Your trunk has been packed, your creature companion popped in his cage and ready for travel. You’ve visited Diagon Alley and stocked up on new term essentials – textbooks for upcoming classes, perhaps some new robes from Madam Malkin’s. What else is there to do? Now’s the time to bid farewell to those endless summer days as we prepare to go back to Hogwarts.

We’re down at King’s Cross Station today with fans from all over the world who travel to London to celebrate ‘Back to Hogwarts’ together. From full costumes to waving wands, we love every second and wouldn’t want to spend September 1st anywhere else but at platform nine and three-quarters, counting down to the 11 o’clock departure of the Hogwarts Express with many of you.

To mark this special day in the wizarding world, we’ve put together an extra-special issue packed with exclusive content from today’s Back to Hogwarts event, plus the moments from J.K. Rowling’s stories that celebrate our favourite journey to the eponymous castle.

So take a seat in your preferred carriage, purchase a snack from the trolley witch, and we’ll see you in the Great Hall later this evening – because Hogwarts is our home.