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...
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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...
Why a small Netherlands town has streets named after Tolkien
n the last few days the city of Geldrop in the province of North Brabant in the Netherlands has received its fair share of attention and that solely based on the fact that...
How it should have ended: Hobbit and LotR film trilogies the different way
[F/dropcap]or those of you with a love for films and alternative endings (or rather, let’s squeeze any film into three minutes) “How it should have ended” should be a well-known source of hilarious...
Middle-earth Travel Guide Infographic [updated and corrected version]
published a short piece on a very beautiful and enticing infographic on what places you should visit in New Zealand inspired by the “Lord of the Rings” and “Hobbit” film trilogies. Unfortunately, in...
11 websites you need to visit before watching “The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug”
“The Hobbit” is coming. When you play with dragons, you win or die. he world premiere of “The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug” is happening pretty soon and as you may have noticed...
Not safe for work: Fandom epic rap battles of history
es, we’re being served: Random fandoms from all over the world are becoming part of one of the most successful series on YouTube, Epic Rap Battles of History. With close to fifteen million...
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F2M2: How two Gandalfs link up to Shogun and a CBE
elcome to the third installment of “Fun Facts on Middle-earth related Media (F2M2)” in which I would like to introduce you to the outstanding actor Sir Michael Hordern. He is next on my...
F2M2: How Vampire Viktor is a run-down rock star creating coastlines also named Sam
n the second installment of my on-going series “Fun Facts on Middle-earth related Media (F2M2)” I would like to introduce you to the man who inspired me to start it – Bill Nighy....
F2M2: How Bilbo is Frodo, loves his multipass and fights the Alien
s of today I will start another series on TheTolkienist.com playing on some fun facts readily available in the media and what set me off was Bill Nighy. I’ll turn to him in...
Yes, Spock is singing the ballad of ‘Bilbo Baggins.’ And beating Young Spock. In an Audi ad.
t may look like a rather unusual post to the Tolkienist but I am a fan of many fandoms (as any proper nerd/ geek/ etc. would be) and I have always had a...