Any other blog that deigns to notice the Harry Potter frenzy in the media would give you a story about the queues, or a review written in the middle of last night. But this blog seeks to be a little less predictable than that. Going back a few days, here is an analysis of the whole series, dissecting what Rowling's books tell us about class, culture and identity.


Update to this post on 26 June (really testing new Blogger to the max!): Yesterday's Guardian featured a wonderful satirical piece by Rod Liddle in response to the above. Excellent.