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Monthly Archive: April 2014

Tolkien from (c) Lookseecity at Vimeo

Tolkien

A Tolkien walking tour of Oxford video

Lookseecity has recently published a video on Vimeo showing Alastair Lack of the Oxford Guild of Guides showing visitors around Exeter College and the Bodleian Library. It only about four minutes you will get...

HobbitCon 2 - Background art by Artwork by Paul Tobin

Art

A wealth of art at HobbitCon

HobbitCon, Ring*Con’s special, is upon us! Easter will see Richard Taylor, dwarves and tons of lecturers, artists and fans converge upon Bonn and it’s Maritim Hotel for some quality fantasy time. Did I say...

Boekhandel Dominicanen, Maastricht

Fun stuff

Support the most beautiful bookshop in the world!

Only a few years ago the Dominican church in Maastricht was turned into a place any booklover in the world would need to visit. Award-winning architecture and a place steeped in history -first consecrated...

Venlo Station, early morning

Fun stuff

Don’t know about you but I think Dutch Rail is cool

Today’s tour is made possible by the Nederlandse Spoorwegen, vulgo Dutch National Railways. Yes, the Tolkienist is riding the train with Gandalf through this beautiful country on its express trains, 1st class, of course....