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...
One of the things that I like so much about the writings of J.R.R. Tolkien is that he seems to be mentioning details in the texts as an apparently small matter, only hinted...
Some of you may know that I like nothing more than travelling to fellow Tolkienists’ events, meet-ups, get-togethers, you name it. One of my nicknames is The Travelling Tolkienist* and this year I...
On a cold March morning I left my apartment in beautiful Jena. It was six o’clock, way too early for my liking, and I had a few hours’ train ride ahead of me....
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...
Quite some time ago I crossed the amazing 5,000 followers line on Twitter and I have been wondering what to do as a small thank you for all you lovelies out there –...
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...
There are few things in life that elicit a simultaneous sense of excitement and fear quite like the announcement that one of your favourite books is about to be adapted for the screen....
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...
Yup. You have read that right. This year’s edition of the Tolkien Days in Germany, as organised by an amazing crew at the Lower Rhine for the German Tolkien Society, will have a...
J.R.R. Tolkien was born on January 3, 1892, in Bloemfontein. Bloemfontein was then part of the Orange Free State, an independent Boer sovereign republic under British suzerainty in Southern Africa during the second half of the...
It is one of the most favourite quotes on the internet ever since the films came out. And it is a film quote, spoken by Galadriel (Cate Blanchett) to Frodo (Elijah Wood), no...