Fashion experts from Esquire magazine offer their list of inappropriate behavior for men over thirty, which includes staying in bed past 11 AM or wearing a watch costing less than £100. Says fashion editor Simon Tiffin: ‘We were inspired by the sight on planes, trains and buses of too many grown men reading Harry Potter. …read more!

An article from Stephen Price on similarities among literary works, imitation as flattery, and plagiarism, with discussion that includes the Harry Potter series: A boy with glasses and black hair grows up with a foster-father, in a setting of deprived urban dreariness. He’s bright, but lonely, living life through his vivid imagination. He has few …read more!

It’s official (and just hitting the wires): Mike Newell is confirmed to direct Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire. The franchise’s first British director, Newell directed the hit movies Four Weddings and a Funeral and Donnie Brasco. Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire is very tentatively scheduled for late 2005 – which would …read more!

The official German Harry Potter site is currently offering a chance for visitors to choose which Book V cover they like best. Editor’s Note: The site is, obviously, in German. To reach the book covers, click on “Zum Wahllokal” on the main page and you’ll link right to them. If you’re interested in translation, Heidi …read more!

A bit more on that book burning we told you about earlier this week, as well as response from the local community: Other books, magazines, posters, compact discs and movies that members believe do not promote God also went up in smoke Sunday, as more than 50 people gathered outside the church for the fiery …read more!

From the Tampa Tribune, a short review plus commentary from readers, including fifth-grader Austin Sigl, who finished the book the Tuesday following its Saturday release: “I would’ve finished sooner, but my mom made me put it down and go play.” Thanks to AJaKe for the link.

Thanks Beth, for pointing out that a Disney site says there will be a Potter attraction at Epcot sometime in 2006, as the rumors have suggested. This should still be treated as a rumor, though, until there is official confirmation.

An English professor offers his thoughts on what Harry’s about, and the issues that make “many Christian parents distrust the Potter series.”: As only the child at heart can enter Lewis’s Narnia, Hogwarts is invisible to outsiders. Looking at this magnificent 1,000-year-old castle, a Muggle, one without magical power, sees only “a moldering old ruin …read more!

Some people have had trouble getting at the pics from The Sun, so here they are: Harry, Stan and The Knight Bus Hermione threatens Malfoy The Knight Bus McGonagall talks to Harry

Religion columnist Terry Mattingly offers a brief article on the examination of witchcraft and Harry Potter at the recent Nimbus 2003.