Why is everybody building Towers of Sauron, please?
f you visited London recently you may have paid a substantial amount of money to have an outstanding view of London, offered via the topmost levels of the Shard, the highest skyscraper in...
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Thug Notes will explain the Hobbit, Beowulf, Odysseus and Dune to you – gangsta style
ouTube artist Sparky Sweets, PhD, has set himself one of the toughest tasks out there: Explaining literary classics in five minutes offering both a summary and an analysis people need to listen to!...
A great list of inspiring TED talks on literature, film and creativity by the Tolkienist
f you love literature and films just like I do and take an interest how human creativity works you might want to have a look at some of the amazing talks you can...
If you love Tolkien’s Melkor you may as well love Vin Diesel – because he certainly likes his own Melkor
In a recent interview with Jimmy Fallon on The Tonight Show New York actor Vin Diesel (again) proved his geek street cred. It has been known for quite a few years that the...
How Rotterdam has its own ideas on ents and dwarves
he Tolkienist’s Tour of the Netherlands which took place on April 12, 2014 brought me to four lovely cities – Maastricht, Rotterdam, Leiden and Geldrop. This was my first visit to Rotterdam and...
Support the most beautiful bookshop in the world!
nly 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...
Don’t know about you but I think Dutch Rail is cool
oday’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...
The Tolkienist’s Tour of the Netherlands – live coverage
he Tolkienist will be travelling the Netherlands to visit some amazing places full of books and Tolkien – this Saturday! I will be having a look at the most beautiful bookshop in the...
Happy Hobbits? Get yourself 11 weird free android apps
am not much of a smartphone buff. My first half-hearted attempt at getting one was the Sony Experia Mini Pro. Main reason for my choice: it was one of the last smartphones to...
Visit England, visit Middle-earth – and holiday like a hobbit
.R.R. Tolkien drew inspiration from many sources and one of them certainly is the country he lived in – England. And as modern tourism has discovered in recent years that it is quite...
There is no cake like a Middle-earth cake for your wedding
am a happily married man and I know that this is partly due to the wonderful wedding we had. A large part of the success of our wedding day happiness was thanks to...
Middle-earth Marketing: How to brand your product the Tolkien way
bout three months ago Valerio Amaro published a new tumblr by the name of “One Ad to Rule Them All“. The short introduction to this tumblr stated: “I am a student at Miami...