Let me remind you, dear fans, that J.K. Rowling names her imaginary school a co-educational secondary boarding school, and average age of its pupils is from 11 to 17.

It is very strange that Hogwarts has appeared in the list of the Independent Schools Network Rankings site that presents not official ranking of the Scotland schools in order to provide parents with general information about the school they are going to choose for their children.

Frank Tiarks, who occupies the position of the managing director of the website, said that it could be just a joke.

Anyway, we all know, that Hogwarts is the best!

Already a decade ago J. K. Rowling published Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone, the 1st book about a boy wizard and everything has started: awards, popularity, movies, fans, money, regular readers, opponents, admirers… Harry Potter has brought up the whole generation.

Not so far, it turned out that Ms. Rowling made very important studies in medicine, history and magical lore. There was even held a special exhibition, that discovers us the truth and the myths about Harry Potter magic.

For instance, the mandrake – is not a whimsical plant, it’s a real one. Nicholas Flamel did exist and was said to be capable of turning things into gold. He lived during the late 14th century and early 15th century. He was surrounded by myths, one of them is that he finally created the Philosopher’s Stone.

Paracelsus is mentioned as one of the famous wizards and he was a historical figure as well. And it goes without saying that we don’t have to make emphasize on centaurs and unicorns. Even studies at Hogwarts occurred in the same way as alchemy studies.

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Harper is interested in architecture, her favourite architect is Antonio Gaudi, she was in Europe and saw his masterpieces in Barcelona. Everything started from simply a conversation between friends, then Harper made her mind to draw the Marauder’s Map. Step by step, she decided to make a plan of Hogwarts. It took her 3 years to make a final draft and then a version of Hogwarts. There were 3 drafts. The 2nd draft was created after a year since the 1st was made. To fulfill this task, Harper even succeeded to visit a couple of castles in the UK and examined their floor plans.

Most likely, the 8th book will be a prequel to the entire Harry Potter story. But the author has some doubts, whether this book will be warmly accepted by readers and critics? Or the novel will be killed, the same as it happened with the Star Wars prequels.

While on a press-conference Rowling was very kind and even allowed Harry Potter fans to write sequels to any Harry Potter book or to all of them. She’ll be very glad to enjoy the “continuation” of her stories in the web.

Apart from this, Rowling is planning to release her Encyclopedia on all things Hogwarts in 2 years.

Materials needed: materials for under robe-black dress and cape-black square cloth, 1 piece of black poster board, a shoe string, black paint, pencil, lipstick, glue and glitter.

Let’s start from under robe: take any black dress, black gown or  a black T-shirt. Also, you can buy any (even the cheapest one) black fabric.

The cape - don’t forget about it, any black cloth will be OK. If you have any square black cloth, just tie it around your neck, also, you can sew a shoestring to it, thus, you will be able to take it off whenever you want.

The Wizard Hat – make it from posterboard. Try to make a triangular cone and glue it. You can glue metallic confetti on it.

Some detail, such as: glasses is better to buy and don’t forget about the scar, you can make it with the help of a dark lipstick.

Good luck!

It is not a secret, that Halloween is not exceptionally American holiday anymore, it is popular worldwide. What is more, not only children are mad about it, people of all ages adore dressing Halloween costumes (why not wear a sexy Hermiona Granger dress?). Harry Potter books and movies are perfect for Halloween party. They are full of various characters: wizards, ghosts, goblins and so on. Make Hogwarts of your own home!

First of all, create invitations: use creativity while making them: for example, write invitations with invisible ink or draw a map, how to get to your house. Then, decorate your house: over the entrance write a “Platform Nine and Three-Quarters”, make pumpkins with candles inside (jackolanterns) and place them everywhere in your house. Make a study out of each room. Hang glow-in-the-dark stars on the ceiling, record a tape with someone’s moan and let it play, thus, you will feel that the ‘Moaning Myrtle’ is near you. Make paper owls and let them hang from the ceiling.

The following costumes are popular:

Harry, Hermiona, Ron, Dudley, Luna Lovegood, various Hogwarts memebers, owls, ghosts, cats, frogs.

Don’t forget about various games and contests and have fun!