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Evening Standard
Evening Standard
Lifestyle
Vicky Jessop

David Holmes: The Boy Who Lived review – heartbreaking yet triumphant tale of paralysed Harry Potter stuntman

Harry Potter is one of the biggest cultural phenomenons in recent history. Like most millennials, I have fond memories of queueing in line at midnight, sweaty-palmed, for the latest book; of dressing up with friends to go to the cinema or having Potter-themed birthday parties, to the acute exasperation of our parents.

Controversies aside, it’s a source of treasured memories for many. How shameful, then, that more people don’t know the story of David Holmes.

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