Archive for July 3rd, 2006

Director angry over Lord of the Rings cuts

Monday, July 3rd, 2006 Posted in Old Main News

The director of three new "warts-and-all" documentaries set to be released with the new editions of Lord of the Rings on DVD this autumn says he was not consulted over ... Read more..

The Somme and Tolkien

Monday, July 3rd, 2006 Posted in Old Main News

Ninety years ago, Allied commanders launched the World War I offensive lastingly remembered as the Battle of the Somme. At 7.30am on 1 July 1916, officers blew their whistles to ... Read more..

LOTR Opera Review

Monday, July 3rd, 2006 Posted in Old Main News

Lesley writes: On July 1st, I attended what is, I suspect, a mostly unknown and unheralded opera called Leithian, the tale of Beren and Lúthien. It was held at the ... Read more..

LOTR Opera Review

Monday, July 3rd, 2006 Posted in Old Special Reports

Lesley writes: On July 1st, I attended what is, I suspect, a mostly unknown and unheralded opera called Leithian, the tale of Beren and Lúthien. It was held at the ... Read more..

DVD Tuesday: The Libertine & The Matador!

Monday, July 3rd, 2006 Posted in Old Main News

It is a very slow holiday weekend in North America, with Canada Day & the Fourth of July only days apart. The studios are reluctant to release anything this time ... Read more..

New Billy’s Loons Charities Auction

Monday, July 3rd, 2006 Posted in Old Main News

Folks from Billy's Loons Charities write: We would like to announce an auction of a beautiful Caricature of Billy Boyd, drawn by So Cal Art Studios at the 2006 ORC ... Read more..