Nick Jeffery and John Granger Continue Their 60th Birthday Celebration of the Life and Work of J. K. Rowling with a Fun Look at the Next-To-Last Hogwarts Entry
This is awesome! I love both the insight into John Nettleship, and especially the breakdown of Harry's Journey and the review of his numerous deaths and resurrections through the power of love. And likewise his ultimate arrivals in magical spaces outside of time and space.
I'm planning to start reading the series to my 9-year-old son. Really looking forward to re-reading and seeing it again for the first time through his eyes.
I've actually given The Other Minister a re-read, and there are several points which suggest this is a fictitious PM, rather than a real one.
He refers to his predecessor as "he". That doesn't work with Major as his predecessor was Margaret Thatcher, who was very much, and very proudly, a woman.
He also refers to the first meeting with Fudge on his first day as PM as following a "gruelling election campaign". Major won a general in 1992, but as an incumbent, with his first day in office coming after a short and fairly straightforward leadership contest.
We don't get much insight into the Prime Minister's character or background, but it certainly doesn't read like a caricature or Major or anyone else specific.
The current Prime Minister, Kier Starmer, would meet the three critieria of being male, having a male predecessor and having become PM through a General Election. The same would also apply to David Cameron and Tony Blair.
I'm really enjoying this series of videos. They are refreshing my enthusiasm for fiction, not just for Rowling, but also for some Victorian authors. Thank you!
This is awesome! I love both the insight into John Nettleship, and especially the breakdown of Harry's Journey and the review of his numerous deaths and resurrections through the power of love. And likewise his ultimate arrivals in magical spaces outside of time and space.
I'm planning to start reading the series to my 9-year-old son. Really looking forward to re-reading and seeing it again for the first time through his eyes.
Tony Blair was PM when HBP was written and published, whereas John Major would have been in number 10 when the book is set.
But I read that scene as a generic British Prime Minister, rather than a depiction of any specific person.
I've actually given The Other Minister a re-read, and there are several points which suggest this is a fictitious PM, rather than a real one.
He refers to his predecessor as "he". That doesn't work with Major as his predecessor was Margaret Thatcher, who was very much, and very proudly, a woman.
He also refers to the first meeting with Fudge on his first day as PM as following a "gruelling election campaign". Major won a general in 1992, but as an incumbent, with his first day in office coming after a short and fairly straightforward leadership contest.
We don't get much insight into the Prime Minister's character or background, but it certainly doesn't read like a caricature or Major or anyone else specific.
The current Prime Minister, Kier Starmer, would meet the three critieria of being male, having a male predecessor and having become PM through a General Election. The same would also apply to David Cameron and Tony Blair.
I'm really enjoying this series of videos. They are refreshing my enthusiasm for fiction, not just for Rowling, but also for some Victorian authors. Thank you!