tuesday 31 July 2012
James Bond will be seen faking his own death in the action-packed forthcoming movie Skyfall.
Ben Wishaw to play Bond gadget guru Q
Friday 13 July 2012
Ben Whishaw has gone to the head of the Q in the new Bond film after movie bosses confirmed he will play 007's gadget guru in Skyfall.
'Blackly comic' Rowling book far from Harry
Friday 13 April 2012
JK Rowling was not joking when she said her next book would be "very different" to the magical world of Harry Potter. Yesterday it emerged her first novel aimed at adults would follow parish council elections in an English market town. The celebrated British author's first book in five years will be called The Casual Vacancy, and will be a "blackly comic" tale of an idyllic English town at war itself, the publishers revealed.
Knebworth House rocked to its foundations
Saturday 31 March 2012
Cancellation of music festival leaves owner struggling to pay for essential repair work
Walking in the footsteps of Harry and Hermione
Friday 30 March 2012
Fifteen-year-old fan Holly Hatfield guides us – and her dad – through the astonishing new Warner Bros Harry Potter tour near Watford
Attractions: A Hogwarts and all day out
Friday 30 March 2012
Tomorrow, The Making of Harry Potter tour opens to the British public – and it's wizard, says 15-year-old Holly Hatfield, who's had a sneak peek
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Is the Muslim call to prayer really such a menace?
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Channel 4 to 'provoke' viewers who associate Islam with terrorism with live call to prayer during Ramadan
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US army doctor returns arm to Vietnamese soldier fifty years after he took it as a souvenir
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Police seize possessions of rough sleepers in crackdown on homelessness
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Demand for food banks has nothing to do with benefits squeeze, says Work minister Lord Freud
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