• Character Laurentia Fletwock was a breeder (and racer) of winged horses. She also campaigned to restrict travel by brooms (JKR, WoM). Read More
• Character Leonard Jewkes was the designer of the popular Silver Arrow broom (QA9). Unfortunately, he was unable to manufacture enough brooms to keep up with the demand (QA9). Read More
• Glossary a.k.a. The Tube – London’s underground train system, most of which runs deep beneath street level. U.S.: subway, but just to make things interesting, a “subway” in the U.K. – in London, at any rate – is a tunnel serving as a walkway under a busy street, and nothing to… Read More
• Muggle places The underground railway system in London is commonly referred to as the Underground or the “tube.” Though the names of the stations are never specified, Harry has taken the Underground three times: On Harry’s first trip to London, he and Hagrid took the underground from an unknown surface train station (likely Paddington, though there are… Read More