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JRR Tolkien

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auto-detected in 9 stories

4 months ago

A history module uses a text that says orcs and other dark-skinned characters in the best-selling trilogy are the victims of 'ethnic chauvinism'.

5 months ago

The author on his secret theories about Tolkien, the most perfect and terrifying Moomin book, and how his father, John le Carré, inspired him

My earliest reading memory
I read The Lord of the Rings b…

6 months ago

Only a few hundred from the original 1,500 copy print run of Tolkien’s masterpiece are thought to still exist

A rare first edition of JRR Tolkien’s The Hobbit that was found during a house clearance h…

The copy of JRR Tolkien's 1937 book was found on a bookcase at a home in Bristol during a routine house clearance.

9 months ago

The wooden statues commemorate the author’s time in the area while recuperating after the first world war and a moment that inspired a tale of star-crossed love in Middle-earth

Wooden carved statues o…

11 months ago

Exclusive: Important collection of author’s letters and manuscripts, being sold in April, reveals his loathing of sloppiness and love of language

JRR Tolkien was so irritated by a careless typist’s sl…

12 months ago

Amid dinosaurs, swords and leather armour, we visit the UK’s first festival for dungeon synth – a fast-growing black metal spinoff dedicated to fantasy and escape

A flurry of inflatable caveman clubs …

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