And you thought The Lord of the Rings was only a story . . . entire families are smitten by the hobbit habit, says Arabella Warner. My 15-year-old son was approached recently in the playground by a prefect demanding he hand over his ring. Jewellery is not allowed at school and he thought that his Lord of the Rings trinket, bought at a pop festival last summer, was about to be confiscated. [More]