… if you haven’t finished reading Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows as it contains tons of spoilers. But if you have, and you’re desperate to find out more of what happened after the book ended, here’s an exclusive interview with JK Rowling which ties up many of the loose ends.

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Over the last couple of days I’ve had several phone calls from family and friends checking to see how we are over the last week’s flooding. I’m pleased to report that we’ve been lucky. Very lucky. Living in Worcester (and Akra working near Tewkesbury) we seem to be slap bang in the middle of the [...]

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Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows arrived this morning. I have just finished it (12 hours after receipt) thanks to a very understanding husband and slightly bemused children. It didn’t disappoint. That’s all.

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My hand slipped. I bought this. See you at Christmas.

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And so we enter the last week of term. I can’t say that I’m not looking forward to the end of this one, to be honest, as it just seems to have been a constant time juggle throughout. What with various activities, potty training, the dropping of naps, terrible weather and lots of boundary pushing [...]

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Actively procrastinating again? Well I’ve found just the game for you: Bloxorz – guaranteed to vanish a few hours of your time. It takes a little time to load, but it’s worth the wait. The premise is deceptively simple – just manoeuvre the block into the little hole at the end of the course. Only [...]

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You know how, if you’re putting your child in time out, they’re supposed to spend one minute for each year of their life in their room? So a three year old will get three minutes time out for bad behaviour? Well, I’m 33… the kids are driving me nuts… and I really fancy finishing off [...]

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