The billion-dollar battle to make The Rings of Power
Tolkien family infighting, Hollywood lawsuits and Jeff Bezos, unexpected Middle-earth nerd – the long road to Amazon’s Lord of the…
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The Rings of Power is bold, beautiful and thrilling television
Amazon bet on its Lord of the Rings prequel, the most expensive TV show ever made. It paid off.
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Tolkien’s first words
JRR Tolkien’s fictions grew out of a gift for language and a passion for male friendship, tempered by the horrors…
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Master of his universe: the warnings in JRR Tolkien’s novels
Dismissed as reactionary fantasy and even labelled fascist, Tolkien’s novels told of the corrupting influence of power. He deserves to be…
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Beren and Lúthien: Love, war and Tolkien’s lost tales
Expanded and augmented version of tale which first appeared in Silmarillion mirrors Tolkien's own relationship with wife Edith.
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The wizard of Oxford: what Tolkien could hear in a voice
Over the radio, J R R Tolkien's precise and musical voice told us why he'd never have gone to hunt…
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Teach yourself Dwarvish: behind Tolkien’s invented languages
From sound aesthetic to Finnegans Wake, a new book explores Tolkien's relationship to language.
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Michael Moorcock: “I think Tolkien was a crypto-fascist”
Michael Moorcock revolutionised science fiction with symbolism, sex and psychoactive drugs. Now, at 75, he has invented another genre.
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