BBC’s Andrew Walker takes a look at fan fiction of all kinds – including both Harry Potter and Fiction Alley.

The Sunday Post News has an article about Seabottom, who have filed applications to register various Harry Potter and the… marks with the European Community Trademark Office. They report that they have learned that Seabottom …has the same London address as Warner’s European trademark lawyers, Field Fisher Waterhouse. TLC reader Susan discovered this early in …read more!

Shami Chakrabarti, director of the human rights pressure group Liberty, is interviewed by The Independent’s Ben Russell. She equates the current 1984-like actions of the UK government not to the Orwellian book but to the recent portrayal of the Ministry of Magic in Book 5.

Sorry for the lack of news this weekend but all of us at TLC managed to schedule ourselves to all be busy at the same time. But we’re trickling back along with some of the news. Thanks to all of you who thought the site dissapeared behind the veil & decided to check.

The Mirror has an interview with Pam Ferris, a.k.a. Aunt Marge in the film version of PoA.

Determined students at Glasgow Gaelic School have succeeded in getting Harry Potter and the Philospher’s Stone translated into Gaelic.

An article in the Nashua Telegraph brings back that old debate: Can marketing hype ruin a Harry Potter reading experience?

Emerson, of Mugglenet fame, was nice enough to send us a link to this amusing bit from a recent edition of MAD magazine! (Link to second page here.) He also set us a link to another Hogwarts related article.

Mark in the U.K. has let us know about an event at Sir Richard Branson’s estate this past weekend: Once a year, Sir Richard Branson (founder of the Virgin empire) allows the extensive grounds of his house to be used for a garden party in aid of the British Red Cross. Despite living nearby for …read more!

Daniel Radcliffe is up for the Junior Achiever Award from the Regis and Kelly Show. To vote for Daniel, or any of the other nominees, click here. Thanks to Marion for the tip!