…tled in, I couldn’t help but think how charmingly quaint and fanciful the customs and rituals were. Many of us American graduate students marveled at the formality of college dinners where faculty sat at the high table: so yes, I knew exactly what Rowling was imagining when she described the dinners at Hogwarts.
Magic at Oxford University, my personal Hogwarts Academy
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