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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Five Playlists
Here's a top tip for blogging: don't commit to a schedule of two posts a week the day before you exchange contracts to move house. With the move happening later…
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The Case for Lúthien Tinúviel to be the next Disney Princess
Expanding upon an idea I've mentioned before, this piece sets out why Lúthien Tinúviel, the character created by J. R. R. Tolkien, is the perfect candidate to be the next…
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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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The Rings of Power: Early Thoughts
In a word: mixed. In a sentence: rich, sumptuous but oh, so slow. In more detail: read on to see. As always, if you enjoy what you read here, you…
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Party Game: Lord of the Rings Exegesis
As Shakespeare tells us, "The devil can cite Scripture for his purpose." And indeed, throughout history there have been many occasions in which people on either side of an argument…
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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…