A passion for Harry Potter - the books that taught a generation about friendship, courage and learning
It seems incredible to me that the first Harry Potter book was published 20 years ago. Of course, when the first book came out it stole quietly into the ether, yet to create the queues at midnight with people dressed as their favourite characters amid a frenzy to find out what fates befell those dwelling in the world JK Rowling had so deftly created.
It sounds trite to say that she has cast a magical spell over audiences young and old for 20 years and, yet, that is the truth. It’s easy to dismiss her work as children’s fantasy, as her bitter Twitter rival Piers Morgan often does, but the reason these books have captivated millions around the world is that her characters, though based in a fantasy land of wizards and witches, face the age-old battle between good and evil.
