Johnny Depp fans launch petition demanding he be reinstated to Fantastic Beasts 3 after ‘stepping down’ from franchise… and 147,000 have already signed The Hollywood star was asked to step down from his role as Gellart Grindewald after his libel case against The Sun newspaper was summarily dismissed Depp, 55, had originally taken legal action after … Read more
One night, at the start of the first lockdown, author J.K. Rowling had an inspired idea. Best known for her seven Harry Potter books, there was another story she’d written to read to her own family ten years ago which had never been published. So she decided to dust off the manuscript and launch a … Read more
ANDREW PIERCE: Harry Potter and the curse of the woke fan By Andrew Pierce for the Daily Mail Published: 00:22 GMT, 2 November 2020 | Updated: 00:22 GMT, 2 November 2020 The BBC has invited a fan of author J.K. Rowling to present a 30-minute Radio 4 documentary called: ‘Can I still read Harry Potter?’ … Read more
Want a spellbinding staycation? Then check into the incredible cottage that’s a recreation of the Gryffindor wing of Hogwarts The Harry Potter-inspired property – called ‘The Dorm’ – is the brainchild of designer Carol Cavendish Carol runs a six-acre holiday site on the edge of the North York Moors National Park called North Shire Several … Read more
JK Rowling has been subjected to an onslaught of abuse that highlights an insidious, authoritarian and misogynistic trend in social media. Rowling has consistently shown herself to be an honourable and compassionate person, and the appalling hashtag #RIPJKRowling is just the latest example of hate speech directed against her and other women that Twitter and … Read more
JK Rowling shakes off transgender row as her controversial new book shoots straight to top of the charts Book Troubled Blood features a male killer who dresses up in women’s clothes Transgender rights activists want a boycott of the fifth in the Strike thriller series The book has sold 64,633 copies in its first five … Read more
JK Rowling has revealed the cross-dressing villain in her new book is based on real-life serial killers Jerry Brudos and Russell Williams after facing another transphobia row. The Harry Potter author released Troubled Blood under her crime-writing pseudonym Robert Galbraith earlier this week. The thriller sees detective Cormoran Strike try to work out what happened … Read more
JK Rowling has once again been criticised for her new novel, after she was accused of ‘transliterating’ one of the book’s working class characters by spelling their dialect differently. Troubled Blood, written under Rowling’s pseudonym Robert Galbraith, was released Tuesday and sees detective Cormoran Strike work out what happened to missing GP Margot Bamborough. The … Read more
JK Rowling is embroiled in yet another trans row after it was revealed that the villain in her latest book is a male serial killer who dresses as a woman to slay his victims. Troubled Blood – written under Rowling’s pseudonym Robert Galbraith – is set to be released on September 15 and will see … Read more
More used to talking about war than fighting one, TV historian Neil Oliver says lately he has felt like he’s in ‘the Ypres Salient in the First World War’, fighting skirmish after skirmish. The area in Belgium was the scene of some of the Western Front’s fiercest battles and, recently, the 53-year-old presenter has found … Read more