Can This Cockpit Hold The Vasty Fields of Gondor?
Recommended background music: The Tolkien Playlist. This has been a year of The Lord of the Rings, with Eldest reading it for the first time, followed by watching the films…
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Imagined Editorial Conversations
If you've not already done so, you can still Ask me Anything and I will reply next week - see the linked page for details. Something I find fascinating is…
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Ten films that are better than the book
We all know the book is always better than the film - and in 90% of occasions, that's true, especially when it's a good book. Below I look at ten…
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Sometimes you have to be a little bit naughty
In which I review the recent film release Matilda: The Musical and talk about how it captures the spirit and character of the book so well, with the added bonus…
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Names With Incongruous Associations
Enola, Cluny, Gilead and Samaritans - what connects these names? As always, if you enjoy what you read here, you can sign up free to receive an email update each…
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The definitive Star Wars film ranking
At last, as someone once said, this blog is finally tackling a subject of real importance. I know that many of you will be checking here today to get the…
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A Jewel Within Clay: The Tolkien Edit
I'm a huge fan of Peter Jackson's film adaptations of The Lord of the Rings. Despite a couple of flaws - in particular, repeated defamation of secondary characters in The…