The Hobbit, The Lord of the Rings, J.R.R. Tolkien, Movies, Art, Literature, Gaming 
Sir Ian McKellen has recorded the voice of ‘The Book’ for a small theatre production of How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying at Olney Theatre Center. Olney is a town in Maryland about 20 […]
Recently, rumours that LOTRO would potentially be shutting down started to spread again; but during one of the “Take the Hobbits to Isengard!” events, community manager Sapience reassured fans that Turbine’s license had been renewed […]
Last year, I began my project on Tolkien and the representation of female characters, called “Women and Chauvinism in Middle-earth”. The analysis started with The Lord of the Rings and will continue with The Silmarillion […]
This Wednesday, Dr. Dimitra Fimi will be speaking about Tolkien at Cardiff University. More specifically, she will be presenting her paper on “Tolkien, Kipling and Romantic Anglo-Saxonism: two ‘mythologies for England,’” which “focuses on the […]
Middle-earth Weekend in Birmingham, England, known for attracting up to 10,000 Tolkien fans around the world, may not be held this year. Fans of the event were disappointed this week to find that Middle-earth Weekend’s […]
This amazing paper sculpture is by Deviantartist FarTooManyIdeas who created this piece just from the images in the trailers for The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug. It is a fantastic likeness of the dragon Smaug […]
Year 2942 – The Hobbit January 18 Bilbo, Gandalf and Beorn finally arrive at Beorn’s house Year 3019 – The Lord of the Rings January 13 Attack by Wolves in the early hours The Company […]
With the centenary of World War I, Sir Peter Jackson will help to form a replica WW1 aerodrome based at Britain’s only intact WW1 airfield, Stow Maries in Essex. Jackson has not commented on it […]
Happy Birthday, Ryan Gage! Ryan is a British actor who brings a smile to our faces as Alfrid, the Master of Lake Town’s councillor, in The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug. He was originally cast as Drogo […]
Congratulations to The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug! Just moments ago, it was announced that the film received three nominations for the 2014 Academy Awards. At the 86th Academy Awards on Sunday, March 2, 2014, The Hobbit: The […]
