title: Ramanathaswamy Temple

text: The temple is maintained and administered by the Hindu Religious and Charitable Endowments Department of the Government of Tamil Nadu. The temple comes under the renovation and consecration of the 630 temples planned by the Hindu Religious and Charitable Endowments Department of the Government of Tamil Nadu. Temple authorities had planned to renovate and widen the pathways to the 22 holy "theerthams" of the temple. The consecration of the temple was planned during 2013. The temple is among those offering free meals under the Free Meals Scheme of the government, which provides meals to devotees of the temple. A pilgrim house is planned by the government to extend the scheme to more pilgrims.


title: Samantha Barks

text: Samantha Jane Barks (born 2 October 1990) is a Manx actress and singer who rose to fame after placing third in the BBC talent show-themed television series "I'd Do Anything" in 2008. She has released three studio albums: "Looking in Your Eyes" (2007), "Samantha Barks" (2016), and "Into the Unknown" (2021), and made her film debut as Éponine in the Tom Hooper-directed "Les Misérables" in 2012. Her performance in the film won her the Empire Award for Best Female Newcomer and a shared National Board of Review Award with the film's cast.


title: Samantha Barks

text: Barks starred opposite Jonathan Bailey in the Disney Channel musical-comedy "Groove High" (2012–2013) and again, in the London revival of the musical "The Last Five Years" in 2016. In 2018, she originated the role of Vivian Ward in "" on Broadway. Since 2021, she plays Elsa in the West End production of "Frozen."


title: Samantha Barks

text: Barks was born and brought up in Laxey on the Isle of Man. She attended Laxey Primary School in Laxey and St Ninian's High School, Douglas before moving to London to study A levels at The Arts Educational Schools (ArtsEd) in Chiswick. Her first non-industry job was working at River Island. Barks began dancing at the age of three, training in ballet, modern and tap with Dancers Barre, then Stagecoach Isle of Man, Theatrix, Stage One Drama School and the Manx Ballet Company.


title: Samantha Barks

text: In April 2007, Barks released her debut album, "Looking in Your Eyes", which sold around 600 copies. The album featured several songs which she co-wrote and was released on the independent label Brunswick Studios. She performed at the Peel Bay Festival in June 2007 supporting Matt Willis and the Sugababes, which also saw appearances by Madness and The Who. In December 2007, Barks represented the Isle of Man in the Maltese International Song Competition where she won the main prize of €2000 and the title of Best Foreign Singer. She sang the song "Nothing Else" from her album and "Play On", a hit song in Malta.


title: Samantha Barks

text: In 2008, Barks competed in "I'd Do Anything" in which she was one of the finalists in a search for a new, unknown lead to play Nancy in a West End revival of the British musical "Oliver!". She reached the final where she finished third.


title: Samantha Barks

text: On 29 April 2008, at the midpoint of the competition, Tourism Minister Adrian Earnshaw renamed the Isle of Man to be the "Isle of Sam" as a sign of support. Welcoming signs at Ronaldsway Airport and Douglas Sea Terminal were changed after a renaming ceremony.


title: Samantha Barks

text: In week eight of the show, Barks performed "Defying Gravity" from the musical "Wicked" and in the week leading up to the show she received support from American actress Idina Menzel, who achieved fame for her performance of the song as Elphaba, the Wicked Witch of the West in "Wicked".


title: Samantha Barks

text: In week nine, Barks received the lowest number of public votes and so had to participate in the sing-off with Rachel Tucker. They sang "Memory" from the musical "Cats". Andrew Lloyd Webber chose to save Barks and eliminate Tucker saying, "Last night Cameron and I were both saying that we thought both of you would be fantastic Nancys and now here am I faced with this. But I've got to make a decision and I've got to think of where the show ultimately for Cameron is going to go and I think I have to go with you, Samantha."


title: Samantha Barks

text: In the week leading up to the two part final on 31 May, the Nancy finalists posed for publicity pictures recreating some of Madonna's iconic images. Each Nancy also had a "Master Class" with Liza Minnelli in London.


title: Samantha Barks

text: At the end of part one of the final, Barks was announced as finishing third with Andrew Lloyd Webber saying, "Do you know what, I did think this would happen. But you've done so well to have got this far, Samantha." Barks said, "It's been the most amazing experience of my life. Thanks to everyone and the panel for making it so incredible."


title: Samantha Barks

text: In June 2008, one month after "I'd Do Anything" ended, Barks sang the Isle of Man National Anthem "O Land Of Our Birth" on Senior Race day of the Isle of Man TT to begin the races. Barks was then announced to play the lead role of Sally Bowles in the UK tour of "Cabaret" from 29 August 2008 to 11 July 2009. Barks performed alongside her "I’d Do Anything" cast-mates Sarah Lark and Jodie Prenger at the Theatregoers Choice Awards in February 2009. Toward the end of her run with "Cabaret", Barks put on her own concert, "An Audience with Sam Barks", at the Villa Marina on the Isle of Man on 3 January 2009 to thank those that supported her during her time on "I'd Do Anything" and to thank those that have continued to support her.


title: Samantha Barks

text: Barks launched the new Manx Ship, the "Caly Manx", in Shanghai, China on 30 September 2009. Barks, along with Wendy Craig and Jess Conrad, switched on the Christmas Lights in Windsor's town centre on 21 November 2009. Barks officially launched BreastHealth UK's new clinic at the Spire Thames Valley Hospital in Wexham on 27 November 2009. She played the title role in "Aladdin" during the Christmas Pantomime Season 2009/10 at the Theatre Royal, Windsor.


title: Samantha Barks

text: Barks starred as Éponine in the London production of "Les Misérables" at the Queen's Theatre from 21 June 2010 to 18 June 2011. Barks was chosen to play Éponine in the at the O2 Arena on 3 October 2010 by Cameron Mackintosh, after he saw her play the role in her opening night at the Queens Theatre, in London's West End.


title: Samantha Barks

text: Also in 2010, Barks resumed her music career by releasing a song called "Let Go", which she co-wrote with Garry Lake. The single debuted in 2010, but received an official release in 2011 through the independent label Flour Records. Barks promoted the song with a live performance on SB.TV. Barks performed the song at Stuart Matthew Price and James Yeoburn's benefit concert for Dress Circle, the Dress Circle Benefit Gala, on 7 August 2011 at Her Majesty's Theatre and the song was later included on the tribute compilation album "Standing Ovation: A CD Tribute to Dress Circle" which was released on 17 August 2011.


title: Samantha Barks

text: Barks began 2011 with a starring role in the concert "Direct From the West End". Run by a company called "Musical Ovation Ltd" set up by Scott Garnham and Martin Neely, the concert was performed for three nights—23 January in York, 6 February in Oxford and 13 February 2011 in Windsor. The concert featured two hours of songs from popular West End musicals. On 27 February 2011, Barks performed in the concert The Songs of Bobby Cronin at the New Players Theatre.


title: Samantha Barks

text: On 20 March, Barks performed in "Stars of the West End Sing the Songs of Steven Luke Walker" at Charing Cross Theatre. Barks performed "On My Own" at the Classical Brits 2011 at The Royal Albert Hall on 12 May 2011.


title: Samantha Barks

text: Barks performed in a concert at the Battersea Barge in London on 21 August 2011, singing works by British composer/lyricists Laurence Mark Wythe, Grant Olding, Dougal Irvine and Tim Sutton. She performed with fellow West End stars Stephen Ashfield, Annalene Beechey and George Ure. Barks performed the Grand Final anthem "Jerusalem" for the Engage Super League Grand Final at Old Trafford on 8 October 2011.


title: Samantha Barks

text: Barks starred as Zoe, opposite Jonathan Bailey's character Tom, in the Disney Channel television series "Groove High", a mixture of live-action and animation, which premiered on the Disney Channel UK 10 November 2012. The first season lasted 26 episodes and has been sold to broadcasters across the world. Barks recorded her voice for the series in April 2010, with live-action filming completed in Ireland a year and a half later in October 2011.


title: Samantha Barks

text: During an interview in January 2011 Samantha said this of "Groove High": "I play Zoe, one of the leads who is really sweet, but also a little feisty, she tells it like it is and doesn't take any rubbish from anybody. It's great because I also get to do a lot of singing for the show."


title: Samantha Barks

text: Barks starred as Nancy in the UK tour of "Oliver!" from 10 December 2011 to 1 April 2012. Barks had planned to perform the entire tour, but temporarily left the tour on 1 April to film "Les Miserables". She was replaced on the tour by Cat Simmons.


title: Samantha Barks

text: Barks reprised her role as Éponine and made her film debut in the 2012 film adaptation of "Les Misérables". She learned the news from Cameron Mackintosh during an "Oliver!" curtain call. During filming for "Les Misérables", Barks recorded the song "Defective" for the album "Scott Alan Live" which was released in December 2012. In June 2012, just days after completing "Les Misérables", Barks returned to the UK tour of "Oliver!" for two weeks at the Edinburgh Playhouse. On 24 June 2012, Barks performed in a "Little Women" charity concert at the Playhouse Theatre in London.


title: Samantha Barks

text: On 13 October 2012, Barks performed at the Indoor Garden Party concert in New York City's Gramercy Theatre. The concert was part of a concert series created by Russell Crowe and Alan Doyle. Barks performed at another Indoor Garden Party concert at New York City's Joe's Pub on 8 December. In early November 2012, Barks briefly returned to the "Oliver!" UK tour at the Grand Theatre, Leeds. Barks permanently returned to the "Oliver! UK tour" on 12 December at Bord Gáis Energy Theatre in Ireland and continued with the tour until 20 February 2013 at the Bristol Hippodrome. She left the show early in order to head to Los Angeles for rehearsals with fellow "Les Mis" co-stars for their cast performance at the Oscars on 24 February 2013. Her rendition of "On My Own" from "Les Miserables" reached number 97 on the "Billboard" Hot 100, and number 43 in the UK, being her first entry on each chart.


title: Samantha Barks

text: On 11 February 2013, Barks won Best Breakthrough Performance at the Elle Style Awards. Barks performed with her co-stars from the film "Les Miserables" at the 85th Academy Awards ceremony on 24 February 2013. Immediately after the Oscars, Barks flew to the Isle of Man to begin work on her second film, "The Christmas Candle". In March 2013, Barks took part in the television special "Andrew Lloyd Webber: 40 Musical Years" for ITV, performing "Another Suitcase in Another Hall" in honor of Andrew Lloyd Webber. In June 2013, Barks performed at The Recording Academy Honors. The same month, Barks took part in the one-night only "24 Hour Plays" at the Broad Stage Theater in Santa Monica, California.


title: Samantha Barks

text: Barks played the role of Velma Kelly in the 2013 production of "Chicago" at the Hollywood Bowl in July 2013. In late 2013, Barks starred as the romantic lead in "The Devil's Harvest", a film scheduled to be released in 2014, and co-starring Max Irons and Barry Pepper. In October 2013, Barks played the part of Jules in the private workshop production of a potential musical of "Bend It Like Beckham" with a score by Howard Goodall, lyrics by Charles Hart, and book by Gurinder Chadha and Paul Mayeda Berges.


title: Samantha Barks

text: Barks had a role in "Dracula Untold", which was released on 10 October 2014. She portrayed Baba Yaga, an angelic woman who turns into an evil witch; however, her scenes were cut from the film.


title: Samantha Barks

text: In 2014, Barks was cast in the ensemble drama "A Hundred Streets" and announced she would be returning to West End theatre in the revival of "City of Angels" directed by Josie Rourke with musical direction by Gareth Valentine and choreography by Stephen Mear.


title: Samantha Barks

text: In July 2015, Barks began rehearsing for the world premiere of "Amélie, A New Musical" at the Berkeley Repertory Theatre in California. The show opened on 29 August and had its run extended to 18 October.


title: Samantha Barks

text: In January 2016, it was announced that Barks was cast in the movie musical "Strike!". Also, in February 2016, it was announced that she would star in the drama "Interlude in Prague".


title: Samantha Barks

text: In 2016, Barks and her "Groove High" co-star Jonathan Bailey reunited as the leads in Off-West End production of "The Last Five Years" at St. James Theatre from 27 October to 3 December 2016. She joined director Jason Robert Brown again for a one-off concert of his musical, "Honeymoon in Vegas", at the London Palladium on 12 March 2017, starring alongside Arthur Darvill.


title: Samantha Barks

text: Barks has continued her music career playing at various venues around the UK since her album release. Following her self-titled album release on 10 June 2016, she launched her first solo tour around the UK to promote and perform songs from her album at 13 venues. She performed live in concert at Mayflower Theatre in Southampton alongside guest singer Kerry Ellis on 20 May 2017.


title: Samantha Barks

text: Barks made her American solo concert debut with four dates at Feinstein's/54 Below in New York City in July 2017.


title: Samantha Barks

text: In September 2017, it was announced that Barks would be playing the role of Vivian (played by Julia Roberts in the film) in the stage musical "". The musical premiered at Chicago's Oriental Theatre in March 2018, before transferring to Broadway in July 2018. "Pretty Woman" marked her Broadway debut.


title: Samantha Barks

text: On 5 December 2019, Barks was cast as Elsa in the West End production of "Frozen", beginning in August 2021.


title: Samantha Barks

text: Barks spent several weeks in March and April 2022 presenting the Elaine Paige on Sunday radio show on BBC Radio 2.


title: Samantha Barks

text: Barks is a vegetarian. On February 1, 2021, she became engaged to actor Alex Michael Stoll, whom she met while they were both in the Broadway production of "Pretty Woman".


title: Places in Harry Potter

text: J. K. Rowling's "Harry Potter" universe contains numerous settings for the events in her fantasy novels. These locations are categorised as a dwelling, school, shopping district, or government-affiliated locale.


title: Places in Harry Potter

text: The Weasleys' home, known as the Burrow, is located outside the village of Ottery St Catchpole which is situated alongside the River Otter in Devon, England, also near the home of the Lovegoods, the Diggorys and the Fawcetts. The Burrow was used as the Order of the Phoenix's headquarters, due to the compromised Fidelius Charm placed on 12 Grimmauld Place, in "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows" until it lost its given protection. The Weasley house has seven floors. It is also quite dilapidated, managing to remain standing only by magic. Despite the house's rundown appearance, Harry remarks on his first visit that it was the best house he had ever been in and it becomes his second favourite place in the world (after Hogwarts). The well-hidden orchard nearby doubles as a Quidditch pitch for the Weasley children. A multitude of garden gnomes infests the garden of the Burrow. There is also a small hangar located there that Arthur Weasley uses as a workshop to tinker with muggle items that he brings home (much to Mrs. Weasley's chagrin). In 1997, The Burrow became the headquarters of the Order of Phoenix after the death of the Hogwarts Headmaster, Albus Dumbledore.


title: Places in Harry Potter

text: In "Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets", the Burrow was described as a pig-sty that had extra rooms added to it. When a new child was born, Molly and Arthur Weasley just added an extra room onto the house. Outside the front door were a jumble of Wellington boots and a rusty old cauldron.


title: Places in Harry Potter

text: Godric's Hollow is a fictional village, where Lily and James Potter lived with their young son Harry, located in the West Country of England. It is noted for being home to a magical community like several other villages such as Ottery St Catchpole and Tinworth. The village was the home and final hiding place of James and Lily Potter before being murdered by Lord Voldemort. It was at this place that their baby son, Harry, was left with his lightning bolt-shaped scar.


title: Places in Harry Potter

text: Godric's Hollow was the home of long-dead Hogwarts founder Godric Gryffindor (after whom the village was named) and the home of James Potter's family. In "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows", Harry returns to Godric's Hollow to visit his parents' graves, finding out that the church graveyard is the resting place for many wizard personalities, including a member of Hannah Abbott's family and, most famously, Ignotus Peverell and the Potters. Albus Dumbledore's mother Kendra moved her family to Godric's Hollow after her husband, Percival, was arrested for attacking three Muggle boys. Other notable residents of the village include Bowman Wright (inventor of the Golden Snitch) and Bathilda Bagshot, author of "A History of Magic".


title: Places in Harry Potter

text: At the centre of the village square of Godric's Hollow, there is a war memorial that magically transforms into a monument to the Potter family – James, Lily, and Harry – when approached by witches and/or wizards unaccompanied by Muggles. Invisible to Muggles, the remains of Harry's old home (left just as it was after Voldemort attacked) are found at the end of the main street.


title: Places in Harry Potter

text: After Percival Dumbledore's arrest in Mould-on-the-Wold for cursing two muggles who had bullied his daughter Ariana, the Dumbledore family moved to Godric's Hollow. It was there that Bathilda Bagshot introduced Albus Dumbledore to her great-nephew Gellert Grindelwald.


title: Places in Harry Potter

text: Little Hangleton is a fictional Muggle village some 200 miles from Little Whinging notable as the place of origin of Voldemort's maternal and paternal ancestors, and as the place where he was restored to bodily form in "Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire". Although the village first appears in "Goblet of Fire", the fourth volume in the series, it is not described until "Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince", the sixth volume.


title: Places in Harry Potter

text: The village occupies the floor of a valley, bounded by steep hills, not far from the larger settlement of Great Hangleton. Above the village on one side of the valley are a church, a cemetery and the Riddle House, the former estate of the aristocratic Riddle family and at one time the finest house in the village. It first appears in the opening of "Goblet of Fire" as the location of Frank Bryce's murder; and at this point in the chronology of the "Harry Potter" series, it is decrepit and covered in vines. It is believed to be held by a "rich man" for tax purposes, although this is in reality to keep it from being sold or torn down.


title: Places in Harry Potter

text: On the opposite side of the valley, the only dwelling appears to have been the dilapidated cottage which was the home of the Pure-blooded, anti-social descendants of Salazar Slytherin, the Gaunt family. The Gaunt cottage is set in a copse alongside a winding road which climbed out of the valley. In "Goblet of Fire", Voldemort and Harry fight in the graveyard of Little Hangleton.


title: Places in Harry Potter

text: Little Whinging is a fictitious town in Surrey, England, located to the south of London. Alison Lurie noted in the "New York Review of Books" that Little Whinging's name is "a joke that American readers may not get: we [Americans] would call the place Little Whining".


title: Places in Harry Potter

text: Number 4, Privet Drive, Little Whinging, is the Dursleys' home, in which Harry lives with his aunt Petunia, uncle Vernon, and cousin Dudley. He has lived there since the age of fifteen months, having previously lived with his parents in Godric's Hollow; however, since he began attending Hogwarts, he spends little time there, though he reluctantly returns during the summer holidays. Number 4 is known to have four bedrooms upstairs, at least one bathroom, a kitchen, a sitting room and a conservatory downstairs (apart from the cupboard under the stairs).


title: Places in Harry Potter

text: The name of the street refers to the privet hedges that enclose many suburban gardens, as Rowling liked the idea of enclosure. In the novels and films, the Dursleys' home is in a respectable and boring neighbourhood where the neighbours ostracise Harry, who despises Little Whinging because of his memories of his cruel treatment there. Arabella Figg, who lives two streets away from 4 Privet Drive in the novels (but just across the road in the films) knows of Harry's magic, because she is a Squib member of the Order of the Phoenix, placed in Little Whinging by Dumbledore to keep an eye on Harry. In "Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix", Dumbledore reveals that the reason Harry must return there at least once a year is because of the protection Harry's mother left upon him when she gave her life to save him. That act allowed an "ancient magic" to work, which meant Harry could never be harmed as long as he lived in the care of his mother's blood; in this case, his Aunt Petunia. This charm would not expire until Harry turned 17.


title: Places in Harry Potter

text: Other mentioned places in Little Whinging are Magnolia Crescent somewhat around the corner and a playground at a bit of a distance to Privet Drive which before Harry's fifth year has been partially demolished by Dudley and his gang.


title: Places in Harry Potter

text: Filming for Privet Drive in "Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone" took place in a real urban area, 12 Picket Post Close, Bracknell in Berkshire, located 25 miles (40 km) west of London. For all the subsequent film's scenes set in Privet Drive, filming took place on a constructed set in Leavesden Film Studios (replicating 12 Picket Post Close), which proved to be cheaper than filming on location. This standing set, which remained in use throughout the decade-long filming history of the Harry Potter films, remains visible in Google Maps aerial views of the studio. It sits in a location with other "Harry Potter" sets and props.


title: Places in Harry Potter

text: Malfoy Manor is the home of the aristocratic Malfoy family: Lucius, Narcissa, their son Draco Malfoy and later Bellatrix Lestrange (sister of Narcissa). It is mentioned in the fifth book that the manor is located somewhere in Wiltshire, England. The Malfoys were previously served by Dobby the house elf, before Lucius was tricked by Harry into freeing him.. It is considered to be one of the richest properties in the wizarding world.


title: Places in Harry Potter

text: In the "Chamber of Secrets", Draco reveals that the manor has its own "chamber of secrets" under the drawing room, which was used to hide valuable dark artefacts when the Ministry raided the manor. Voldemort used Malfoy Manor as headquarters on at least one occasion in "Deathly Hallows". The three Malfoys seemed quite displeased by this use of their manor as Voldemort himself noted; only Bellatrix appears to be pleased he is there. The Malfoys have become prisoners in their own home and are in very real fear for their lives. During the "Deathly Hallows", several prisoners are being kept in the basement on Voldemort's orders, including Luna Lovegood, Dean Thomas, Griphook the Goblin, and Mr. Ollivander. When Snatchers capture Harry, Ron, and Hermione, they are brought to Malfoy Manor. They escape with the other prisoners thanks to Dobby's help. The four residents of the manor are then placed under house arrest by Lord Voldemort, until they join with other Death Eaters in the Battle of Hogwarts.


title: Places in Harry Potter

text: Number 12, Grimmauld Place (a pun on "grim old place"), London is the address and name of reference to the home of the Black family, an ancient and pure-blooded line of wizards. It first appears in the fifth book. The structure of Number 12 Grimmauld Place is a Georgian terraced house.


title: Places in Harry Potter

text: Number 12 houses the Black family tree on a wall tapestry, and an enchanted portrait of Walburga Black, Sirius' mother. An ancient and deeply mad house-elf named Kreacher is loyal to the portrait of Mrs. Black. There are other portraits of members of the Black family, including Phineas Nigellus Black, one-time Head of the Black family and least-popular Headmaster of Hogwarts. The staircase is lined with the heads of beheaded former house-elves, which are mounted onto the walls.


title: Places in Harry Potter

text: Many security measures are in place at Grimmauld Place: there are anti-apparation charms, the place is Unplottable, the whole house is under a Fidelius charm and it is disguised from Muggles and other interlopers. In the seventh book, it is noted that the neighbours had long ago come to terms with the houses on their square running straight from 11 to 13. It is as secure as any magical dwelling can be and can accommodate a large number of people. For this reason, it was chosen as the headquarters of the reconstituted Order of the Phoenix when Sirius offered it to the Order. Only magical people can see it, and only if told the location by the Secret Keeper himself. The house is even immune from the 'Taboo' imposed by the Ministry of Magic after the coup d'état. This is known because Hermione Granger mentions Voldemort by name at least once whilst inside the house.


title: Places in Harry Potter

text: The house fell into disrepair during Sirius' twelve-year imprisonment in Azkaban. Following his escape, he returned to it in the fifth book to discover that it was now a gloomy and unpleasant ruin teeming with dust, decay, magical creatures, and various dangers. Harry, Ron, Hermione, and various members of the Order gradually restore it to a livable condition over the course of this book. In "Half-Blood Prince", Harry learns that he has inherited the property under the terms of Sirius' will, although he donates it to the Order (wanting no connection to the place where Sirius felt trapped and useless before his death).


title: Places in Harry Potter

text: In "Deathly Hallows", it becomes a sanctuary for Harry, Ron, and Hermione while hiding from Voldemort. As the three attempt to escape the Ministry of Magic by Disapparating, Corban Yaxley seizes hold of Hermione and is transported along with them to 12 Grimmauld Place. This action breaks the Fidelius Charm on the house, allowing Voldemort's forces to know its location and forcing Harry and his friends to abandon it.


title: Places in Harry Potter

text: Shell Cottage is the home of Bill Weasley and Fleur Delacour after they get married in "Deathly Hallows". It is located overlooking a beach outside the village of Tinworth in Cornwall. The cottage served as a hiding place for Harry, Ron, Hermione, Luna, Dean Thomas, Mr. Ollivander and Griphook after they managed to escape from imprisonment in Malfoy Manor. Dobby the house-elf was buried in the garden after he died with a tombstone reading "Here lies Dobby, a free elf". During the war, Bill himself was the Secret-Keeper for Bill and Fleur.


title: Places in Harry Potter

text: The Shell Cottage scenes were filmed on Freshwater West beach in the Pembrokeshire Coast National Park, Wales.


title: Places in Harry Potter

text: Spinner's End is a Muggle street, on which sits a house that is the home of Severus Snape. It is described as one of several streets of identical brick houses. The street is located near a dirty river, the bank of which is strewn with litter. A mill with a tall chimney is close by. From the description of its surroundings it is likely that this is the house Severus Snape grew up in, thus making the place the fictitious town of Cokeworth.


title: Places in Harry Potter

text: Snape's front door opens directly into a sitting room that has the feeling of a dark, padded cell, containing walls filled with books, threadbare furniture, and a dim, candle-filled lamp that hangs from the ceiling. A hidden door leads to a narrow staircase. Spinner's End first appears in "Half-Blood Prince", when Snape is visited by Bellatrix Lestrange and Narcissa Malfoy. In "Deathly Hallows", it is revealed that Snape lived at Spinner's End as a young child and that Lily Potter and Petunia Dursley lived in the same town.


title: Places in Harry Potter

text: The Beauxbatons Academy of Magic () is a magic school first introduced in "Goblet of Fire". Beauxbatons has a history that goes back at least 700 years, when it first began participating in the Triwizard Tournament. Beauxbâtons is described as a boarding school located in the Pyrenees mountains of southern France full of ice sculptures and forest nymphs. The phrase "beaux bâtons" is intended to translate as "beautiful wands" in French.


title: Places in Harry Potter

text: Beauxbatons has a preponderance of French students, though Spanish, Portuguese, Dutch, Luxembourgians and Belgians also attend in large numbers. The delegation is led by headmistress Madame Olympe Maxime, a half-giantess; despite her proportions, she is beautiful, graceful, and well-dressed. Also singled out is Fleur Delacour, the Beauxbâtons champion in the Triwizard Tournament, a beautiful girl with silvery hair who is a quarter-veela.


title: Places in Harry Potter

text: Students of Beauxbâtons are described mainly as beautiful long-haired girls and attractive boys. They have good manners and in general are positive. Students from Beauxbâtons arrive at Hogwarts to take part in the Triwizard Tournament. They arrive in a carriage, brought by winged Palomino horses.


title: Places in Harry Potter

text: They speak French and stereotypical, heavily accented English. Jean-François Ménard, the translator of "Harry Potter" into French, wrote Madame Maxime as arrogant with very correct, aristocratic speech, while Fleur's tone was more distrustful. Ménard made these choices because "you cannot write French with a French accent".


title: Places in Harry Potter

text: In the screen adaptation "Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire", Beauxbâtons students are all female, while in the books it is co-educational.


title: Places in Harry Potter

text: The contrast between Beauxbâtons and Hogwarts can be interpreted as an allusion to the competition between the reasonable and decent Great Britain and the licentious and decadent France.


title: Places in Harry Potter

text: Castelobruxo ( ) is the South American school of magic, based in Brazil. The exact location of the school is unknown as of yet, but is said to appear to Muggles (non-magic folk) as nothing more than ruins. To magic folk, it resembles a golden temple.


title: Places in Harry Potter

text: The school is guarded by small mischievous magical creatures called Caipora. The school's specialties are Magizoology and Herbology. The student attire is green robes. Famous alumni of the school include Libatius Borage (author of multiple potions books) and João Coelho (captain of a professional Quidditch team.)


title: Places in Harry Potter

text: In "Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire", Ron mentions that his brother Bill had a penfriend at this school.


title: Places in Harry Potter

text: The Durmstrang Institute for Magical Learning is a magic school that makes its first appearance in "Goblet of Fire". The school has existed for at least 700 years, when they began participating in the Triwizard Tournament. Dumbledore welcomes Durmstrang's students as "our friends from the North", and J. K. Rowling is said to have located the school somewhere in Northern Scandinavia. Durmstrang students wear heavy furs with blood-red robes. The students of Durmstrang mentioned by name are Russians and Bulgarians. Durmstrang is portrayed as an all-boys school in the film, but according to the book, it is co-ed. Several female students are mentioned, though not by name.


title: Places in Harry Potter

text: Durmstrang is known for placing an emphasis on the study of the Dark Arts. While other schools of magic in the series limit the study to "Defence Against the Dark Arts", Durmstrang students actually learn them. In "Deathly Hallows", it is revealed that the Dark wizard Gellert Grindelwald attended Durmstrang. He also carved the symbol of the Deathly Hallows onto the school's stone walls. Although Durmstrang teaches the Dark Arts as part of its curriculum, apparently the experiments performed by Grindelwald were considered too extreme even by the school's standards as he was expelled because of them.


title: Places in Harry Potter

text: The name "Durmstrang" is likely to be an allusion to the German phrase "Sturm und Drang" meaning "storm and stress".


title: Places in Harry Potter

text: The contrast between Durmstrang and Hogwarts can be interpreted as an allusion to the war of the West with the bad from the East, as described in the gothic fiction of the fourteenth century.


title: Places in Harry Potter

text: Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry is a British school of magic for students aged eleven to seventeen, and is the primary setting for the first six books in J. K. Rowling's "Harry Potter" series.


title: Places in Harry Potter

text: Ilvermorny School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, shortened Ilvermorny, is an American school of magic, which serves as the school for the North American continent. It first appeared in a short story by J. K. Rowling on Pottermore on June 28, 2016, and its first onscreen mention was in "Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them". The school was founded in the seventeenth century in Adams, Massachusetts, on Mount Greylock, the highest natural point in the state. It is concealed from the non-magic world by enchantments which may sometimes appear as a cloud surrounding the peak. Modeled after Hogwarts, the school has four Houses into which the students are sorted upon arrival.


title: Places in Harry Potter

text: Ilvermorny was founded by Isolt Sayre after she travelled from Ireland via England to North America on the "Mayflower" in 1620 and named after the cottage in which she had been born. She had not had the opportunity to attend Hogwarts during her childhood, and partially modelled Ilvermorny after what she had heard of Hogwarts, as well as her own imagination. Her first students were her own adopted children, Chadwick and Webster Boot.


title: Places in Harry Potter

text: Ilvermorny is divided into four houses: Thunderbird, Horned Serpent, Pukwudgie, and Wampus, each said to represent a different part of the ideal wizard. The names were chosen by Isolt Sayre and her family after their favourite magical creatures. Chadwick being "intelligent but also temperamental" chose the Thunderbird, his brother Webster "argumentative and fiercely loyal" chose the Wampus. Isolt herself was a Parselmouth and chose the Horned Serpent, and her No-Maj (Muggle or non-magical) husband James Steward picked the Pukwudgie, since Isolt's stories about one made him laugh. Ilvermorny has no house colours, but every student wears blue and cranberry robes, fastened by a gold Gordian Knot.


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text: The Sorting process is also different to that of Hogwarts. Unlike Hogwarts, more than one Ilvermorny house can claim a student; when two or more carvings react, the student is entitled to choose their house.


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text: Uagadou is the oldest of several African wizarding schools, and the largest in the entire world. Its address is 'Mountains of the Moon'. Students are informed of their acceptance to the school by Dream Messengers.


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text: Mahoutokoro is the smallest wizarding school, and is situated in Japan. Students wear with enchanted robes, which grow in size with the wearer, and change colour in response to the wearer's increased magic knowledge, from faint pink to gold.


title: Places in Harry Potter

text: Diagon Alley is a high street located in London. It is accessible to the wizarding world, to which it is something of an economic hub, but hidden from Muggles (non-magical people). However, Muggles are allowed access to it if they need to accompany their Muggle-born magical children. If a wizard or witch needs something, chances are that it can be found in Diagon Alley.


title: Places in Harry Potter

text: One entrance to Diagon Alley can be reached on foot by passing through the Leaky Cauldron (a wizarding pub/inn). The inn, which is invisible to Muggles, lies in between a bookshop and a music shop. To enter Diagon Alley, one must go through the Leaky Cauldron to a rear courtyard and tap a brick in the wall, found by counting three up and two across, three times. In the film, the tapping of five bricks around a hole in the wall opens the doorway to Diagon Alley. Given the busy nature of the area, travelling to and from Diagon Alley is likely typically done by more magical means such as Apparition or by using the Floo Network, which are both ways of wizarding transport. It contains shops that offer a wide range of magical supplies, as well as the goblin-run Gringotts Bank.


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text: The DVD of "Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets" includes a video "guided tour" of Diagon Alley, apparently shot on the original film sets. In the first film, the Leaky Cauldron's entrance was filmed in "Bull's Head Passage", near Leadenhall Market. In the sixth film, it was inserted into the actual Charing Cross Road, between a book store and a surveyors' storefront.


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text: The name Diagon Alley is a near homophone of the word "diagonally", which is used as a plot device when Harry mispronounces the phrase near the beginning of the second book.


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text: Eeylops Owl Emporium sells owls and supplies such as owl treats and cages. Inside, it is dark and full of soft hooting, rustling, and the flickering of "jewel-bright eyes". It is here that Rubeus Hagrid purchased Harry's snowy owl, Hedwig, as a birthday gift in "The Philosopher's Stone".


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text: Florean Fortescue's Ice Cream Parlour, under the management of the owner Florean Fortescue (founder and shopkeeper), sold ice cream and other treats, which could be enjoyed at outdoor tables. Harry spent pleasant hours there working on homework assignments before his third year at Hogwarts in "Prisoner of Azkaban". Mr Fortescue himself helped him with his school essays and supplied him with free sundaes every half-hour. Nearing the end of the summer holidays, Harry meets Ron and Hermione there. In "the Half-Blood Prince" the parlour is boarded up and Fortescue has gone missing. Rowling confirmed that Florean was murdered.


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text: Flourish & Blotts sells a great variety of magic books, including textbooks for Hogwarts courses and other books of general magical interest. In the back there is a corner devoted solely to divination, which includes a small table stacked with titles like "Predicting the Unpredictable: Insulate Yourself against Shocks" and "Broken Balls: When Fortunes Turn Foul". Another small display contains the book "Death Omens: What to Do When You Know the Worst is Coming".


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text: Usually, there is a display of gold-embossed spell books the size of paving slabs in the window, but in "Prisoner of Azkaban", the front window holds an iron cage filled with hundreds of copies of "The Monster Book of Monsters". To deal with the vicious books, set for the third year Care of Magical Creatures class by Hagrid, the harassed manager had to gear up with thick gloves and jab at them with a knobbly walking stick, as the books tended to rip each other apart. The manager says that he had thought he had seen the worst when they bought 200 copies of "The Invisible Book of Invisibility", which were promptly misplaced.


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text: In "Chamber of Secrets", celebrity author Gilderoy Lockhart signs copies of his autobiography, "Magical Me", at the shop the day Harry buys his second year school books. The signing drew a huge crowd of fans (mostly middle-aged women). This is also where Lucius Malfoy slips Tom Riddle's diary into Ginny's battered old Transfiguration book, thus causing the start of the events in "Chamber of Secrets".


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text: Gambol and Japes is a wizarding joke shop. It is briefly mentioned in "Chamber of Secrets", where Fred, George and Lee Jordan stock up on "Dr Filibuster's Fabulous Wet-Start, No-Heat Fireworks".


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text: Gringotts Wizarding Bank is the only known bank of the wizarding world and it is operated primarily by goblins. A snowy white building, near the intersection of Knockturn Alley and Diagon Alley, Gringotts towers over all neighbouring shops. Customers pass through a set of bronze doors and then silver ones before entering the lobby. The main floor is paved with marble and has a long counter stretching along its length, behind which goblin clerks work at tasks such as counting coins and updating account ledgers. Within, wizards and witches keep their money and other valuables in vaults that are protected by very complex and very strong security measures. The vaults extend for miles under London and are accessible through rough stone passageways navigated by magic carts that travel speedily along their tracks. Gringotts also offers Muggle-Wizarding currency exchange.


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text: When Harry first visits Gringotts, he is told by Hagrid that one would have to be mad to try to rob Gringotts. Goblins are extremely possessive and will protect their money and valuables at any cost, making them ideal guardians for the valuables of the wizarding world. In addition, according to Hagrid, apart from Hogwarts, Gringotts is considered "the safest place in the world for anything you want to keep safe".


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text: There are a number of methods of opening the vaults. Most vaults, such as Harry's, use small golden keys. Higher-security vaults may have various enchantments or other measures upon the doors. For example, the door to Vault 713, which briefly contained the Philosopher's Stone, must be stroked by a certified Gringotts goblin, whereupon it melts away to allow access to the contents. If anyone other than a certified Gringotts goblin touches the door, that person will be sucked into the vault, which is only checked for trapped thieves about once every 10 years. Dragons guard the maximum-security vaults found in the lowest reaches of the bank, and a subterranean waterfall called the "Thief's Downfall" acts to overturn carts that pass through it and negate spells used by would-be robbers.


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text: In "the Philosopher's Stone" Gringotts Vault 713 held a small parcel wrapped in paper, inside of which was the Philosopher's Stone. Dumbledore sent Hagrid to retrieve it while he escorted Harry. Later that same day, Professor Quirrell broke into the vault under orders from Voldemort. Although he was unsuccessful in obtaining the Philosopher's Stone, the break-in shocked the wizarding world because it was unheard of for Gringotts to be robbed. Griphook claims that the protection had been lessened due to the Vault being emptied. In "Deathly Hallows", Harry, Ron, and Hermione, aided by a reluctant Griphook, break into the vault of Bellatrix Lestrange where a Horcrux of Voldemort (Hufflepuff's Cup) is hidden. However, when they enter Bellatrix's vault, which is stocked with all manner of treasures, they discover that the treasure has had Gemino and Flagrante curses placed on it, which, respectively, cause any item to multiply rapidly and go red-hot whenever it is touched. The trio escape with the Horcrux by freeing a half-blind dragon that was part of the security for the vault, and clambering onto its back.


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text: While Gringotts is largely staffed by goblins, including Griphook and Ragnok, it is known that the bank has human employees, though not apparently for banking and accounting services. Bill worked as a curse-breaker for Gringotts in Egypt, retrieving artefacts from ancient Egyptian tombs and pyramids. Fleur took a part-time job with Gringotts after participating in the Triwizard Tournament, apparently to improve her English skills, and Wizard guards are mentioned in "Deathly Hallows" during the break in.


title: Places in Harry Potter

text: Knockturn Alley (a play on the word "nocturnally") is a dark and seedy alleyway diagonal to Diagon Alley. It is frequently populated by Dark Wizards. Many of the shops in Knockturn Alley are devoted to the Dark Arts; the best known of which is Borgin & Burkes, which sells sinister and dangerous objects. Harry lands in Knockturn Alley in "Chamber of Secrets", when accidentally saying (in the film version) "Diagonally" instead of Diagon Alley (the book does not indicate what he pronounced) while using Floo Powder to get to Diagon Alley. Here Hagrid finds him (and narrowly rescues him from a witch with mossy teeth who was holding a tray with fingernails in it), while looking for Flesh-eating Slug repellent, for the school's cabbage patch. From there he takes him back to Diagon Alley, where they find Hermione Granger who takes them to the Weasleys.


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text: Borgin and Burkes is an antique shop, which specializes in the Dark Arts, located in Knockturn Alley. The shop sells many dangerous and Dark artifacts such as a cursed opal necklace, a Hand of Glory, and half of a vanishing cabinet set which was used by Draco Malfoy to infiltrate Hogwarts in the "Half-Blood Prince". Lord Voldemort worked at Borgin and Burkes briefly after he left Hogwarts during the mid-1940s. It is owned by Caractacus Burke and Mr. Borgin, though Mr. Borgin is the only owner to appear in the series.


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text: The Leaky Cauldron is a dark, shabby pub and inn for wizards, located on the Muggle street of Charing Cross Road in London, offering food, drinks and rooms to rent. It was founded by Daisy Dodderidge (1467–1555) in 1500 "to serve as a gateway between the non-wizarding world and Diagon Alley". The current barman and innkeeper is a wizard named Tom.


title: Places in Harry Potter

text: On the main floor, the inn has a bar, several private parlour rooms, and a large dining room. On the upper floors, there are a number of rooms available for rent; Harry has stayed in Room 11, which has a talking mirror and windows that allow him to look out onto Charing Cross Road. People often stay at The Leaky Cauldron when they come to London on shopping trips.


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text: The pub serves as a way of entering into Diagon Alley from the Muggle world for Muggle-borns and their parents (both of whom, until the first letter from Hogwarts, have no magical knowledge or means of entering). The rear of The Leaky Cauldron opens onto a little courtyard, in which a particular brick must be tapped three times to open a path to Diagon Alley.


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text: Madam Malkin's is a clothing shop next to Flourish & Blotts. It sells robes and other clothing, including the standard Hogwarts-required plain black work robes, and dress robes. Inside the shop, Madam Malkin and her assistants will tailor the robes to fit. "Malkin" is an archaic term for a crotchety old woman.


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text: Harry has two meetings with Draco Malfoy in Madam Malkin's shop. This is where Harry meets the first wizard of his own age, Malfoy, for the first time, in "Philosopher's Stone". Harry is rather bewildered by the questions Malfoy asks, because Harry is still unfamiliar with many aspects of the wizarding world. A second meeting occurs just before the beginning of Harry's sixth year, in "Half-Blood Prince". This meeting is far more unpleasant, and escalates quickly into a near-duel before Malfoy and his mother leave in disgust.


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text: The Magical Menagerie is a magical creature shop that in addition to selling magical creatures offers advice on animal care and health. The shop is very cramped, noisy and smelly, due to every inch being covered with cages. Among the creatures in the Magical Menagerie are enormous purple toads, a firecrab, poisonous orange snails, a fat white rabbit that can turn into a silk top hat, cats of every colour, ravens, puffskeins, and a cage of sleek black rats that play skipping games with their tails.


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text: When Harry, Ron, and Hermione visit the shop in "Prisoner of Azkaban", a witch wearing heavy black spectacles helps them. Ron buys "Rat Tonic" for his pet rat, Scabbers, while Hermione buys a cat, Crookshanks.


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text: Ollivanders is a wand shop described as "narrow and shabby, with a sign that reads "Ollivanders: Makers of Fine Wands since 382 BC" in peeling gold letters over the door. The only display in the window overlooking Diagon Alley is a single wand lying on a faded purple cushion in the dusty window. Within, there are countless narrow boxes piled neatly right up to the ceiling and a spindly-legged chair" (which Hagrid breaks when he sits upon it).


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text: Ollivander, the pale-eyed, white-haired shopkeeper (played in the film by John Hurt), makes and sells magic wands to witches and wizards as they enter school or break their old wands. He remembers every wand he has ever sold. To determine the best wand for a witch or wizard, Ollivander measures various body parts (including, in Harry's case, between his nostrils) and then checks the reactions of various wands to the buyer, a process to which he refers as "the wand choosing the wizard".


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text: The shop closed when Ollivander went missing in "Half-Blood Prince", Voldemort having ordered his Death Eaters to kidnap him to attempt to discover more about the link between his own and Harry's wand. Harry rescues Ollivander in "Deathly Hallows".


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text: Potage's Cauldron Shop sells different varieties and sizes of cauldrons, including copper, brass, pewter, silver, self-stirring, collapsible, and solid gold, according to a sign outside the shop. Hogwarts requires its students to have a size 2 pewter cauldron (as listed in the Philosopher's Stone book list). The Cauldron Shop is very near to the entrance from The Leaky Cauldron.


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text: Quality Quidditch Supplies sells broomsticks and Quidditch-related items. The store windows often draw young customers to gaze longingly at the merchandise. Its most famous items on display are the Nimbus 2000 and the Firebolt broomsticks, both of which Harry eventually owns. The Firebolt is a national racing broom that professional leagues use. Harry spends the summer before his third year gazing at the Firebolt in the display window, the price of which is only available upon request, and which Sirius Black purchases for Harry as an anonymous Christmas gift. Ron at one point longs for a full set of Chudley Cannons robes offered at the shop.


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text: The Apothecary sells scales, potions and potion ingredients. The shop is quite fascinating despite its very bad smell (a mixture of bad eggs and rotten cabbage). The inside includes barrels of slimy stuff on the floor, jars of herbs, dried roots and bright powders on the shelves, and bundles of feathers, strings of fangs and snarled claws hanging from the ceiling. Harry regularly buys ingredients, as well as his scales, from the Apothecary.


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text: Some of the ingredients available are silver unicorn horns (for twenty-one Galleons each), glittery-black beetle eyes (five Knuts a scoop), and Dragon liver (seventeen Sickles an ounce).


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text: As well as many shops, Diagon Alley also contains small stalls, which sell a wide variety of magical objects, sweets, and trinkets. In "Half-Blood Prince", many witches and wizards try to take advantage of the fear created by Voldemort's return. They set up stalls selling amulets and other objects, which supposedly protect you against werewolves, Dementors and Inferi. These "dark magic protection" stalls, however, are illegal, and likely scams. Arthur Weasley is the one in charge of arresting their owners.


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text: Twilfitt and Tatting's is a wizarding clothing shop located in Diagon Alley, mentioned in "Half-Blood Prince" by Narcissa Malfoy, who claims she would shop there rather than shopping in Madam Malkin's due to the presence of Harry, Ron, and Hermione (mostly Hermione, whom the Malfoys look down upon due to her blood status). By the tone in Narcissa's voice, it is implied to be slightly more upscale than Malkin's.


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text: Weasleys' Wizard Wheezes is a popular joke shop that started as a small school business created by Fred and George Weasley in the fourth book. It opened its doors at Number 93 Diagon Alley in the summer of the sixth book, using Harry Potter's Triwizard Tournament Winnings as starting capital. Weasleys' Wizard Wheezes sells joke and trick items, useful novelties, sweets, and Defence Against the Dark Arts items. The front of the shop is described as a fireworks display against the muffled backdrop of dull shops. Some of their products are U-No-Poo, Skiving Snackboxes, trick wands, spell-checking and Smart Answer Quills, reusable Hangmans, Daydream Charms, muggle magic tricks, Edible Dark Marks, Shield Products, Peruvian Instant Darkness Powder, Decoy Detonators, joke cauldrons, Wonderwitch beauty products and 10-second pimple vanishers, Pygmy Puffs, love potions, and more.


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text: Fred and George started using the name "Weasleys' Wizard Wheezes" in "Goblet of Fire" for a mail order business selling merchandise, including sweets to help students fake illness in order to skip classes. After an early departure from Hogwarts in "Order of the Phoenix", the two Weasleys set up their shop in Diagon Alley, which quickly became a huge success.


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text: Weasleys' Wizard Wheezes had to be temporarily shut down in "Deathly Hallows", because the Death Eaters were keeping an eye on all the Weasleys, but Fred and George continued to run an Owl-Order service. In interviews post-publication of "Deathly Hallows," Rowling has said that George (after Fred died) reopened the Diagon Alley store, that "it became a tremendous money-spinner", and that Ron worked for him there after taking Auror training and going to work for the Ministry of Magic. In the play "Harry Potter and the Cursed Child", Ron runs the store nineteen years after the events of the Deathly Hallows.


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text: Hogsmeade Village, or simply Hogsmeade, is the only settlement in Britain inhabited solely by wizards, witches, and other magical beings, and is located to the northwest of Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. It was founded by medieval wizard Hengist of Woodcroft who fled to Scotland to escape Muggle persecution of wizards in Northumberland. Much of Hogsmeade's architecture reflects its medieval origin; the village is known for its leaning medieval houses the most famous of which being the Three Broomsticks, an ancient inn built on the site of Woodcroft's home, and the backdrop for such dramatic wizarding events as the 1612 rebellion of Britain's goblins (the upper rooms of the inn served as the headquarters for the Ministry of Magic in its attempts to put down the insurrection in the Highlands). Hogsmeade primarily consists of a single thoroughfare, called High Street, on which most shops and other magical venues reside; however, unnamed alleyways branching off from the main road are also home to such historic places as the Hog's Head Inn and Madame Puddifoot's Teashop. Students of Hogwarts who are in their third year and above are permitted to visit Hogsmeade during scheduled visits, to shop and mingle with friends un-chaperoned, as long as they have a signed permission slip from a parent or guardian. Mainly, students frequent a high street in the village which contains the named speciality shops and pubs in the series. Otherwise, they wander on to observe the infamous Shrieking Shack. Hogsmeade gives its name to the train station which serves as one end of the route traveled by the Hogwarts Express to transport students to and from London. Students must walk or take a carriage to travel between Hogsmeade and Hogwarts.


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text: Hogsmeade remained unseen in the "Harry Potter" film series until 2004's "Prisoner of Azkaban". The village has since appeared again in "Order of the Phoenix", "Half-Blood Prince" and "Deathly Hallows – Part 2". In all of these, the village is seen under heavy caps of snow.


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text: A shop that sells and repairs magical equipment, Dervish & Banges is located near the end of the High Street.


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text: Gladrags Wizardwear sells clothing. There are other branches in London and Paris. It is full of quirky merchandise, and appears to specialise in strange and unusual socks, where Harry buys Dobby a selection of wacky socks, in thanks for helping him in the second task of the Triwizard Tournament.


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text: Honeydukes is a popular sweets shop located in Hogsmeade that is usually crowded with Hogwarts students and occasionally even the professors of Hogwarts. The shop is filled with many different kinds of wonderful and wild sweets, such as Bertie Botts Every Flavoured Beans, Cauldron Cakes, Blood-Flavoured Lollipops, Acid Pops, Droobles Best Blowing Gum, Chocolate Wands, Exploding Bonbons, Skeletal Sweets, and so much more. There is also a secret passageway in the cellar of Honeydukes that leads to the third floor corridor of Hogwarts, behind the large stone statue of Gunhilda of Gorsemoor. Harry used this entrance to sneak into Hogsmeade in "Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban".


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text: Hogsmeade Station is the closest train stop to Hogwarts; the Hogwarts Express stops here after travelling from King's Cross. Scenes involving Hogsmeade Station in the Harry Potter films were shot at Goathland railway station on the North Yorkshire Moors Railway, built in 1865 and virtually unchanged, that serves the village of Goathland in the North York Moors.


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text: According to Rowling's illustrations, Hogsmeade station is not in Hogsmeade, but on the opposite side of the lake.


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text: The Hog's Head is another pub, which often attracts a more disreputable clientele than the Three Broomsticks, and many of the customers hide their faces out of a desire not to be recognised. The hanging sign in front of the pub has a severed boar's head, leaking blood onto the white cloth around it. The pub itself is filthy, with the floor covered with layers of dirt and the windows smeared with so much grime that little light gets through. The main floor is a single room, but there are additional rooms on the upper floors. Harry notes that the pub smells strongly of goats. The barman and owner is Aberforth Dumbledore, the brother of Hogwarts Headmaster, Albus Dumbledore, although this is not revealed until the final book.


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text: Despite its seedy reputation, the Hog's Head has been host to several important events in the world of Harry Potter. The inn was the headquarters of the 1612 Goblin Rebellion. A few months before Harry was born, it was here that the Seer Sybill Trelawney revealed the prophecy connecting Voldemort and Harry during an interview with Dumbledore for the position of Divination teacher at Hogwarts, while Professor Severus Snape listens to the first part of the prophecy. It is also where Hagrid wins an illegal dragon egg (Norbert) while gambling with a disguised servant of Voldemort. In "Order of the Phoenix", the first meeting of Dumbledore's Army is secretly held at the Hog's Head.


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text: During "Deathly Hallows", Aberforth reveals a secret passage that leads into Hogwarts' Room of Requirement, where Dumbledore's Army has set up headquarters. The Hog's Head entrance is hidden behind a portrait of Ariana Dumbledore, the younger sister of Albus and Aberforth. Before the Battle of Hogwarts begins, the passage is used to evacuate underage students from the school. The remaining members of Dumbledore's Army and the Order of the Phoenix gather at the Hog's Head before entering the castle through this passage to fight Voldemort and his Death Eaters.


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text: The name of the tavern refers to an archaic unit of liquid measurement, the hogshead. It may also be an allusion to the "Boar's Head Tavern" from the play "Henry IV, Part 1" by William Shakespeare. Much like The Hog's Head, Shakespeare's tavern is the haunt of some less-than-reputable characters. It should also be noted that there is a second hand music shop by the name of "The Hog's Head" less than a mile from JK Rowling's residence in Edinburgh, Scotland. The shop was established four years before "Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone" was released.


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text: Located on a little side street off the main High Street, Madam Puddifoot's is a small teashop favourite among Hogwarts couples out on dates. It's described as a cramped, steamy place where everything is adorned with bows or frills. The small, circular tables are set for two. On Valentine's Day Madam Puddifoot hires floating golden cherubs to throw pink confetti on visiting couples. It was at Madam Puddifoot's that Harry celebrated his Valentine's Day with Cho Chang, in the fifth book, Order of the Phoenix.


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text: The Post Office is filled with at least two to three hundred owls, ranging from great grey owls to tiny scops (the latter for "local deliveries only"), hooting down from colour-coded shelves. These owls deliver mail to people in the wizarding world. The shelves are colour-coded based on how quickly they will arrive at their destination.


title: Places in Harry Potter

text: Scrivenshaft's Quill Shop sells a range of wizarding stationery like quills, ink, parchment, envelopes, seals, etc.


title: Places in Harry Potter

text: The Shrieking Shack stands on the outskirts of Hogsmeade, just a little way above the rest of the village, with boarded-up windows and an overgrown garden. It's described to be slightly creepy even in daylight. Connected to Hogwarts by a secret tunnel underneath the Whomping Willow, which was planted specifically to conceal the tunnel, the Shrieking Shack was built so Remus Lupin could hide in it during his monthly transformations into a werewolf, to avoid harming fellow students or other innocents. The villagers heard Lupin's howls while he resided there, and mistook it for violent spirits. This rumour, further encouraged by Dumbledore to discourage anyone from investigating, led to the Shrieking Shack being officially regarded as the most haunted building in Britain. Apparently, the tunnel through the Whomping Willow is the only way to get in to the Shrieking Shack.


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text: In "Prisoner of Azkaban", the Shrieking Shack becomes part of the dramatic conclusion of the book when Sirius returns to the school. He drags Ron and his pet rat, Scabbers, there intending to kill Scabbers. Scabbers is revealed to be the Animagus Peter Pettigrew, Black's former friend who had betrayed the Potters to Voldemort, a crime for which Black had been blamed and sentenced to lifetime imprisonment in Azkaban. In the book "Deathly Hallows", Snape is killed in the Shrieking Shack by Voldemort's snake, Nagini.


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text: The Three Broomsticks is a well known inn and pub located on High Street in the village of Hogsmeade. It is known for its delicious butterbeer and its beautiful owner Madam Rosmerta, who lives above the pub. The Three Broomsticks is a favoured destination among Hogwarts students and staff, although in "Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone", Hagrid mentions visiting the Hog's Head. It is the site of important events in the series, including Harry's interview with Rita Skeeter in his fifth year.


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text: It is described as being warm, smoky, crowded, and noisy. As well as butterbeer, it serves firewhisky (although seemingly not to students, as mentioned by Ron in the Hog's Head in the fifth year), gillywater, Rosmerta's oak-matured mead, and many muggle drinks. Madam Rosmerta usually works at the bar, in the front or the side of the room. There is a fireplace in the back of the pub and an inn above.


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text: Zonko's Joke Shop has jokes and tricks that can "fulfil even Fred and George's wildest dreams". Some of these include Dungbombs, Hiccup Sweets, Frog Spawn Soap, and Nose-Biting Teacups. It closes down in "Half-Blood Prince". Fred and George later buy the shop.


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text: Azkaban is a prison where wizards who violate the laws of the British wizarding world are sent. Only one other such prison, Nurmengard, is mentioned in the books. According to "Half-Blood Prince", Azkaban is "in the middle of the North Sea". Sirius Black says that when he escaped from Azkaban while in his animagus form as a dog, he swam to Britain and then travelled northwards to get to Hogwarts. This implies that Azkaban is at a lower latitude than Hogwarts, which is in Scotland. Although Azkaban's appearance is not described in detail in the books, it is mentioned to have grounds outside the prison where prisoners who have died are buried. In the film adaptations it appears to be a tall triangular building, somewhat hollow in the middle.


title: Places in Harry Potter

text: Many of the prisoners were supporters of Voldemort (known as Death Eaters), though some misunderstandings have resulted in others' imprisonment. For instance, Sirius Black was imprisoned without trial after Peter Pettigrew killed a dozen Muggles, faked his own death, and framed Sirius for these crimes; Sirius escapes after serving 12 years. Two years later, Harry is threatened with a term in Azkaban after he performs a Patronus Charm that saves both him and his cousin Dudley from a Dementor attack. Performing any of the Unforgivable Curses on a human is punishable by a mandatory whole life sentence in Azkaban, but that ban has been lifted for Aurors during wartime. Several characters throughout the series have performed the curses and not been punished accordingly. Other crimes which merit imprisonment here include assaulting the Ministry (for example, the Death Eaters detained in "Order of the Phoenix"), trespassing in the Ministry (Sturgis Podmore in "Order of the Phoenix"), being an unregistered Animagus, and impersonating an Inferius.


title: Places in Harry Potter

text: Azkaban has a reputation of evil and fear throughout the series. As mentioned at the start of the series, Azkaban is guarded by the Dementors, working under the Ministry of Magic. The large presence of Dementors renders the inmates incapable of happiness and forces them to relive their worst memories, as they become gradually helpless and often severely insane. According to Sirius, many inmates simply stop eating and eventually die of starvation. Sirius' reasoning for this is that "They simply lose their will to live". As Dementors are extremely difficult to injure – the only spell effective against them is the Patronus Charm – Azkaban was long considered impossible to escape from, until Sirius escaped (although Barty Crouch Jr had previously broken out with the help of his parents); however, Dumbledore claimed he could break out of Azkaban if he wished to do so.


title: Places in Harry Potter

text: In "Order of the Phoenix", ten of Voldemort's most dangerous and loyal followers escaped, including Bellatrix Lestrange. Dumbledore was always vocal in declaring that it was a mistake to guard Voldemort's greatest supporters with Dementors, who have the most to gain if Voldemort returned to power. He is proven right, as the Dementors leave their posts at Azkaban and join ranks with Voldemort. The prison is still in use, but greatly weakened by the revolt of its most effective wardens. Azkaban also had various wizard guards, who kept the Dementors mostly in check and managed the rare prison visits. By the start of "Deathly Hallows", there had been another mass break-out of Death Eaters from Azkaban. Upon Voldemort's takeover of the Ministry, many political prisoners are sent to Azkaban by Ministry traitor Dolores Umbridge, including Xenophilius Lovegood and Muggle-borns persecuted under Voldemort's implementation of anti-Muggle legislation. Such victims are released following Voldemort's downfall, and Umbridge is imprisoned there, along with whichever Death Eaters survived the Battle of Hogwarts.


title: Places in Harry Potter

text: Following Voldemort's ultimate demise, Kingsley Shacklebolt ends the use of Dementors at Azkaban, their presence having always been a mark of the underlying corruption of the Ministry.


title: Places in Harry Potter

text: The Magical Congress of the United States of America (shortened MACUSA) is the magical body in charge of governing the wizarding population of the United States of America. It is led by the President of the Magical Congress of the United States of America. Unlike the No-Maj United States Congress, which is divided into a House of Representatives and a Senate, the MACUSA is unicameral. The MACUSA is located within the Woolworth Building in downtown New York City and spans hundreds of stories.


title: Places in Harry Potter

text: Newt Scamander visited the building in the film "Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them", when he was brought in by Porpentina "Tina" Goldstein for threatening the Statute of Secrecy by using magic in front of Jacob Kowalski, a No-Maj.


title: Places in Harry Potter

text: St Mungo's Hospital for Magical Maladies and Injuries is a hospital within the "Harry Potter" universe. Medics at the hospital are not called doctors, but are known as Healers and wear lime-green robes. Founded by famous wizard Healer Mungo Bonham, St Mungo's is located in London. It was established to treat magical maladies, injuries or illnesses endemic to the Wizarding World. To enter the premises, one has to step through the window of what appears to be a derelict department store called Purge & Dowse Ltd. The exteriors of the hospital are red-bricked and dirty, which is the complete opposite of the interiors. Inside, everything is very neat and looks exactly as a hospital should. There are six floors. The emblem of St Mungo's is a magic wand crossed with a bone. This is the hospital where Arthur Weasley is sent after he was attacked by Voldemort's snake, Nagini, in the Ministry of Magic and Minerva McGonagall is hospitalised from severe stunning when Hagrid is forced out of Hogwarts. During one visit, Harry and company happen across Neville Longbottom, who has come with his grandmother Augusta Longbottom to visit his parents in the long-term care ward. They also find former professor Gilderoy Lockhart there, still suffering from the effects of a backfired Memory Charm.


title: Places in Harry Potter

text: Nurmengard is the prison that Gellert Grindelwald built to keep his enemies and Muggles in. The entrance is marked with the symbol of the Deathly Hallows, along with the legend ""For the greater good"". After Dumbledore defeated Grindelwald, the prisoners were released and Grindelwald himself was imprisoned in the top-most cell. Nurmengard is depicted in the final book when Voldemort arrives at the prison looking for Grindelwald and information about the Elder Wand. After Grindelwald refuses to give him any information, Voldemort kills him in his own prison.


title: Places in Harry Potter

text: The ride on the Hogwarts Express starts from King's Cross railway station platform , which is hidden from view, and reached by walking through the barrier between platforms 9 and 10.


title: Places in Harry Potter

text: Rowling discovered after the books were published that she had confused the layout of King's Cross with that of Euston station, and that platforms 9 and 10 at King's Cross were not the ones between which she had meant her magical platform to be placed. There is no platform between lines 9 and 10 at King's Cross. To solve this, the filmmakers re-numbered platforms 4 and 5 for the duration of filming. In reality, at both King's Cross and Euston, platforms 9 and 10 are separated by railway lines. The exterior shots in the film are of the St Pancras Renaissance London Hotel, which is part of St Pancras station, adjacent to King's Cross station. From the outside St Pancras is much more visually dramatic than King's Cross.


title: Places in Harry Potter

text: A plaque depicting the supposed location was placed on the wall in the building containing platforms 9 to 11, along with a luggage trolley 'stuck' halfway through the wall. During the station's extensive renovation works, it was moved temporarily to an exterior wall on the Euston Road, and then in 2012 to the new western departures concourse. A wrought iron 'Platform ' gate used as part of the film set is preserved at the National Railway Museum. Soon after Alan Rickman's death in 2016, "Harry Potter" fans created a memorial to the actor at platform .


title: Places in Harry Potter

text: The following are locations used by Warner Bros. to film the fictional locations in the "Harry Potter" film series.


title: Jean Marsh

text: Jean Lyndsey Torren Marsh (born 1 July 1934) is an English actress and writer. She co-created and starred in the ITV series "Upstairs, Downstairs" (1971–75), for which she won the 1975 Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series for her performance as Rose Buck. She later reprised the role in the BBC's revival of the series (2010–2012).


title: Jean Marsh

text: Marsh also co-created the television series "The House of Eliott" in 1991. Her film appearances include "Cleopatra" (1963), "Frenzy" (1972), "The Changeling" (1980), "Return to Oz" (1985), "Willow" (1988), "Fatherland" (1994) and "Monarch" (2000).


title: Jean Marsh

text: Marsh was born and grew up in Stoke Newington, London, the daughter of Emmeline Susannah Nightingale Poppy ("née" Bexley), a bar employee and dresser for the theatre, and Henry Charles John Marsh, an outdoor maintenance man and printer's assistant.


title: Jean Marsh

text: During the 1950s and 1960s, Marsh made many appearances on British and American television, including an episode of "The Twilight Zone" called "The Lonely" (1959), in which she portrayed a lifelike robot; "The Moon and Sixpence" (1959) opposite Laurence Olivier and Denholm Elliott; "The Wonderful World of Disney" (1961); "Gideon's Way" (1965); "I Spy" (1967); in four episodes of "The Saint" (1964–1968); and one episode of "UFO" ("Exposed" 1970, as Janna). She was also a regular in the ITV series "The Informer" (1966–67) starring Ian Hendry.


title: Jean Marsh

text: Marsh has appeared several times in the BBC series "Doctor Who". She first appeared alongside William Hartnell in the 1965 serial "The Crusade" as Lady Joanna, the sister of Richard I (The Lionheart). She returned later that year as companion Sara Kingdom in 9 episodes of the 12-part serial "The Daleks' Master Plan". Marsh reprised the role in the audio plays "Home Truths" (2008), "The Drowned World" (2009), "The Guardian of the Solar System" (2010), "The Five Companions" (2011), "The Anachronauts" (2012), ‘’The Light At The End ‘’ (2013), "An Ordinary Life" (2014) and "The Sontarans" (2016). She also appeared in the 1989 television serial "Battlefield" as Morgaine, as well as the 2007 audio play "The Wishing Beast". She made an un-billed cameo appearance in the 2013 docudrama about "Doctor Who", "An Adventure in Space and Time".


title: Jean Marsh

text: She featured as Bertha Mason Rochester in the George C. Scott-Susannah York version of "Jane Eyre", directed by Delbert Mann. The film was released theatrically in the United Kingdom in 1970 and shown in the United States on NBC television in 1971.


title: Jean Marsh

text: With Eileen Atkins, Marsh created the British period drama "Upstairs, Downstairs" and played the role of the house parlourmaid Rose Buck for the duration of the series, from 1971 until 1975. The programme was screened internationally and received numerous awards including two BAFTA awards, two Royal Television Society awards, eight Emmys and a Golden Globe. Marsh received a Royal Television Society award in 1971 and an Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress for her role in 1975, and was nominated for the same award on three further occasions – 1974, 1976, and (for the show's revival) in 2011. She also received awards from the American Drama Centre and American Drama Critics Circle for the role, and two Golden Globe Award nominations.


title: Jean Marsh

text: She and Atkins created another television series, "The House of Eliott", three series of which were broadcast between 1991 and 1994. This time, Marsh did not act in the series, but she did write some of the episodes.


title: Jean Marsh

text: Marsh's film credits include the Tony Hancock film "The Rebel" (1961), "Cleopatra" (1963) as Octavia, "Unearthly Stranger" (1964), "Charlie Bubbles" (1967), "The Limbo Line" (1968), Alfred Hitchcock's "Frenzy" (1972), "Dark Places" (1973), "The Eagle Has Landed" (1976), "The Changeling" (1980) and the fantasy films "Return to Oz" (1985) and "Willow" (1988). In 1994, she starred in a villain role in the Nickelodeon/Thames Television remake of "The Tomorrow People". Her television films include "Goliath Awaits" (1981), "See China and Die" (1981), "Master of the Game" (1984), "The Corsican Brothers" (1985), "A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court" (1989), "Fatherland" (1994) for which she won a CableACE award for supporting actress, and "The Pale Horse" (1997). From 1982 to 1983, she portrayed the part of Roz Keith in the American sitcom "9 to 5".


title: Jean Marsh

text: Marsh served as the presenter for "International Animation Festival", an American public television series featuring award-winning animated short films from around the world. The thirteen-part series was originally broadcast in 1975 on PBS.


title: Jean Marsh

text: From 2000 until 2002, Marsh appeared in "The Ghost Hunter". Her many stage credits included the West End stage revival of "Boeing Boeing" at the Comedy Theatre in 2007 and in Peter Hall's production of "The Portrait of a Lady" in 2008. She made an appearance in the 2008 BBC adaptation of Jane Austen's "Sense and Sensibility"; played the recurring character Lizzie Galbraith alongside Joanna Lumley as Davina Jackson (the lead character) in Babycow Productions' "Sensitive Skin" which aired on BBC Two in 2005 and 2007. She appeared in BBC Four's "Crooked House" in December 2008 in a role especially written for her by Mark Gatiss.


title: Jean Marsh

text: A three-part revival of "Upstairs, Downstairs" was commissioned by the BBC with the first episode broadcast on BBC One on 26 December 2010. Marsh reprised her role as Rose Buck, who had returned to London to run an agency for domestic servants after a period spent nursing her mother in Suffolk. Eileen Atkins, who co-created the original series with Marsh, also starred in the revived series. It was set in the same London house as the original ITV series, 165 Eaton Place, resuming in 1936. Subsequently, a six-part second series was commissioned, and began transmission in February 2012 with Marsh's character appearing less frequently due to the stroke suffered by the actress.


title: Jean Marsh

text: Marsh was married to the actor Jon Pertwee from 1955 until their divorce in 1960. She has had relationships with Albert Finney, Kenneth Haigh, and film director Michael Lindsay-Hogg.


title: Jean Marsh

text: On 3 October 2011, the BBC announced that Marsh had suffered a minor stroke and would miss the beginning of the second series of "Upstairs, Downstairs". She was ultimately able to appear in only two scenes over the series. A third series was not commissioned.


title: Jean Marsh

text: Marsh was appointed Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) in the 2012 Birthday Honours for services to drama.


title: Gemma Atkinson

text: Gemma Louise Atkinson (born 16 November 1984) is an English influencer, actress, radio presenter and former glamour model. She played Lisa Hunter in "Hollyoaks" (2001–2005, 2022) and in three spin-off series, "" (2004), "" (2005) and "" (2006), Tamzin Bayle in "Casualty" (2011–2012, 2014) and Carly Hope in "Emmerdale" (2015–2017). She currently presents the drive time slot across the Hits Radio Network. In November 2021, it was announced that Atkinson is set to reprise her role as Lisa Hunter in "Hollyoaks".


title: Gemma Atkinson

text: Atkinson was born in Bury, Greater Manchester. Her father David was Scottish and from Dumfries. She took her GCSEs at Castlebrook High School, Bury.


title: Gemma Atkinson

text: Atkinson rose to fame playing Lisa Hunter in the Channel 4 soap opera "Hollyoaks". Atkinson and Marcus Patric (who played the character Ben Davies) subsequently appeared in a spin-off series called "" for E4, in which their characters started a new life together in Chester. This was followed by "", also screened on E4.


title: Gemma Atkinson

text: Other television roles included appearing as herself in the pilot for "Plus One", part of the pilot series "Comedy Showcase" in October 2009. In 2009, she appeared as Ria Crossley, the girlfriend of a drug dealer in "The Bill". Atkinson also appeared in the British independent film "Boogie Woogie", which premiered at the Edinburgh International Film Festival in June 2009.


title: Gemma Atkinson

text: In May 2011, Atkinson began filming for her part in the BBC medical drama "Casualty". She played the part of Tamzin, a paramedic; appearing onscreen from 13 August 2011, but had confirmed via Twitter that she would only appear for ten weeks (10 episodes) She left the show on 1 October 2011, after her sixth appearance but later returned to the show as Tamzin for the last time in 2014.


title: Gemma Atkinson

text: In 2015, Atkinson began playing the role of Carly Hope in the ITV soap opera "Emmerdale". Then in November 2021, it was announced that Atkinson will reprise her role as Lisa Hunter in "Hollyoaks".


title: Gemma Atkinson

text: Atkinson appeared in the 2010 horror film called "13Hrs" in February 2009 and a UK gangster film called "Baseline" in March 2009.


title: Gemma Atkinson

text: Atkinson played the role of Hannah in the 2011 romantic comedy film "How to Stop Being a Loser". The film also starred Richard E. Grant, Jill Halfpenny and Pamela Anderson.


title: Gemma Atkinson

text: She played the role of Harriett in the 2012 film "Airborne". In 2013, she starred in a remake of "Night of the Living Dead", released in 3D. Also in 2013, she appeared in "Devil's Pass".


title: Gemma Atkinson

text: In 2017, Atkinson starred in the horror film "Cain Hill", alongside Emmerdale co-star Michael Parr and "Kingsman 2" actor Tony Cook.


title: Gemma Atkinson

text: Atkinson appeared in "Peter Pan" at the Manchester Opera House in December 2008. She took the title role alongside John Thomson who played Captain Hook.


title: Gemma Atkinson

text: Atkinson appeared in the West End production of Tim Firth's "Calendar Girls" at the Noël Coward Theatre, from 28 July to 17 October 2009 where she played the character of Elaine. Atkinson also went on tour with "Calendar Girls", she played Celia aka Miss September in the production. The January to April 2010 tour of "Calendar Girls" also starred Lynda Bellingham, Judith Barker, Debbie Chazen, Letitia Dean and Jan Harvey.


title: Gemma Atkinson

text: Atkinson played the lead female role, Belinda in Neil LaBute's play "This Is How It Goes" at the King's Head Theatre in Islington, London from 7 September to 3 October 2010.


title: Gemma Atkinson

text: Atkinson has appeared as a contestant on reality TV series such as "I'm a Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here!", "Celebrity MasterChef" and "Soapstar Superstar".


title: Gemma Atkinson

text: In December 2006, she appeared in "Celebrity Weakest Link" with Marcus Patric. In 2007, she took part in the BBC's "Celebrity MasterChef" competition.


title: Gemma Atkinson

text: In November 2007, she appeared in the seventh series of "I'm a Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here!" in Australia. She finished in fifth place.


title: Gemma Atkinson

text: In January 2008, Atkinson appeared on "Celebrity Mastermind". On 15/16 March 2008, Atkinson co-presented the Play.com Live gaming expo at Wembley Stadium with Virgin Radio presenter Iain Lee.


title: Gemma Atkinson

text: Atkinson and her family appeared on "All Star Family Fortunes" on 20 September 2008, competing against Antony Cotton and his family. The Atkinsons did not win the show; however, Gemma was given £1,000 for her chosen charity.


title: Gemma Atkinson

text: On 12 November 2008, she appeared in Jack Osbourne's ITV2 show "" filmed in South Africa. She did a bungee jump, a skydive, a glider flight and swam with great white sharks.


title: Gemma Atkinson

text: In 2013, she appeared in an episode of "I Love My Country", on BBC One. She took part in a celebrity edition of "The Chase" in December 2015. After the team beat the chaser, Shaun Wallace, Atkinson took home £25,125 for her chosen charity, Bleakholt Animal Sanctuary.


title: Gemma Atkinson

text: In Autumn 2017 Atkinson competed in the fifteenth series of BBC's "Strictly Come Dancing", where she was partnered with professional dancer Aljaž Škorjanec. The couple reached the final of the competition on 16 December, where they finished either second, third or fourth (results not disclosed via the BBC), losing out to Joe McFadden


title: Gemma Atkinson

text: In early 2006, Atkinson underwent breast enlargement surgery, which took her bra size to a 34E. She said in an interview with "Maxim" magazine that she lost weight due to a fitness regimen and her breasts had declined in size and that the surgery had restored their original size and shape.


title: Gemma Atkinson

text: Since launching her parallel career as a glamour model, Atkinson has appeared in provocative photoshoots wearing lingerie and swimwear,for magazines such as "Arena", "FHM", "Loaded", "Maxim", "Zoo" and "Nuts". In October 2006, she appeared in three of these publications in a single month, becoming one of the most prolific celebrity glamour models in the UK. She has also released calendars yearly since 2006, with those for 2008 and 2009 shot in Thailand.


title: Gemma Atkinson

text: Since 2006 she has appeared in FHM's 100 Sexiest Women list, debuting at number 32. Following her appearance on the cover of "FHM", she moved up to 23 in 2007, rising again to 18 in 2008 and falling to 81 in 2009. She ranked number 46 in AskMen.com's "99 Sexiest Women of 2008".


title: Gemma Atkinson

text: Atkinson has undertaken a wide range of promotional work; she was the female face of the 2007 British Grand Prix and worked for the Orange promotion "On Yer Bike London" prior to the Tour de France.


title: Gemma Atkinson

text: She has also modelled for lingerie brands, including being the face of La Senza and Ultimo's D-G range. She opened Ultimo stores within Debenhams branches in London, Belfast and Glasgow.


title: Gemma Atkinson

text: Atkinson has also played Goldie Lookin Chain's love interest in the music video for the single "R'n'B" and featured on the cover of the CD single release.


title: Gemma Atkinson

text: Atkinson made her debut video game appearance in "" (2008) in the role of Lt. Eva McKenna, which she reprised in "" (2009). She also took part in EA's "Be the One" event in Trafalgar Square on 29 October 2008, which forms part of the London Games Festival.


title: Gemma Atkinson

text: Also in 2013, Atkinson appeared in the video to Rizzle Kicks's song "Skip to the Good Bit". From 1 February 2017 to May 2018, she co-hosted the Key 103 breakfast show with Mike Toolan.


title: Gemma Atkinson

text: She presented the Hits Radio breakfast show alongside Gethin Jones and Comedy Dave for the first year of Hits Radio's broadcasting,


title: Gemma Atkinson

text: In September 2007, Atkinson did a 5 kilometre (3 miles, 190 yards) charity run for breast cancer awareness. She embarked upon a walk along the Great Wall of China in April 2008, as part of a charity event organised by Olivia Newton-John's breast cancer awareness charity. She was joined for her section of the walk by celebrities Marcus Patric and Ant and Dec, among others. The walk was intended to symbolise the steps cancer patients must take on their road to recovery.


title: Gemma Atkinson

text: Atkinson visited the Home and Garden Show at Chester Racecourse on 5 June 2008 to unveil the room she designed with furniture store owner Arighi Bianchi which would be suitable for teenagers in conjunction with the Teenage Cancer Trust charity. The room was created in association with Teenage Cancer Trust (TCT), the Home and Garden Show's official charity, and the design will now be incorporated into the TCT unit at Christie Hospital, Manchester.


title: Gemma Atkinson

text: On 8 January 2009, Atkinson was at Spinningfields in Manchester helping to launch the Great Manchester Run, a run for charity that took place on 17 May 2009. At the launch, she was joined by singer Russell Watson, and actors Antony Cotton and Britt Ekland. Atkinson ran to raise funds for the New Children's Hospital appeal. She finished the 10 km run on 17 May 2009 with a time of 1 hour 6 minutes.


title: Gemma Atkinson

text: In May 2010, Atkinson again took part in the Great Manchester Run, she was competing on behalf of Manchester's Christie Hospital. She hoped to beat her time from the previous year's run of 1 hour 6 minutes. She ran a time of 57 minutes, beating her 2009 time by 9 minutes.


title: Gemma Atkinson

text: Atkinson became the vice-patron of Bleakholt Animal Sanctuary in Lancashire in January 2016. She ran the Great Manchester Run for the charity in May 2016.


title: Gemma Atkinson

text: In late 2016, Atkinson supported the #gotyourback message, a campaign to help military veterans seek help if they need it.


title: Gemma Atkinson

text: Atkinson is engaged to "Strictly Come Dancing" professional dancer Gorka Márquez. On 1 February 2019, she announced on Instagram that they were expecting a baby. Atkinson gave birth to a baby girl in July 2019.


title: Citadel (TV series)

text: Citadel is an upcoming American science fiction drama television series created by Patrick Moran and the Russo brothers for Amazon Prime Video. Starring Richard Madden as Citadel agent Mason Kane and Priyanka Chopra as Citadel agent Nadia Singh, Amazon explained: "All of the local series are meant to enhance the entire entertainment experience and will be available for the viewer to deep dive into an imagined layered world."


title: Citadel (TV series)

text: The Indian series, starring Varun Dhawan and Samantha Ruth Prabhu will be directed Raj Nidimoru and Krishna DK and produced by Amazon Studios. The Italian series will be co-produced by Amazon Studios and Cattleya (Gomorra), part of ITV Studios.


title: Citadel (TV series)

text: The show is described as an "action-packed spy series with a compelling emotional center" and "an expansive and groundbreaking global event comprising a mothership series and several local language satellite series". It includes spinoffs set in the Italian Alps, India, Spain and Mexico.


title: Citadel (TV series)

text: Richard Madden said of the plot and his character: "There are multiple characters and multiple storylines that all intertwine, and I personally play a character who is an amnesiac—eight years of his life, he’s basically become a new person. There's a journey of discovering who he was before the accident happened, and he no longer remembers anything. It's a clash between the life that he's been living for eight years, and the life that he used to live. You get to delve into exploring the psyche of dealing with the consequences of things that you're not aware that you've done." Priyanka Chopra speaking to WWD talked about Citadel and what we can expect from the show “Then I have the exact opposite of that — a spy show with the Russo brothers for Amazon Prime with Richard Madden and Stanley Tucci. It’s called Citadel and it’s really going to be amazing. It was a lot of work. I have a lot of scars to prove it.”


title: Citadel (TV series)

text: Starring alongside Madden and Chopra, Roland Møller will play Laszlo Milla, a lead operative of Citadel's rival intelligence agency, Manticore.


title: Green bean

text: Green beans are young, unripe fruits of various cultivars of the common bean ("Phaseolus vulgaris"), although immature or young pods of the runner bean ("Phaseolus coccineus"), yardlong bean ("Vigna unguiculata" subsp. "sesquipedalis"), and hyacinth bean ("Lablab purpureus") are used in a similar way. Green beans are known by many common names, including French beans (), string beans (although most modern varieties are "stringless"), and snap beans or simply "snaps". In the Philippines, they are also known as "Baguio beans" or "" to distinguish them from yardlong beans.


title: Green bean

text: They are distinguished from the many other varieties of beans in that green beans are harvested and consumed with their enclosing pods, before the bean seeds inside have fully matured. An analogous practice is the harvest and consumption of unripened pea pods, as is done with snow peas or sugar snap peas.


title: Green bean

text: As common food in many countries, green beans are sold fresh, canned, and frozen. They can be eaten raw or steamed, boiled, stir-fried, or baked. They are commonly cooked in other dishes, such as soups, stews, and casseroles. Green beans can be pickled, similarly to cucumbers.


title: Green bean

text: A dish with green beans common throughout the northern US, particularly at Thanksgiving, is green bean casserole, a dish of green beans, cream of mushroom soup, and French-fried onions.


title: Green bean

text: Raw green beans are 90% water, 7% carbohydrates, 2% protein, and contain negligible fat (table). In a 100 gram (3.5 oz) reference amount, raw green beans supply 31 calories and are a moderate source (range 10–19% of the Daily Value) of vitamin C, vitamin K, vitamin B, and manganese (table). Other micronutrients are in low supply.


title: Green bean

text: The green bean ("Phaseolus vulgaris") originated in Central and South America where there is evidence that it has been cultivated in Mexico and Peru for thousands of years.


title: Green bean

text: In 2020, world production of green beans was 23 million tonnes, with China accounting for 77% of the total (table).


title: Green bean

text: The first "stringless" bean was bred in 1894 by Calvin Keeney, called the "father of the stringless bean", while working in Le Roy, New York. Most modern green bean varieties do not have strings.


title: Green bean

text: Green beans are classified by growth habit into two major groups, "bush" (or "dwarf") beans and "pole" (or "climbing") beans.


title: Green bean

text: Bush beans are short plants, growing to not more than in height, often without requiring supports. They generally reach maturity and produce all of their fruit in a relatively short period of time, then cease to produce. Owing to this concentrated production and ease of mechanized harvesting, bush-type beans are those most often grown on commercial farms. Bush green beans are usually cultivars of the common bean ("Phaseolus vulgaris").


title: Green bean

text: Pole beans have a climbing habit and produce a twisting vine, which must be supported by "poles", trellises, or other means. Pole beans may be common beans ("Phaseolus vulgaris"), runner beans ("Phaseolus coccineus") or yardlong beans ("Vigna unguiculata" subsp. "sesquipedalis").


title: Green bean

text: Half-runner beans have both bush and pole characteristics, and are sometimes classified separately from bush and pole varieties. Their runners can be about 3–10 feet long.


title: Green bean

text: Over 130 varieties (cultivars) of edible pod beans are known. Varieties specialized for use as green beans, selected for the succulence and flavor of their green pods, are the ones usually grown in the home vegetable garden, and many varieties exist. Beans with various pod colors (green, purple, red, or streaked.) are collectively known as snap beans, while green beans are exclusively green. Shapes range from thin "fillet" types to wide "romano" types and more common types in between.


title: Green bean

text: The three most commonly known types of green beans belonging to the species "Phaseolus vulgaris" are string or snap beans, which may be round or have a flat pod; stringless or French beans, which lack a tough, fibrous string running along the length of the pod; and runner beans, which belong to a separate species, "Phaseolus coccineus". Green beans may have a purple rather than green pod, which changes to green when cooked.


title: Green bean

text: All of the following varieties have green pods and are "Phaseolus vulgaris", unless otherwise specified:


title: Lucas Grabeel

text: Lucas Stephen Grabeel ( ; born November 23, 1984) is an American actor, singer, and songwriter. He is best known for his role as Ryan Evans in the "High School Musical" film series (2006–2008). His other film appearances include "Halloweentown High" (2004), "Return to Halloweentown" (2006), "Alice Upside Down" (2007), and "The Adventures of Food Boy" (2008). He appeared as a young Lex Luthor and Conner Kent in the television series "Smallville" (2006–2011).