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JRR Tolkien
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51 days ago
78 days ago
Nick Harkaway: ‘I loathed Charles Dickens – it nearly turned me off reading for ever’
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a story from The Guardian ⚠️ › International
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…
4 months ago
‘Unimaginably rare’ first edition of The Hobbit sells at auction for £43,000
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a story from The Guardian ⚠️ › International
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…
Copy of The Hobbit sells for massive £43,000 after being found in Bristol house clear out
6 months ago
Statues of JRR Tolkien and his wife to be unveiled in East Yorkshire
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a story from The Guardian ⚠️ › International
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…
9 months ago
‘Reduced to nonsense’: JRR Tolkien’s irritation with typist revealed in archive
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…
‘It makes you feel like the hero of your own quest’: the dark, delightful magic of the dungeon synth scene
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a story from The Guardian ⚠️ › International
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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