Listen, I’m as bigger admirer as
most of all things ‘non-muggle’. I delight in the creativity of the stories and
the pleasure it gives my children to re-enact these adventures.
After a recent trip to the Warner
Bros Harry Potter studios, I was equally impressed with the tour and marvelled
at the work and detail that has gone into producing this magical world to the
screen, and was particularly entertained by Warwick Davis and Nick Dudman’s beautifully
comical guide to special effects.
However with all these things the
tour throws you out into the gift shop, and whilst you always attempt to
prepare yourself for the worst, my surprise at the merchandise prices was matched
only by my realisation that Professor Snape was one of the good guys.