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...
Author: Marcel R. Bülles
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.
Robert Gilson: Memoirs of an infantry officer
I am again working through all of my blog posts here at thetolkienist.com as well as all the posts over at Steady. One of the many little details I noticed is that many...
A walk through a pine forest – visiting the Oxford Artisan Distillery for a taste of the Black Pine Whisky
At the time of writing you have the opportunity of not only getting a very good rye whisky but a piece of Tolkien’s favourite tree, the Pinus Nigra at the Oxford Botanical Garden...