For Greg Bennett, it's the second day in his new job as Transfiguration Professor at Hogwarts. There is work to be done before lessons start, however, with a new year's batch of muggle-borns to be readied for the wizarding world, and a tribe of cousins who must be met in order to do so.
 
 

It's less than a week until term time, and for the muggle-born boys, this means it's time to head for the Leaky Cauldron, and get the Galleons out...
 

11:00 - Friday 1 September, 2017. A last goodbye to family, and a first full step into the magical world: for better, or for worse, things are somewhat different when there are no adults around to watch your language,
 

There's a lot more to the History of Magic than dates, names and Goblin Rebellions. It's amazing what a competent teacher can do for a subject.
 

Needle (noun) a small, slender, rodlike instrument, usually of polished steel, with a sharp point at one end and an eye or hole for thread at the other.

Needle (verb) to prod or goad (someone) to a specified action; to tease
 

It's a long-held adage that you shouldn't believe everything you read in the papers... but how do you decide what you can - and can't - you trust when it's in front of you in black and white?
 
 

Sometimes people forget things because they simply don't want to remember. Other times, it's just slipped their minds. Sometimes, however, it's not down to you.
 

No matter what sport is being played, derby matches tend to bring up more than a few talking points for the following day's newspapers.

Quidditch is no exception.
 

If winning isn't everything, why do they keep the score? - Vince Lombardi
 

The Christmas holidays are approaching, both in the Muggle and Magical Worlds. The end of term is something that schoolboys on both sides of the divide have in common - but is there more than just the forthcoming festive break connecting the boys?
 

One way or another, this was a story that was always going to end up in St. Mungo's.
 
 

Rules are there to be followed... or broken. I can never remember which way around that sentence is meant to finish.
 

I would like to claim the prize for being the first author ever to use the word "karyotype" within an HPFF story.

‘Karyo-what?’ Harry blinked.

A few chapters ago, I became the first author to use the word "Karyotype" in an HPFF story. This time round, I wondered whether I'd become the first writer to send their characters to Swindon... but apparently plenty of other people have been equally heartless...

No magic roundabouts, I promise.

‘Full call tonight,’ Joshua explained. ‘Everyone who can be here has to be here. No chances when the Statute of Secrecy’s at stake.’