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An Eagle’s View of Middle-earth

by × on March 9, 2014 at 2:00 pm ×

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. […]

Hear J R R Tolkien’s childhood in a Birmingham audio walk

by × on June 21, 2013 at 7:23 pm ×

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 […]

Grand Opening of Sarehole Mill

by × on March 12, 2013 at 10:48 am ×

Sarehole Mill is celebrating it’s recent renovation with a Grand Opening on 30-31st March. The mill was a childhood haunt of JRR Tolkien and his brother and they would often play together there. Later on […]

Tolkien’s Inspiring Tower In Need Of Restoration

by × on January 23, 2013 at 5:14 pm ×

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 […]