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Four new Harry Potter e-books to be released in June
By Chris Robertson, news reporter
Four new Harry Potter e-books are to be released in June, coveri..

By Chris Robertson, news reporter
Four new Harry Potter e-books are to be released in June, covering various Hogwarts subjects and inspired by a British Library exhibition.
Rather than full novels, the series will feature four mini-stories, centred around lessons in the wizarding world, and will give readers an insight into the Potter folklore and magic.
Pottermore, which is author JK Rowling's online platform for all things Harry Potter, is behind the release.
The stories will be adapted from an e-book that accompanied a British Library exhibition, called Harry Potter – A History of Magic, which gave fans an insight into the inspiration behind Rowling's wizarding world.
Pottermore say the books are a "chance to absorb the colourful characters and curious incidents of the real history of magic in a more compact form – perfect for the train or whatever Muggle transport you prefer".
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The books will also feature notes, manuscript pages and sketches, that were part of the original exhibition.
The first pair of books will be released at the end of June and be called Harry Potter: A Journey Through Charms and Defence Against the Dark Arts, and Harry Potter: A Journey Through Potions and Herbology.
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The other books will be Harry Potter: A Journey Through Divination and Astronomy, and Harry Potter: A Journey Through Care of Magical Creatures and be released later in the year.
Pottermore says the ebooks will be available in English, French, Italian and German initially.
Rowling first released her Harry Potter series in 1997 and are the best-selling books in history, with more than 500 million copies sold globally.
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Fast cars, martinis and Bond girls are core parts of the formula for 007 films, but one of those ele..

Fast cars, martinis and Bond girls are core parts of the formula for 007 films, but one of those elements is set for a change in the latest adventure.
Fleabag creator Phoebe Waller-Bridge, who is working on the script for the 25th Bond film, is on a mission to make sure the movie will "treat women properly" – even if the spy does not.
Ahead of the release of the as-yet-untitled film, Waller-Bridge told Deadline: "There's been a lot of talk about whether or not (the Bond franchise) is relevant now because of who he is and the way he treats women.
"I think that's b*******. I think he's absolutely relevant now. It has just got to grow.
"It has just got to evolve, and the important thing is that the film treats the women properly.
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"He doesn't have to. He needs to be true to this character."


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But in a bid to play down the sexuality of Sir Elton, played by actor Taron Egerton, for a conservative Russian audience, an estimated five minutes of footage was reportedly removed ahead of its debut in Moscow.
The Moscow Times quoted a Russian film critic who had seen the film at its world premiere in Cannes on 16 May as saying "all scenes with kissing, sex and oral sex between men have been cut", as well as a photo displayed during the end credits featuring Sir Elton and his husband David Furnish.
Sir Elton, 72, a prominent gay rights campaigner, released a joint statement with the makers of the film to accuse censors of being "cruelly unaccepting of the love between two people".
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"We reject in the strongest possible terms the decision to pander to local laws and censor Rocketman for the Russian market, a move we were unaware of until today," they said.
"That the local distributor has edited out certain scenes, denying the audience the opportunity to see the film as it was intended, is a sad reflection of the divided world we still live in and how it can still be so cruelly unaccepting of the love between two people.
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