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20 Northmoor Road, Oxford, where JRR Tolkien lived with his family from 1930 to 1947.

Effort to buy and preserve Tolkien house in Oxford

Actors from the films trilogies the “Lord of the Rings” and “The Hobbit” have backed a campaign to turn the... Read more

'Kullervo marches to war' by Akseli Gallen-Kallela (1865-1931). Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons.

Incest, suicide, and murder: What we can expect from Tolkien’s dark new story

A previously unpublished short story by J.R.R. Tolkien will release in the U.K. next week, and it promises to give... Read more

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