At the turn of the century when children’s literature was rife with moral lessons and cautionary violence, L. Frank Baum set about writing a great American children’s story, free from the cumbersome ...

Without him, there would be no Hogwarts castle, no Ministry of Magic, no Gryffindor common room or Diagon Alley. From Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone to both Deathly Hallows films and even the ...