Hall of Fire chat tomorrow. Nazgul: masters or slaves?
Middle-earth abounds in characters both creepy and gruesome; Gollum, Shelob, trolls and orcs. Arguably, none inspire the shivers...
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Hall of Fire chats FOTR this weekend: the Council of...
This Saturday at 6pm ET, we continue our Fellowship of the Ring read-through in Hall of Fire with...
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The woods burst to life with tasty butterburs
Until I read this article the other week over on The Mainichi I never realised that butterburs —...
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Walk into Mordor: ideal premise for a heist movie
“One does not simply walk into Mordor.” This is great. Writer-comedian Stephan Krosecz (who I’ve been a fan...
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Tolkien: a creator of worlds
It seems that, with those Tolkien biopics gradually approaching, more and more people are taking an interest in...
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Hall of Fire chats FOTR this weekend: Many Meetings!
Awaking from a sickly sleep, Frodo finds finally himself in Rivendell — a place of relative safety. Much...
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