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It's a modest-looking child’s wardrobe – which acts as a gateway into the magical world of Harry Potter. A £1,500 replica of the Potter films’ shopping street Diagon Alley has been conjured up for a thrilled six-year-old called Ella by her father, hidden away behind the wardrobe. Business analyst Dylan, 42, decided to build the 14ft by 5ft replica of the street in an extension at their terrace house after watching hit movie Harry Potter And The Philosopher’s Stone with Ella at the beginning of lockdown. In the Potter film series, the wizardly street is accessed by tapping bricks in ...

Photo: Dia Dipasupil / Staff (Getty Images) The end is in sight, dear reader. 2020 has reached its sunset hours, and, fittingly, most of those hours will be quite literally dark. It’s difficult to imagine that anyone came out of this year unscathed, whether their particular burdens to bear involved the loss of a loved one, the diminishment of their own physical and/or mental health, financial hardship, pervasive loneliness, individual and systemic injustice, the list goes on. Were you to rank the losses of this year, odds are that the inability to deny the transphobia and casual cruelty of ...

BBC nominates J.K. Rowling's controversial essay on trans rights for award The BBC has defended its nomination of "Harry Potter" author J.K. Rowling, who offended many with her comments on transgender people. The British public broadcaster said offense is the "price of free speech." Rowling's essay on sex and gender triggered a public furor The BBC's annual Russell Prize, named after British writer Bertrand Russell, has attracted public attention this year due to its nomination list which includes author J.K. Rowling.  The writer behind the Harry Potter series was in the running for he...

Image zoom The Leaky Cauldron sign actually leaks. the spot for hearty English fare in Universal’s Diagon Alley. You can start the morning with a full English breakfast or stop in to try the fish and chips, bangers and mash, or cottage pie for lunch or dinner. Designed to look like the pub and inn of the same name from the Harry Potter books and films, the Leaky Cauldron’s dingy brick exterior opens to cathedral ceilings, weathered furniture, and a large cracked cauldron in the hearth.  Despite the crack, this cauldron doesn’t leak, but the wrought-iron sign above ...

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