{"id":1598,"date":"2006-03-24T15:00:45","date_gmt":"2006-03-24T21:00:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.theonering.net\/torwp\/2006\/03\/24\/it-should-come-with-an-elf-warning\/"},"modified":"2007-11-23T22:31:09","modified_gmt":"2007-11-24T03:31:09","slug":"it-should-come-with-an-elf-warning","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.theonering.net\/torwp\/2006\/03\/24\/1598-it-should-come-with-an-elf-warning\/","title":{"rendered":"It should come with an elf warning"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"intro\">It was the custom of Tolkien, CS Lewis and their fellow &#8220;Inklings&#8221; to read extracts from work in progress over foaming pints in the Eagle and Child pub in Oxford. One evening, as Tolkien launched into yet another chapter from The Lord of the Rings, a fellow member of the circle, Hugo Dyson, was audibly heard to groan: &#8220;Oh no! Not another elf!&#8221; It is a feeling likely to be shared by all but the most fanatical of sword and sorcery fans, as this musical version of the Middle Earth epic wends its often weary way, finally clocking in at just under four hours. [<a target=\"NEW\" href=\"http:\/\/portal.telegraph.co.uk\/news\/main.jhtml?xml=\/news\/2006\/03\/24\/wfirstnight24.xml&amp;sSheet=\/news\/2006\/03\/24\/ixnewstop.html\">More<\/a>]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It was the custom of Tolkien, CS Lewis and their fellow &#8220;Inklings&#8221; to read extracts from work in&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[14,239,130,240,149],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1598","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-events","category-lotr-stage","category-old-main-news","category-stage","category-lotr"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t<!-- All in One SEO Pro 5.0.2.1 - aioseo.com -->\n\t<meta name=\"description\" content=\"It was the custom of Tolkien, CS Lewis and their fellow &quot;Inklings&quot; to read extracts from work in progress over foaming pints in the Eagle and Child pub in Oxford. One evening, as Tolkien launched into yet another chapter from The Lord of the Rings, a fellow member of the circle, Hugo Dyson, was audibly\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"max-image-preview:large\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"author\" content=\"xoanon\"\/>\n\t<meta name=\"keywords\" content=\"events,lotr stage,old main news,stage productions,the lord of the rings\" \/>\n\t<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.theonering.net\/torwp\/2006\/03\/24\/1598-it-should-come-with-an-elf-warning\/\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"generator\" content=\"All in One SEO Pro (AIOSEO) 5.0.2.1\" \/>\n\t\t<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n\t\t<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Lord of the Rings &amp; Tolkien News - TheOneRing.net Fan Community, since 1999 | Forged by and for fans of J.R.R. Tolkien\" \/>\n\t\t<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n\t\t<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"It should come with an elf warning\" \/>\n\t\t<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"It was the custom of Tolkien, CS Lewis and their fellow &quot;Inklings&quot; to read extracts from work in progress over foaming pints in the Eagle and Child pub in Oxford. One evening, as Tolkien launched into yet another chapter from The Lord of the Rings, a fellow member of the circle, Hugo Dyson, was audibly\" \/>\n\t\t<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.theonering.net\/torwp\/2006\/03\/24\/1598-it-should-come-with-an-elf-warning\/\" \/>\n\t\t<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.theonering.net\/torwp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/TORN-25-logo.png\" \/>\n\t\t<meta property=\"og:image:secure_url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.theonering.net\/torwp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/TORN-25-logo.png\" \/>\n\t\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"3474\" \/>\n\t\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"3121\" \/>\n\t\t<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2006-03-24T21:00:45+00:00\" \/>\n\t\t<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2007-11-24T03:31:09+00:00\" \/>\n\t\t<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/facebook.com\/theoneringnet\" \/>\n\t\t<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary\" \/>\n\t\t<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@theoneringnet\" \/>\n\t\t<meta name=\"twitter:title\" content=\"It should come with an elf warning\" \/>\n\t\t<meta name=\"twitter:description\" content=\"It was the custom of Tolkien, CS Lewis and their fellow &quot;Inklings&quot; to read extracts from work in progress over foaming pints in the Eagle and Child pub in Oxford. One evening, as Tolkien launched into yet another chapter from The Lord of the Rings, a fellow member of the circle, Hugo Dyson, was audibly\" \/>\n\t\t<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@theoneringnet\" \/>\n\t\t<meta name=\"twitter:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.theonering.net\/torwp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/TORN-25-logo.png\" \/>\n\t\t<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"aioseo-schema\">\n\t\t\t{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.theonering.net\\\/torwp\\\/2006\\\/03\\\/24\\\/1598-it-should-come-with-an-elf-warning\\\/#article\",\"name\":\"It should come with an elf warning\",\"headline\":\"It should come with an elf warning\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.theonering.net\\\/torwp\\\/author\\\/xoanon\\\/#author\"},\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.theonering.net\\\/torwp\\\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.theonering.net\\\/torwp\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2024\\\/07\\\/TORN-25-logo.png\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.theonering.net\\\/torwp\\\/#articleImage\",\"width\":3474,\"height\":3121},\"datePublished\":\"2006-03-24T15:00:45-05:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2007-11-23T22:31:09-05:00\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.theonering.net\\\/torwp\\\/2006\\\/03\\\/24\\\/1598-it-should-come-with-an-elf-warning\\\/#webpage\"},\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.theonering.net\\\/torwp\\\/2006\\\/03\\\/24\\\/1598-it-should-come-with-an-elf-warning\\\/#webpage\"},\"articleSection\":\"Events, LotR Stage, Old Main News, Stage Productions, The Lord of the Rings\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.theonering.net\\\/torwp\\\/2006\\\/03\\\/24\\\/1598-it-should-come-with-an-elf-warning\\\/#breadcrumblist\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.theonering.net\\\/torwp\\\/#listItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.theonering.net\\\/torwp\\\/\",\"nextItem\":{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.theonering.net\\\/torwp\\\/category\\\/tornarchive\\\/#listItem\",\"name\":\"Original TORn\"}},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.theonering.net\\\/torwp\\\/category\\\/tornarchive\\\/#listItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Original TORn\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.theonering.net\\\/torwp\\\/category\\\/tornarchive\\\/\",\"nextItem\":{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.theonering.net\\\/torwp\\\/category\\\/tornarchive\\\/old-main-news\\\/#listItem\",\"name\":\"Old Main News\"},\"previousItem\":{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.theonering.net\\\/torwp\\\/#listItem\",\"name\":\"Home\"}},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.theonering.net\\\/torwp\\\/category\\\/tornarchive\\\/old-main-news\\\/#listItem\",\"position\":3,\"name\":\"Old Main News\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.theonering.net\\\/torwp\\\/category\\\/tornarchive\\\/old-main-news\\\/\",\"nextItem\":{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.theonering.net\\\/torwp\\\/2006\\\/03\\\/24\\\/1598-it-should-come-with-an-elf-warning\\\/#listItem\",\"name\":\"It should come with an elf warning\"},\"previousItem\":{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.theonering.net\\\/torwp\\\/category\\\/tornarchive\\\/#listItem\",\"name\":\"Original TORn\"}},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.theonering.net\\\/torwp\\\/2006\\\/03\\\/24\\\/1598-it-should-come-with-an-elf-warning\\\/#listItem\",\"position\":4,\"name\":\"It should come with an elf warning\",\"previousItem\":{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.theonering.net\\\/torwp\\\/category\\\/tornarchive\\\/old-main-news\\\/#listItem\",\"name\":\"Old Main News\"}}]},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.theonering.net\\\/torwp\\\/#organization\",\"name\":\"The One Ring.net\",\"description\":\"Forged by and for fans of J.R.R. Tolkien\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.theonering.net\\\/torwp\\\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.theonering.net\\\/torwp\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2024\\\/07\\\/TORN-25-logo.png\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.theonering.net\\\/torwp\\\/2006\\\/03\\\/24\\\/1598-it-should-come-with-an-elf-warning\\\/#organizationLogo\",\"width\":3474,\"height\":3121},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.theonering.net\\\/torwp\\\/2006\\\/03\\\/24\\\/1598-it-should-come-with-an-elf-warning\\\/#organizationLogo\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/facebook.com\\\/theoneringnet\",\"https:\\\/\\\/x.com\\\/theoneringnet\",\"https:\\\/\\\/instagram.com\\\/theoneringnet\",\"https:\\\/\\\/youtube.com\\\/theoneringnet\",\"https:\\\/\\\/en.wikipedia.org\\\/wiki\\\/Tolkien_fandom#TheOneRing.net_(or_TORn)\"]},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.theonering.net\\\/torwp\\\/author\\\/xoanon\\\/#author\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.theonering.net\\\/torwp\\\/author\\\/xoanon\\\/\",\"name\":\"xoanon\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.theonering.net\\\/torwp\\\/2006\\\/03\\\/24\\\/1598-it-should-come-with-an-elf-warning\\\/#authorImage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/9f0150a42131d42eea75e4959b1fcbb6cd027f7c40599bb51a8ae137b85e27fe?s=96&r=g\",\"width\":96,\"height\":96,\"caption\":\"xoanon\"}},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.theonering.net\\\/torwp\\\/2006\\\/03\\\/24\\\/1598-it-should-come-with-an-elf-warning\\\/#webpage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.theonering.net\\\/torwp\\\/2006\\\/03\\\/24\\\/1598-it-should-come-with-an-elf-warning\\\/\",\"name\":\"It should come with an elf warning\",\"description\":\"It was the custom of Tolkien, CS Lewis and their fellow \\\"Inklings\\\" to read extracts from work in progress over foaming pints in the Eagle and Child pub in Oxford. One evening, as Tolkien launched into yet another chapter from The Lord of the Rings, a fellow member of the circle, Hugo Dyson, was audibly\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.theonering.net\\\/torwp\\\/#website\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.theonering.net\\\/torwp\\\/2006\\\/03\\\/24\\\/1598-it-should-come-with-an-elf-warning\\\/#breadcrumblist\"},\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.theonering.net\\\/torwp\\\/author\\\/xoanon\\\/#author\"},\"creator\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.theonering.net\\\/torwp\\\/author\\\/xoanon\\\/#author\"},\"datePublished\":\"2006-03-24T15:00:45-05:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2007-11-23T22:31:09-05:00\"},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.theonering.net\\\/torwp\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.theonering.net\\\/torwp\\\/\",\"name\":\"Lord of the Rings Rings of Power on Amazon Prime News, JRR Tolkien, The Hobbit and more | TheOneRing.net\",\"description\":\"Forged by and for fans of J.R.R. Tolkien\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.theonering.net\\\/torwp\\\/#organization\"}}]}\n\t\t<\/script>\n\t\t<!-- All in One SEO Pro -->\r\n\t\t<title>It should come with an elf warning<\/title>\n\n","aioseo_head_json":{"title":"It should come with an elf warning","description":"It was the custom of Tolkien, CS Lewis and their fellow \"Inklings\" to read extracts from work in progress over foaming pints in the Eagle and Child pub in Oxford. One evening, as Tolkien launched into yet another chapter from The Lord of the Rings, a fellow member of the circle, Hugo Dyson, was audibly","canonical_url":"https:\/\/www.theonering.net\/torwp\/2006\/03\/24\/1598-it-should-come-with-an-elf-warning\/","robots":"max-image-preview:large","keywords":"events,lotr stage,old main news,stage productions,the lord of the rings","webmasterTools":{"miscellaneous":""},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/www.theonering.net\/torwp\/2006\/03\/24\/1598-it-should-come-with-an-elf-warning\/#article","name":"It should come with an elf warning","headline":"It should come with an elf warning","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.theonering.net\/torwp\/author\/xoanon\/#author"},"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.theonering.net\/torwp\/#organization"},"image":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https:\/\/www.theonering.net\/torwp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/TORN-25-logo.png","@id":"https:\/\/www.theonering.net\/torwp\/#articleImage","width":3474,"height":3121},"datePublished":"2006-03-24T15:00:45-05:00","dateModified":"2007-11-23T22:31:09-05:00","inLanguage":"en-US","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.theonering.net\/torwp\/2006\/03\/24\/1598-it-should-come-with-an-elf-warning\/#webpage"},"isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.theonering.net\/torwp\/2006\/03\/24\/1598-it-should-come-with-an-elf-warning\/#webpage"},"articleSection":"Events, LotR Stage, Old Main News, Stage Productions, The Lord of the Rings"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.theonering.net\/torwp\/2006\/03\/24\/1598-it-should-come-with-an-elf-warning\/#breadcrumblist","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","@id":"https:\/\/www.theonering.net\/torwp\/#listItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.theonering.net\/torwp\/","nextItem":{"@type":"ListItem","@id":"https:\/\/www.theonering.net\/torwp\/category\/tornarchive\/#listItem","name":"Original TORn"}},{"@type":"ListItem","@id":"https:\/\/www.theonering.net\/torwp\/category\/tornarchive\/#listItem","position":2,"name":"Original TORn","item":"https:\/\/www.theonering.net\/torwp\/category\/tornarchive\/","nextItem":{"@type":"ListItem","@id":"https:\/\/www.theonering.net\/torwp\/category\/tornarchive\/old-main-news\/#listItem","name":"Old Main News"},"previousItem":{"@type":"ListItem","@id":"https:\/\/www.theonering.net\/torwp\/#listItem","name":"Home"}},{"@type":"ListItem","@id":"https:\/\/www.theonering.net\/torwp\/category\/tornarchive\/old-main-news\/#listItem","position":3,"name":"Old Main News","item":"https:\/\/www.theonering.net\/torwp\/category\/tornarchive\/old-main-news\/","nextItem":{"@type":"ListItem","@id":"https:\/\/www.theonering.net\/torwp\/2006\/03\/24\/1598-it-should-come-with-an-elf-warning\/#listItem","name":"It should come with an elf warning"},"previousItem":{"@type":"ListItem","@id":"https:\/\/www.theonering.net\/torwp\/category\/tornarchive\/#listItem","name":"Original TORn"}},{"@type":"ListItem","@id":"https:\/\/www.theonering.net\/torwp\/2006\/03\/24\/1598-it-should-come-with-an-elf-warning\/#listItem","position":4,"name":"It should come with an elf warning","previousItem":{"@type":"ListItem","@id":"https:\/\/www.theonering.net\/torwp\/category\/tornarchive\/old-main-news\/#listItem","name":"Old Main News"}}]},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/www.theonering.net\/torwp\/#organization","name":"The One Ring.net","description":"Forged by and for fans of J.R.R. Tolkien","url":"https:\/\/www.theonering.net\/torwp\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https:\/\/www.theonering.net\/torwp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/TORN-25-logo.png","@id":"https:\/\/www.theonering.net\/torwp\/2006\/03\/24\/1598-it-should-come-with-an-elf-warning\/#organizationLogo","width":3474,"height":3121},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.theonering.net\/torwp\/2006\/03\/24\/1598-it-should-come-with-an-elf-warning\/#organizationLogo"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/facebook.com\/theoneringnet","https:\/\/x.com\/theoneringnet","https:\/\/instagram.com\/theoneringnet","https:\/\/youtube.com\/theoneringnet","https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Tolkien_fandom#TheOneRing.net_(or_TORn)"]},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.theonering.net\/torwp\/author\/xoanon\/#author","url":"https:\/\/www.theonering.net\/torwp\/author\/xoanon\/","name":"xoanon","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","@id":"https:\/\/www.theonering.net\/torwp\/2006\/03\/24\/1598-it-should-come-with-an-elf-warning\/#authorImage","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/9f0150a42131d42eea75e4959b1fcbb6cd027f7c40599bb51a8ae137b85e27fe?s=96&r=g","width":96,"height":96,"caption":"xoanon"}},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.theonering.net\/torwp\/2006\/03\/24\/1598-it-should-come-with-an-elf-warning\/#webpage","url":"https:\/\/www.theonering.net\/torwp\/2006\/03\/24\/1598-it-should-come-with-an-elf-warning\/","name":"It should come with an elf warning","description":"It was the custom of Tolkien, CS Lewis and their fellow \"Inklings\" to read extracts from work in progress over foaming pints in the Eagle and Child pub in Oxford. One evening, as Tolkien launched into yet another chapter from The Lord of the Rings, a fellow member of the circle, Hugo Dyson, was audibly","inLanguage":"en-US","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.theonering.net\/torwp\/#website"},"breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.theonering.net\/torwp\/2006\/03\/24\/1598-it-should-come-with-an-elf-warning\/#breadcrumblist"},"author":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.theonering.net\/torwp\/author\/xoanon\/#author"},"creator":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.theonering.net\/torwp\/author\/xoanon\/#author"},"datePublished":"2006-03-24T15:00:45-05:00","dateModified":"2007-11-23T22:31:09-05:00"},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.theonering.net\/torwp\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.theonering.net\/torwp\/","name":"Lord of the Rings Rings of Power on Amazon Prime News, JRR Tolkien, The Hobbit and more | TheOneRing.net","description":"Forged by and for fans of J.R.R. Tolkien","inLanguage":"en-US","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.theonering.net\/torwp\/#organization"}}]},"og:locale":"en_US","og:site_name":"Lord of the Rings &amp; Tolkien News - TheOneRing.net Fan Community, since 1999 | Forged by and for fans of J.R.R. Tolkien","og:type":"article","og:title":"It should come with an elf warning","og:description":"It was the custom of Tolkien, CS Lewis and their fellow &quot;Inklings&quot; to read extracts from work in progress over foaming pints in the Eagle and Child pub in Oxford. One evening, as Tolkien launched into yet another chapter from The Lord of the Rings, a fellow member of the circle, Hugo Dyson, was audibly","og:url":"https:\/\/www.theonering.net\/torwp\/2006\/03\/24\/1598-it-should-come-with-an-elf-warning\/","og:image":"https:\/\/www.theonering.net\/torwp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/TORN-25-logo.png","og:image:secure_url":"https:\/\/www.theonering.net\/torwp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/TORN-25-logo.png","og:image:width":3474,"og:image:height":3121,"article:published_time":"2006-03-24T21:00:45+00:00","article:modified_time":"2007-11-24T03:31:09+00:00","article:publisher":"https:\/\/facebook.com\/theoneringnet","twitter:card":"summary","twitter:site":"@theoneringnet","twitter:title":"It should come with an elf warning","twitter:description":"It was the custom of Tolkien, CS Lewis and their fellow &quot;Inklings&quot; to read extracts from work in progress over foaming pints in the Eagle and Child pub in Oxford. One evening, as Tolkien launched into yet another chapter from The Lord of the Rings, a fellow member of the circle, Hugo Dyson, was audibly","twitter:creator":"@theoneringnet","twitter:image":"https:\/\/www.theonering.net\/torwp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/TORN-25-logo.png"},"aioseo_meta_data":{"post_id":"1598","title":null,"description":null,"keywords":null,"keyphrases":null,"primary_term":null,"canonical_url":null,"og_title":null,"og_description":null,"og_object_type":"default","og_image_type":"default","og_image_url":null,"og_image_width":null,"og_image_height":null,"og_image_custom_url":null,"og_image_custom_fields":null,"og_video":null,"og_custom_url":null,"og_article_section":null,"og_article_tags":null,"twitter_use_og":false,"twitter_card":"default","twitter_image_type":"default","twitter_image_url":null,"twitter_image_custom_url":null,"twitter_image_custom_fields":null,"twitter_title":null,"twitter_description":null,"schema":{"blockGraphs":[],"customGraphs":[],"default":{"data":{"Article":[],"Course":[],"Dataset":[],"FAQPage":[],"Movie":[],"Person":[],"Product":[],"ProductReview":[],"Car":[],"Recipe":[],"Service":[],"SoftwareApplication":[],"WebPage":[]},"graphName":"","isEnabled":true},"graphs":[]},"schema_type":null,"schema_type_options":null,"pillar_content":false,"robots_default":true,"robots_noindex":false,"robots_noarchive":false,"robots_nosnippet":false,"robots_nofollow":false,"robots_noimageindex":false,"robots_noodp":false,"robots_notranslate":false,"robots_max_snippet":null,"robots_max_videopreview":null,"robots_max_imagepreview":"large","priority":null,"frequency":null,"local_seo":null,"seo_analyzer_scan_date":"2026-05-15 17:07:23","breadcrumb_settings":null,"limit_modified_date":false,"open_ai":null,"ai":null,"created":"2020-12-28 13:09:41","updated":"2026-05-15 17:07:23","focus_keyword":null,"additional_keywords":null,"truseo_locale":null},"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p1tLoH-pM","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.theonering.net\/torwp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1598","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.theonering.net\/torwp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.theonering.net\/torwp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.theonering.net\/torwp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.theonering.net\/torwp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1598"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.theonering.net\/torwp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1598\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.theonering.net\/torwp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1598"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.theonering.net\/torwp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1598"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.theonering.net\/torwp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1598"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}