News for Jan. 20, 2001

The Guardian looks at Wellington's LOTR economy

1/20/01, 8:24 pm EST - Tehanu

They're not saying anything that hasn't been said before, but this article is an encouraging sign that the British mainstream media are finally taking a more straightforward approach to reporting on the 'Rings' project. Last year we seemed to get a lot of articles from Britain that were ill-informed or had an apologetic tone, as though they felt ashamed to been seen concerning themselves with such childish fanboy stuff as Tolkien. Lately that's not been the case.

Thanks to Funky Monkey for the link