The Charms of Rosmerta: Harry Potter, a pagan goddess and the English school story

February 20, 2018

This term I am in the enviable position of teaching Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone as part of the …

Literary Allusion in Harry Potter by Dr. Beatrice Groves: A Review

July 4, 2017

I have been looking forward to the publication of Beatrice Groves’ Literary Allusion in Harry Potter for some time, and …

August 13, 2015

Congratulations! Huzzah! Whoop, I say to you, whoop again and thrice whoop! You have all achieved A Great Thing, and …

August 30, 2014

Anyone at Nottingham University is warmly invited to join in a group which will meet for literary and theological chat, …

October 30, 2013

This piece originated in a lecture given at the University of Nottingham in October 2013. We talk about pop culture in …

May 4, 2013

David Mitchell wrote a piece for The Observer recently , declaring that “less is more” when it comes to authors …

January 8, 2012

This is the second part of my post on Harry Potter and university – the previous part can be read …

January 7, 2012

I’m not really a big fan of Harry Potter, so this won’t be a polemic about the books. (Not this …