This Week in Middle-earth
9th July, 2941 [The Hobbit] The company shelters in the mountain cave “It seemed quite a fair size, but not too large and mysterious. It had a dry floor and some comfortable nooks. At one […]
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An Eagle’s View of Middle-earth
The trouble with those paper maps is that they’re always getting wet and smudging. Adventurers who embark on quests with leather maps are much more likely to get to their destinations. This leather map of […]
This Week in Middle-earth
1st July, 294 [The Hobbit] Elrond examines Gandalf and Thorin’s swords and reads the moon-letters Elrond knew all about runes of every kind. That day he looked at the swords they had brought from the […]
Women and Chauvinism in Middle-earth
In light of recent events, the question of women and their role in Middle-earth arises once again. Even though we have only seen a few seconds of Tauriel, a lot of controversy has been built […]
This Week in Middle-earth
June, 2941 [The Hobbit] The Company was hosted by Elrond at his home Rivendell Their clothes were mended as well as their bruises, their tempers and their hopes. Their bags were filled with food and […]
An Eagle’s View of Middle-earth–In Pictures!
Every week, our Middle-earth News reporters seek out Tolkien/Hobbit/LOTR goodness and tag their finds with their names. This week, we found so many images that this will be a predominantly picture-based “Eagle’s View of Middle-earth.” […]
This Week in Middle-earth
June, 2941 [The Hobbit] The Company was hosted by Elrond at his home Rivendell His house was perfect, whether you liked food, or sleep, or work, or story-telling, or singing, or just sitting and thinking […]
Hear J R R Tolkien’s childhood in a Birmingham audio walk
J.R.R. Tolkien’s imagination was fired by a difficult childhood spent mostly in Birmingham. “Light From the Shadows” is a Birmingham Repertory Theatre Neighbourhood REP project in collaboration with Hall Green Library, created by writers Charlotte […]
Previously Unknown Tolkien Poem Discovered
Husband and wife team Wayne G. Hammond and Christina Scull have found reference to an earlier version of Tolkien’s poem The Shadow Bride in the Annual of Our Lady’s School (1936). This earlier version, titled […]
This Week in Middle-earth
14th June, 3019 [The Lord of the Rings] The sons of Elrond meet the escort and bring Arwen to Edoras (during the days after the fall of Sauron) 16th June, 3019 [The Lord of […]
