Today is Sala Baker’s Birthday! Sala was born on September 22nd, 1976 in Wellington, New Zealand. That makes him 30 years old today! Happy Birthday Sala!
Category: Old Main News
Daniel Reeve, LOTR calligrapher and cartographer, writes: I have just released the first original Daniel Reeve font – Bilbo’s handwriting! It’s a TrueType font, available for purchase from my website, danielreeve.co.nz. This is the shire font as only Bilbo writes it, with all his quirks and flourishes – coming soon is Frodo’s version. In the future there will also be uncial fonts resembling those used for Rohan and Gondor, a Wizard font, as well as many others…Cheers!
Hollywood actor Sir Ian McKellen will return to his roots this weekend and perform a one-man show to an audience of just 160 people. The Lord of the Rings and X-Men star has agreed to appear at Bolton Little Theatre as part of its 75th anniversary. Sir Ian went to school in the town and was a member of the theatre as a teenager. He will perform A Knight Out In Gas Street for the second time. He premiered the show in Los Angeles last year. [More]
Since 1937, few books have provided more pleasure than J.R.R. Tolkien’s The Hobbit. Originally published in England with a first printing of 1,500 copies, The Hobbit today celebrates its 69th anniversary! [More]
Today is David Wenham’s birthday! David was born on September 21st, 1965 in Sydney, Australia. That makes him 41 years old today! Happy Birthday David!
NinielDW sent this in: One of David’s favourite charities, for which he acts as a spokesperson and fundraiser, is The Wayside Chapel in Kings Cross, Sydney. The chapel provides services, resources, and support to the homeless, abused, troubled, addicted, and other less fortunate members of the community. According to its web site the chapel serves 2,000 people weekly.
If any fans of David’s contributions to the arts feel like making a contribution of their own to celebrate his birthday, the Wayside Chapel accepts donations via its web site, thewaysidechapel.com. You can also learn more about the chapel there, and watch a series of short advertisements narrated by David.
Pippin Skywalker writes: I am herein endeavoring to give a faithful account of the spectacles and debacles that made up the wonderful Oxonmoot 2006. This year the event was held at Somerville college, a serenely beautiful 19th century college with beautiful gardens and shire like flowers growing everywhere. It was a very mild september weekend and wonderful for the events which were held in a tent set up in the main college quad. This tent known affectionately as the Marquis, served as one of the main locations of the lectures and festivities. [More]