To enter the Hufflepuff common room, students face an unassuming pile of barrels. If they tap the correct one to the rhythm of ‘Helga Hufflepuff,’ it opens, granting access to their cosy sanctuary.

One of the first scenes in this teaser is one we’ve never even seen in the books before: Hermione first walking through the Hogwarts Express. Naturally, she’s already in her new school robes, but ...

To bring the magic of storytelling to communities around the world, Scholastic, Bloomsbury, Pottermore and Audible have banded together on some spellbinding new initiatives: • More than 200,000 print ...

Nearly two decades since he last played the red-headed hero and one third of the golden trio on screen, Rupert Grint is returning to Hogwarts to embody the grown-up version of the one-and-only Ron ...

‘I think Mum’s got a second cousin who’s an accountant, but we never talk about him.’ The Weasley twins were an inseparable pair but one of them did exist for a few minutes before the other was born!

The event of the century doesn’t just happen. Without a clear vision, your party is guaranteed to be a damp Squib. Which is why we think you should look to Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire for ...

The Dursleys were a Muggle family who took an extraordinary amount of pride in their ordinariness – Vernon Dursley even had a moustache comb. If that wasn’t monumentally mundane enough, they lived in ...

Are you always out playing footie with your mates, come rain or shine? Are you deliriously competitive, to the point it's actually getting a bit annoying? Then you, friend, are Quidditch Draco - ...

Life can be challenging and sometimes it feels as though you can’t see the wood from the trees – especially when you are struggling or feel as though you’re failing. It’s hard to take a step back and ...

First, let’s start with the obvious connection, one of the four Hogwarts houses were represented by a serpent – Slytherin. Founded by Salazar Slytherin, this house prided itself on its ambition and ...

All students were expected to take these seven compulsory subjects from their first year to at least fifth year. This lesson covered the complex and often difficult art of transforming one thing into ...

For a house full of students that are loyal and unafraid of toil, it makes sense that the element associated with Hufflepuff is earth. Specifically, the yellow is supposed to represent wheat and the ...