Is there a half-glance of Rob Kazinsky as Fili at...
Ringer RedOrmTheViking offers some intriguing analysis of The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey. He proposes that Rob Kazinsky, who...
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Six overlooked yet important characters from The Lord of the...
The key players in The Lord of the Rings are probably some of the most-written about characters in...
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Hall of Fire chat log: the stewards of Middle-earth
Last weekend in the Hall of Fire, bouncing off Gandalf’s famous “For I also am a steward” rejoinder...
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An essay on Tolkien’s earliest mythology of Middle-earth
In this extract from his acclaimed book Tolkien and the Great War: the Threshold of Middle-earth, John Garth...
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NZSO to record Desolation of Smaug soundtrack
Sir Peter Jackson’s second instalment of The Hobbit movie has become music to the ears of the New...
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Omentielva Lempea elvish haiku contest
The Fifth International Conference on J.R.R. Tolkien’s Invented Languages, Omentielva Lempea, is inviting participation in an Elvish Haiku...
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