A look back at the Elbenwald Festival
One of the Germany’s most amazing fandom open air festivals is the Elbenwald Festival, organised by leading European fantasy and science fiction online store and retail chain Elbenwald in Germany. It is run...
Author: Marcel R. Bülles
Project 200+ – an update after four years…
Almost four years to the day I published a status update on my Project 200+, going through all the posts in this blog, correcting mistakes, updating links etc. I have just now passed...
How my love for Tolkien helped me see a friend again – after eighteen years
Looking back at 2006 I have to say this was quite the memorable year. Not only was Pluto demoted to a dwarf planet, but in Germany the 2006 FIFA World Cup happened. You...
Posts published with Steady for the months of February – April, 2024
All of the material published with thetolkienist.com will always be free for you to peruse as well as some of my work with my crowdfunding site over at steadyhq.com/thetolkienist. Having said that, I...
Not a Tolkien quote: “Every tree has its enemy, few have an advocate. In all my works I take the part of trees against all their enemies.”
If there is one thing a lot of people (seem to) know about Tolkien it is his love of trees, represented possibly most famously in his creation of the Ents in The Lord...
Posts published with Steady in the month of January, 2024
All of the material published with thetolkienist.com will always be free for you to peruse as well as some of my work with my crowdfunding site over at steadyhq.com/thetolkienist. Having said that, I...
Short series: Tolkien Travel Posters. Meet the Artist: Danielle Sylvan
Another edition of my short series on Tolkien Travel posters. I am very happy to introduce you to Danielle Sylvan.
Quick review: Little People, Big Dreams. J.R.R. Tolkien
“Discover the lives of outstanding people, from designers and artists to scientists. All of them achieved incredible things, yet each began life as a child with a dream.” The blurb at the back...
Boromir’s Bloggish Bebotherments
Boromir’s Bloggish Bebotherments is an on-going series of top tier whining by me, myself, and I why the internet is a shit place to find relevant information, how curating a Tolkienian newsletter is...
Tolkien-inspired art installation “Between the Sun and the Moon” – an interview with artist Elisa Artesero
I have visited Oxford dozens of times by and due to the fact that I cannot spend gazillions of euros on my choice of accomodation I have seen quite a few places that...
Short series: Tolkien Travel Posters. Meet the Artist: Beverly Arce
It has been ten years to the day that I started the Tolkien Travel Poster series and now I am returning to this with an amazing artist – Beverly Arce.
Antidepressant drug or Tolkien?
A charming Tolkien-related chestnut has been making its round again and it is time to give you a few details on Antidpressants or Tolkien.