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The Harry Potter-Boy Wizard Ged connection

A WIZARD OF EARTHSEA by Ursula K. le Guin. Puffin Books. A young boy with newly discovered wizarding powers. A prophecy about this boy becoming the greatest of wizards. The boy going to study at a school for wizards. The boy connected in some strange way to a Shadow that chases him. Their first confrontation…

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Travel: Edinburgh Diary

LAST PAGE Edinburgh Diary Brexit does not seem to have affected the tourist inflow and Edinburgh is close to being uncomfortably full. SHEILA KUMAR PHOTOGRAPH BY KASHIF MASOOD Fringing the fest The atmosphere on the Royal Mile is electric. It’s the eve of the 69th edition of the annual Edinburgh Festival Fringe, one of the…

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Book review: Harry Potter and the Cursed Child by J K Rowling, John Tiffany and Jack Thorne

  As the breathless blurbs go: he’s back! After 19 years! And so are Ron and Hermione! And Hagrid, Snape, Cedric Diggory and Dumbledore, (don’t ask), Moaning Myrtle and oh, quite  a few of the Hogwarts lot we have come to know and like. It’s a new adventure, it contains all   the requisite dangers, and…

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Feature: Attacking Atticus

  Attacking Atticus: What happens when characters overshadow their creators Intermixed with the excitement about Harper Lee’s new book, To Set A Watchman, which is actually an old book since the manuscript dates back to 1957, is widespread dismay that the man who shone with a clear sense of purpose and fair play in To…

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