Voldemort

Today I caught sight of Voldemort.

I love the look on your face right now. It’s true, I did see him. On a bus, his pallid face looking straight at me, wand raised. It is advertisements like this that remind me that Harry Potter is a story – a very clever one, yes, but still a story.

I used to imagine that Rowling was committing a breach of magical law, that she was telling this story to us Muggles and would therefore have Fudge (or another equally incompetent Minister for Magic) on her heels for upending a long-held secrecy. I suppose this cannot really be real, but just in case she's in Azkaban between interviews –

Thanks, Joanne.