It doesn’t have a round door, but don’t let that fool you. This quirky and fascinating home in Bridgnorth, Shropshire, U.K. has all the other makings of a home any Hobbit might love, complete with a finished cave that goes back into the terraced garden hillside behind it.
From the mirror.co.uk site: Transformed by eccentric artist Anthony Dracup, who died in 2002, the unique property has gone on the market for £200,000. If you’re a fan of both Lord of the Rings and Doctor Who, this real-life ‘hobbit house’ might be your dream home – and it even comes with its own cave. Read more…
From stuff.co.nz: Peter Jackson along with fellow Oscar winner Jamie Selkirk stepped down from Sir Richard Taylor’s Miramar workshop on December 31, Companies Office documents show. The change comes ahead of new legislation which would make directors personally liable for health and safety, which the Institute of Directors said demonstrated that directors needed to be across all aspects of the business. Jackson and Selkirk both still own about one third of Weta Workshop.
Weta Workshop senior communications manager Erik Hay confirmed the law change was behind the move for Jackson and Selkirk. “The reason was centred around the law change, which will require them to be more involved on a daily basis. As a manufacturing business, it’s important they are. Peter felt he was not and decided to step out of the piece. They will still retain shares in the company.” Read more…
TheOneRing.net is coming to HobbitCon 4, April 1-3 in Bonn, Germany! TOR.n staffers deej and greendragon will be hosting panels and chatting with attendees at our fan table. We’re so excited to be joining guests from The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings films, as well as lecturers, workshops, and so much more!
For information on guests, tickets, and TOR.n’s panel schedule (coming soon) please visit the HobbitCon website. Hope to see you there!
Late in the Third Age, Aragorn served in the armies of King Thengel of Rohan (Théoden’s father) and of Steward Ecthelion II of Gondor (father of Denethor). To conceal his identity, he used the pseudonym “Thorongil”.
This Saturday at 6pm ET in the Hall of Fire, we’ll be chatting about this period of Aragorn’s life.
Other tasks now call me, lord, and much time and many perils must pass, ere I come again to Gondor, if that be my fate.
As we first reported here in December, after J.R.R. Tolkien’s great grandson Mike lost his battle to Motor Neuron Disease (MDS) almost one year ago, his older brother Royd took up the challenge to complete the bucket list of 50 items his younger brother left to him. A related article by the U.K. Independent paints a rich backstory of two brothers who seemed worlds apart, yet who came together in mutual support at the most difficult of times.
Autumn had finally arrived in northern California when I boarded a plane to head into spring on the other side of the planet in New Zealand. To say I wasn’t frightened would be a lie. I felt very much like Frodo heading out into the wide world, for I was about to be away from my family and my continent for longer than I ever had. The weather in Wellington had been pleasant until I arrived, or so I’m told, and as more and more cold rainstorms blew into the bay off the Pacific, my co-workers at Weta Workshop teased that I had brought winter with me to their beautiful island nation.
The flight from Auckland to Wellington, NZ
Like most fans of the TheLord of the Rings films, I had long dreamed of visiting New Zealand and seeing as much of its Middle-earth landscape as I could. However, also like most fans, the cost of such an adventure always held me back. As such, if someone had told me that I would have gone to Aotearoa twice in 2015, I would’ve thought they were as full of tall tales as old mad Baggins! But step out my front door I did, each time with a little nudge.
It doesn’t have a round door, but don’t let that fool you. This quirky and fascinating home in Bridgnorth, Shropshire, U.K. has all the other makings of a home any Hobbit might love, complete with a finished cave that goes back into the terraced garden hillside behind it.
