QUESTION: Do you make potions? ANSWER: In fairy tales and in video games, “potions” are drinks or liquids that have magical properties or give the drinker magic powers. Lots of fairy tales include ...

It’s a curious fact about Harry Potter’s magic that it doesn’t really look all that hard to do. You wiggle the wand, you say the words–“Lumos! Expelliarmus! Accio Car Keys!”–and if you’re not a Muggle ...

Standing hand in hand, they form a circle around a smooth black cauldron, their voices setting off a reverberating hum as they repeat, “Omm, omm, ommm.” Outside twilight is approaching. Inside the ...

Next week sees the UK and Ireland release of the CGI cartoon movie Asterix: The Secret Of The Magic Potion, based on Asterix, the most popular comic book in the world. The comic, created by the late ...