This Leaky correspondent was recently in London on business and saw on a map app that MinaLima London was right around the corner from my hotel. I’d always wanted to go to a MinaLima store in person but had not been back to any of the cities where their shops are located (Edinburgh, New York, …read more!

In Memoriam: Stuart Craig, Visionary Production Designer Who Built the Wizarding World, Dies at 83 by Ashlynn Webb It is with a heavy heart that we report the death of Stuart Craig, the brilliant production designer who brought the magical worlds of Harry Potter and Fantastic Beasts to life on screen. Craig, a three-time BAFTA …read more!

We already know that Tom Felton is joining the Broadway cast in November to play his alter ego, Draco Malfoy, as an adult — who is, coincidentally, the same age in the play as Felton is in real life. Other cast members are also joining the show on November 11. John Skelley, who originated the …read more!

by Ashlynn Webb Witches, wizards, and Muggles alike were treated to a magical spectacle with the annual Back to Hogwarts events yesterday. As fans around the globe celebrated the return to school, a whirlwind of enchanting news was revealed, from brand new audiobooks and podcast to a returning scowl on the stage. Not New News, …read more!

HBO Max chose this most special of days for Potter fans to share exciting news about the upcoming Harry Potter series. Role reprisal Warwick Davis will reprise his role as Professor Flitwick. Davis is the first actor from the films confirmed to play a role in the HBO television series. In the films, Davis also …read more!

Every September 1, we’re all transported back to Platform 9¾, at least in our mind’s eye. We can almost see the steam rising from the red and black engine of the Hogwarts Express and feel ripples of energy in the air from the magic that awaits us at Hogwarts. While we can’t be on the …read more!

By Ashlynn Webb The Hogwarts Express is leaving Kings Cross Station on September 1 to take us back to Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry for another year of spell casting and potion making, and we want to see your best magical look! Whether it’s a full-on cosplay of your favourite witch or wizard or …read more!

We recently posted a Kickstarter fundraising campaign from Ferris Wheel Press, a Canadian maker of pens, ink, and related old-fashioned writing paraphernalia (motto: “Make fancy fun”) that fits in well with the wizarding world’s aesthetic and avoidance of modern Muggle tools like ballpoint pens and electronic devices. Leaky has never posted a Kickstarter before, that …read more!

Merlin’s baggy y-fronts! Can you believe it’s only ten days until we go back to Hogwarts?!? Have you been to Diagon Alley to get your school supplies? Did you outgrow last year’s robes and get measured for a new set? Got a carrier for yer owl, toad, or cat so it doesn’t escape on the …read more!

HBO Max’s visionOS app on Apple Vision Pro will feature a new “Hogwarts Great Hall” Immersive Environment for subscribers starting today, August 21 (just in time for this year’s Back to Hogwarts celebration), inspired by the iconic Great Hall in Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. While in the Environment, a subscriber’s viewing space will be transformed into the …read more!