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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Call for Papers: Overlooked Aspects of Middle-earth
he Tolkien Society Unquendor in the Netherlands has recently issued a call for papers for their upcoming publication of Lembas Extra. This magazine is “meant to publish longer articles on Tolkien and his...
Why Tolkien fans should start saving about £20000 for April 11
.R.R. Tolkien fans have some really great options to satisfy all of their needs when it comes to buying books. The amazing Tolkien Shop in Leiden, Netherlands -including an additional museum attached to...
A map and a calendar: Tolkien Reading Day 2014
A list and a map of Tolkien Reading Day 2014 olkien Reading Day is an annual event, launched by The Tolkien Society in 2003, that takes place on March 25. It has the...
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...
Finally: Tolkien’s translation of “Beowulf” to be published on May 22
oday’s news of an upcoming publication came as a surprise to the Tolkien community at large and has been met with great joy: J.R.R. Tolkien’s own translation of Beowulf, the epic he worked...
How Gandalf returned to England in a Hobbit film promo poster
A wizard’s backdrop: Corby’s Crags, Edlingham castle and a disused railway viaduct his year will see the end of (another) Tolkien-inspired film trilogy and I thought it might be nice to look back...
Tolkien, Anglo-Saxon England and the Viking exhibition at the British Museum
uch has been made of a civilization lost in the mists of time – the Vikings. When they first made their appearance in 793 AD, plundering Lindisfarne Priory where the beautiful Lindisfarne Gospels...
Tolkien Reading 2014 – Event calendar, worldwide
Let’s get ready to read Tolkien olkien Reading Day is an annual event, launched by The Tolkien Society in 2003, that takes place on March 25. It has the aim of encouraging the...
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...
Experience BEOWULF in Anglo-Saxon with Benjamin Bagby
any years ago I had the great pleasure of witnessing a performance which transported me as closely as possible to Anglo-Saxon times as I could ever have imagined: Benjamin Bagby sang, spoke, recited...
Poor Bert? Research finds internet trolls to show patterns of sadism
f you have read The Hobbit by J.R.R. Tolkien you will have come across one of the early scenes in the story where Thorin & Co. and Bilbo are caught by three disgusting...