Blair said: "I have had the pleasure of working with Jo Rowling for over 25 years. Throughout that time, I have watched and admired her charitable work and brave campaigning on so many issues ...

I read about writers having elaborate rituals… I once wrote a paragraph of Harry Potter while sitting on a public loo. J.K. Rowling Rowling and Armitage share stories of their favourite places ...

and Hermione Granger came "fully formed" to the mind of a young temp named Joanne Rowling. In the six tumultuous years following, she would imagine an entire magical world of witches and wizards ...