High-resolution Bilbo poster for The Battle of the Five Armies
I’ve been a bit out of the Hobbit movies loop since the arrival of the teaser trailer back...
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Listen to legendary British actor Nicol Williamson’s 1974 abridgement of...
In 1974, Argo Records released a dramatised four-record LP audio abridgement of The Hobbit. In an interesting quirk...
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Hall of Fire this Saturday: the nature of Hobbit resistance...
Throughout its history, the One Ring comes to different people of many races. It tempts them all, preying...
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Tolkien’s 100-year-old poem that marked the beginning of Middle-earth
It’s the centenary of Middle-earth. In a piece in The Guardian, Tolkien scholar John Garth analyses Tolkien’s 1914...
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Beyond birthdays: examining Tolkien’s Letter #214
Another September 22 — the birthdays of Bilbo and Frodo — has just passed. In our latest Library...
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Hall of Fire this Saturday: The Steward and the King
This Saturday at 6pm ET, Hall of Fire returns to Minas Tirith as the entire city waits anxiously...
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