Politics of Harry Potter middle class, especially whenever Harry confronts his ludicrously dysfunctional and downright abusive adopted family, the Dursleys." The critic Anthony Holden wrote in "The Observer" on his experience of judging "Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban" for the 1999 Whitbread Awards. His overall view of the series was very negative—"the Potter saga was essentially patronising, very conservative, highly derivative, dispiritingly nostalgic for a bygone Britain." A review in "The Guardian" echoed this interpretation and stated that "despite all of the books' gestures to multiculturalism and gender equality, Harry Potter is a conservative; a paternalistic, One-Nation Tory, perhaps, but a Tory
Fictional universe of Harry Potter family during "Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince", the Weasley family listens to Celestina Warbeck on the network. In "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows", Ron introduces Harry and Hermione to "Potterwatch. Potterwatch" is an underground anti-Voldemort radio program which is only accessible with a secret password. The "Potterwatch" episode that the trio listen to features various members of the Order of the Phoenix and is hosted by Lee Jordan. The following are food and beverages unique to the wizarding world: Multitudes of sweets are referred to in the stories; many have a violent or bizarre side effect, especially those