Black Pine Whisky – soon available
Some of you may remember that I have written extensively on the fate of Tolkien’s favourite tree. And in 2020 I received confirmation on some of the things that were supposed to happen...
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The only football club ever to be mentioned in ‘The Silmarillion’ is now home to the first ever Tolkien-inspired football fan club – Jenas Tirith
It truly blows my mind when I realised that there is, indeed, one football club mentioned in the Silmarillion and that I coincidentally moved to the very city which is the home to...
What to look forward to in 2023 if you like Tolkien and all things Tolkienian
I would love to share a list of those things Tolkien fans might look forward to in 2023. Yes, this list includes a lot of different media so if you are the hardcore...
25 Years Ago – German Tolkien Society founded #OTD
Today is one of the days when I tend to get a little melancholic. On August 1st, 1997, me and a bunch of friends from uni celebrated the Inaugural Convocation of the German...
Lord of the Rings: Gollum launches Sept 1 – and possibly another trilogy
German gaming studio Daedalic Entertainment has finally announced the release date for The Lord of the Rings: Gollum – September 1st, 2022. What will the fans get to see the day before the...
Tolkien and Diversity: A Seminar Report
No Tolkien Society Seminar has ever attracted as much attention as the one held digitally on the weekend of July 3rd/4th. The announcement of “Tolkien and Diversity” was met with enthusiastic expressions of...
Review: George Allen & Unwin. A Remembrancer by Rayner Unwin
Ludlow : Merlin Unwin Books, 2021.Publication date, UK: March 5th.Pages: 304.ISBN: 9781873674376 Summary: George Allen & Unwin as a publishing imprint reflected a cross-section of the intellectual achievement of the twentieth century. In...
The fortieth Roving Ranger
Folks, a warm welcome to this, the fortieth Roving Ranger newsletter. Nota bene: This week it is a very short newsletter but enjoy nonetheless! Events Another Tolkien Lecture has been delivered, this time...
The Thirty-Eighth Roving Ranger
Folks, a warm welcome to this, the thirty-eighth Roving Ranger newsletter. Events Bookings are now open with the J.R. Tolkien, one of two sailing ships now in the north of Germany as they cannot...
The Thirty-Seventh Roving Ranger
Folks, a warm welcome to this, the thirty-seventh Roving Ranger newsletter. Events Last Saturday a lovely event came together via Twitter and organiser Laura Mabingi (Laura McNamee) using the hashtag #DrawSwordsTogether. A fun...
The Thirty-Sixth Roving Ranger
Folks, a warm welcome to this, the thirty-sixth Roving Ranger newsletter. Events MythCon 51 will be all online, news on this and next year’s MythCon. Essays & Scholarship John D. Rateliff tackles the...
The thirty-fifth Roving Ranger
Folks, a warm welcome to this, the thirty-fifth Roving Ranger newsletter. Events The Tolkien Lecture Series, based at Pembroke College, Oxford, has announced this year’s speaker (May 11): Guy Gavriel Kay. The fantasy...