Unlike most snakes, it’s soft and cuddly, with shiny scale details on its back and a silver and green Slytherin house scarf.

And I waved my emerald scarf as I cheered my house on ... ‘you were named for two headmasters of Hogwarts. One of them was a Slytherin and he was probably the bravest man I ever knew.’” ...

As Durham’s only postgrad college, Ustinov students may be inclined to lean into the “old and wise” stereotype this Halloween ...