An English photographer is holding the first ever exhibition of digital imaging at a childhood haunt of author J.R.R. Tolkien in Hall Green, Birmingham, England. Sarehole Mill, the last functioning watermill in Birmingham, is now a museum and place of international pilgrimage for fans of ‘The Hobbit’ and ‘The Lord of the Rings’, and hosts the annual Tolkien Weekend (next on 19-20 May, 2007) Lord of the Rings author J.R.R. Tolkien lived nearby as a child, and often visited the Mill, which features in his all-time bestselling fantasy books as ‘The Old Mill’ at Hobbiton, the home town of hobbits Bilbo and Frodo Baggins. He also explored nearby Moseley Bog nature reserve and later lived near ‘The Two Towers’ in Edgbaston. [More]
Month: April 2007
Draug the Unspeakably Violent points out on our message boards found here, that “The Children of Hurin” has humbled a certain boy wizard by knocking him from the top spot on a bestseller’s list. Seems J.R.R. Tolkien is still a wee bit popular. The story can be found here. And of you can join the fray and buy the new Tolkien book here.
An English photographer is holding the first ever exhibition of digital imaging at a childhood haunt of author J.R.R. Tolkien in Hall Green, Birmingham, England.
Sarehole Mill, the last functioning watermill in Birmingham, is now a museum and place of international pilgrimage for fans of ‘The Hobbit’ and ‘The Lord of the Rings’, and hosts the annual Tolkien Weekend (next on 19-20 May, 2007)
Lord of the Rings author J.R.R. Tolkien lived nearby as a child, and often visited the Mill, which features in his all-time bestselling fantasy books as ‘The Old Mill’ at Hobbiton, the home town of hobbits Bilbo and Frodo Baggins. He also explored nearby Moseley Bog nature reserve and later lived near ‘The Two Towers’ in Edgbaston.
Stuart Williams, whose home is in Bloxwich – part of The Black Country, which inspired the dark land of Mordor – was invited by the museum to display his spectacular photographic art there for the entire season until October 28.
Stuart said “The exhibition offers a selection of images from my project ‘On the Trail of Tolkien’, using computers to transform real world places which inspired the author into his legendary fantasy world of Middle-earth. This year is the 70th anniversary of the publication of ‘The Hobbit’, and I am delighted that Sarehole Mill Museum has kindly framed 10 special prints and an explanatory panel in the Mill’s new tea room, which opened at the end of March.”
Sarehole Mill is in Cole Bank Road, Hall Green, Birmingham, England. Tel: 0121 777 6612 for opening hours.
For more information on the exhibition and the work of Stuart Williams, see his website www.stuartwilliams.net
David writes: If you are quick, you can hear a fascinating interview with Adam Tolkien on his father and the Children of Hurin on the website of “Today” the BBC’s most influential radio programme. You have to be quick because they tend to put the material on their site only until the following day. [More]
Philip writes: I haven’t seen this posted yet on theonering.net, but the Tolkien Estate website, which for a long time has just been a single “under construction” page with some basic information about The Children of Hurin, has been updated. It’s definitely still a work in progress, but there’s an interesting FAQ section and some other stuff that’s been added. [More]
Today is Andy Serkis’ Birthday! Andy was born on April 20, 1964, in Ruislip Manor, West London. That makes him 43 today! Happy Birthday Andy!