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 […]
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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.” […]
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 […]
Magical Books – From The Middle Ages To Middle-Earth
Magical Books – From the Middle Ages to Middle-earth is the rather wonderful title of the latest exhibition at the Bodleian Library in Oxford. The exhibition is of the texts and drawings that the Bodleian holds […]
An Eagle’s View of Middle-earth
Meet Pickles! Not only does she live at the Hobbiton Movie Set, but she was present during the filming of The Hobbit last year. Time to re-watch the Shire scenes to see if she shows […]
An Eagle’s View of Middle-earth
The assignment was to create a book cover, but for Wes Talbott, it meant a lot more. J.R.R. Tolkien’s The Hobbit has been extremely inspiring and influential to his work, so he designed this beautiful […]
New Arthurian Epic By Tolkien Released This Thursday
Tolkien Society Press Release: A brand new J.R.R. Tolkien epic, The Fall of Arthur, will be released this Thursday. This never-before-seen story starts with the legendary King Arthur going to war in “Saxon lands” before returning […]
An Eagle’s View of Middle-earth
This amazing stained glass featuring a map of Middle-earth was created by Gerard Baines as his exam piece retraining in stain glass art. What do you think? Does he pass? (Lily Milos via Joe Gilronan) TomTom, the […]
School’s Hobbit Library Up For Award
Imagine being able to read J.R.R. Tolkien’s The Hobbit in a hobbit house! For the kids at Nansloe Academy in Helston, not only is this dream a reality, but their school’s library has been shortlisted for a […]
J. R. R. Tolkien’s ‘The Fall of Arthur’ in Stores May 23
Get ready to lighten your wallets, Tolkien fans! The Fall of Arthur is now available for pre-order on Amazon and will hit bookstores this May 23! J. R. R. Tolkien’s narrative poem, surrounding one of England’s greatest legends, is […]
