Check out this awesome Frodo cosplay by Amouranth! She has a ton of pictures from her photoshoot over on her Tumblr, and every photo is spot on! (spotted by Middle-earth News contributor Myla) This post at […]
We’ve decided to turn “An Eagle’s View of Middle-earth” from a weekly post to a daily post! We noticed that there were so many Tolkien/Hobbit/LOTR related stories making headlines that it only seemed fair to keep you up-to-date with all […]
Often, Tolkien is associated with the city of Oxford, and in order to understand Tolkien and his life, people visit Oxford. However, an often neglected fact is that Tolkien grew up in Birmingham. Whether the […]
The Knitting Witch is at it again! We’ve featured her knitted Hobbit characters in a past Eagle’s View, and this time she has blown us away with her knitted version of The Hobbit’s dust jacket. […]
As we reported earlier this week, Middle-earth Weekend at Sarehole Mill was in danger after the chairman and vice chairman of the event stepped down. Locals and past attendees were disappointed, and it looked as […]
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 […]
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 […]
When J.R.R. Tolkien was a boy growing up in Birmingham, he would have passed the 18th century tower called Perrot’s Folly on his way to and from school. Along with other Birmingham landmarks like Sarehole […]