The September issue of Northern Earth will be finding its way to subscribers and shops by the end of August. Our lead article comes from Ceri Houlbrook, with an investigation of the attentions paid to the imaginary grave of Dobby, the house elf in the Harry Potter series. Other features address the fascinating appearance of similar clutches of river names on both sides of the channel, the destruction of an area of megaliths at Carnac, curious stones in Wales, and a spot of modern psychogeography in Cleethorpes.