Muggle Mail covers Halloween Happenings at Hogwarts, additional Potter plot holes and more scary moments from Chamber of Secrets and Deathly Hallows!
With Election Day upon us, this week’s main discussion focuses on Politics in the Wizarding World!
Neville Chamberlain & The Mitford Sisters: which historic figures do we think may have inspired certain characters in the Harry Potter series?
We discuss Nazi Germany’s connection to the plots of both Harry Potter and Fantastic Beasts
Government corruption: Cornelius Fudge, Lucius Malfoy and Dolores Umbridge
Why Hagrid’s arrest, Dumbledore’s banishment and Buckbeak’s execution defined Ministry interference and governmental abuse of power
How The Daily Prophet acts as state-influenced media
What problems do we think the wizarding government needs to address?
Why does The International Statute of Secrecy still exist?
Can we please banish Time Turners, Love Potions and Veritaserum already?
Could the political aspects of Harry Potter be one of the reasons we love the series so much?
The results are in from our “You Decide 2020 Minster of Magic” campaign! Find out who won: Hermione Granger, Aberforth Dumbledore, Kingsley Shacklebolt or Dolores Umbridge?
Quizzitch: Which Minister founded the Department of Magical Law Enforcement?
Chicken Soup For The MuggleCast Soul
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