In a recent article by The Guardian, they state that Harry Potter fans indulging in ’set-jetting,’ the practice of visiting places that have been featured on film, have increased tourism in the UK by as much as 16% in some places. Northumberland, home to Alnwick Castle, the real world location for Hogwarts, has seen [...]
Archive for August, 2005
Further to my previous post on the Harry Potter convention, The Guardian has an article on the event itself, sounds like it was a bizarre affair. If your friends think you’re a little strange over your HP addiction, don’t worry, you’d look normal compared to this lot.
The academics have come up with a good excuse to sit around and enjoy Harry Potter by… having a conference. No, they can’t lounge about and read it like the rest of us, go on forums and chat with other fans. No, they’re holding the first UK Harry Potter Conference. The kicker [...]
Germans who could not wait the 77 days it was reportedly going to take to translate and release a German-language version of Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince have done the job themselves in just 45 hours. Carlsen publishing house, the German publishers of the HP series, were not amused though and have threatened [...]
The Times has a bizarre article with useless Potter trivia that makes for amusing reading. My favourite:
Had, on May 16 last, J. K. Rowling put all her income from the five published Harry Potter books on Archer’s Folly in the 3.15 at Haydock Park, which came in by a short head at 100-1, she [...]
