Madgirl Travels

I purchased and read the 6th installment of the Harry Potter series (The Half-Blood Prince) this past weekend. I'm a big fan of the books and I love the characters and the magical twists and turns their lives take as they proceed through their education(s) at Hogwarts.

One (sadly) timely bit was that in the first chapter (I'm not giving anything away) the "Prime Minister" is visited by the Minister of Magic to discuss that the recent "odd" catastrophes that have been happening in the "Muggle" world have actually been caused by the warring Wizards. The Prime Minister is shocked and appalled, not only that the violence in the usually separate Wizard World has seeped over into his "domain" but that he will have to come up with some "excuse" for the unexplainable. I couldn't help but think of Tony Blair and wonder if he too was visited by an envoy from another "world" a week and a half ago - but probably not. Also the main train station that Harry and his friends use to board the enchanted train to Hogwarts is Kings Cross. There is, of course, no way that J.K. Rowling could have guessed what would be happening in London at the time of the book release -