Click through this gallery and read up on the life and work of J.R.R. Tolkien, and discover what inspired him to write his epic masterpieces of literary magic. You may also like: Microsoft and our ...

Tuesday September 2nd 2003 is the 30th anniversary of the death of JRR Tolkien. His parents both came from Birmingham but his father, Arthur, who was a bank clerk, moved to South Africa in the ...

Opening in UK cinemas on 3 May, Tolkien charts the relationship between ... “biopics typically take considerable licence with the facts, and this one is no exception”. What have the filmmakers ...

JRR Tolkien, author of The Hobbit and Lord of the Rings, is the latest cultural icon to find himself in the Evil Genius hotseat, with comedians Thanyia Moore, Lauren Pattison and Pierre Novellie ...

Christopher Tolkien, who edited and published the posthumous works of his father, Lord of the Rings writer JRR Tolkien, has died aged 95. The news was confirmed by the Tolkien Society, which ...