Today, we celebrate the birthday of consummate British actor Timothy Spall!  His career spans four decades, covers a wide variety of mediums and roles and his legacy was cemented long ago through iconic films such as Life is Sweet, Secrets & Lies, Topsy-Turvy, White Hunter Black Heart, The Sheltering Sky, Hamlet, A Series of Unfortunate …read more!

Throughout the Harry Potter series we see our share of sweets, often in the form of wizard candy Chocolate Frogs, and the Easter holidays are mentioned during each spring at Hogwarts. We’ve even spent much of one installment pondering a Golden Egg, but not until this year do the three converge into one delectable magic …read more!

This week in theater news, prominent Harry Potter and the Cursed Child collaborators, including J.K. Rowling, the show’s stars and more, discussed the big move to Broadway in new interviews from the New York Times and Broadway.com. An ocean away, the London production revealed news of its own upcoming changes, which will result in adapted …read more!

“Blown up a toilet? We’ve never blown up a toilet. Great idea though, thanks, Mum.“  Fred & George Weasley, as they departed for their third year at Hogwarts. When J.K. Rowling was asked if the actors in the films influenced her image of the characters as she wrote the rest of the books, she said …read more!

Matthew Lewis, the face of beloved Dumbledore’s Army leader Neville Longbottom, brought Lumos to the stage of Planet Comicon Kansas City last weekend when he shared stories of his years on the set of the Harry Potter films and how the experience shaped his career and his life. The Midwest’s premiere pop culture convention was …read more!

Most Potter fans know that Gryffindors are brave, Slytherins are cunning, Hufflepuffs loyal, and Ravenclaws astute, but have you ever wondered which House would take the cup in a race to get moving? Soon you’ll have the chance to find out, as well as contribute to a good cause, through Sport Relief’s 2018 campaign Billion …read more!

One half of graphic design duo MinaLima, the lovely Eduardo Lima, celebrates his 44th birthday today! Recently celebrating his British Citizenship at The House of Mina Lima in London, the team held a competition to celebrate all things British, and many entries chose to also celebrate Eduardo himself: @minalima currently working on my lino cut to …read more!

“It is our choices, Harry, that show what we truly are, far more than our abilities.” ~Albus Dumbledore Newt Scamander is an exceptionally talented wizard and Magizoologist, far more able than he might get credit for, but, as his former headmaster and good friend Albus Dumbledore said to Harry, his abilities are actually the least …read more!

Firstly, we were sorry to hear of Stephen Fry’s experience with prostate cancer, however, we’re glad to report that he is recovering from a recent operation which “seemed to go pretty well.” Fry is beloved in the acting community and the Potter fandom for voicing the British version of the Harry Potter series audiobooks. We …read more!

Most recently, Emma Watson has called for support of victims of sexual harassment via the #TimesUp campaign, which she helped to promote at the BAFTAs last weekend. Raising almost 1.6 million pounds in one day after promoting the campaign at the BAFTA awards, Emma Watson’s helping to raise awareness and support of sexual harassment victims …read more!