Thousands of years before the events of The Lord of the Rings, the Men of Gondor conquered the Black Gate, the main entrance ...

Despite J.R.R. Tolkien's world in The Lord of the Rings being so full of lore, there are still some mysteries that have yet ...

The Lord of the Rings is a book obsessed with ruins, bloodlines, and the divine right of aristocrats. Why are so many on the ...

The first part of this investigation into whether J.R.R. Tolkien's work is racist examines the creatures of Middle-earth, ...

Simon Smith, 57, unearthed the rare haul of letters and drawings exchanged between the creators of the famous bear tucked away inside carrier bags in Malvern. His father Leslie, who died aged 96 in ...

Read the full “Overlooked No More” obituary at The New York Times. GET A.V.CLUB RIGHT IN YOUR INBOX Pop culture obsessives ...

J. R. R. Tolkien's books have been adapted several times, with varying degrees of accuracy. The novels are detailed and expansive, containing more lore than could ever fit into a film. The most ...

While Tolkien's stories take place in the fictional realm of Middle-earth, the awe-inspiring landscapes of the books, films and TV shows are closer than you might imagine. The first book in J R R ...

It grotesquely misunderstands the man and his work JRR Tolkien’s Middle Earth is an inexhaustible resource for artists good and bad. There is Peter Jackson’s Oscar-winning trilogy Lord of the ...

The world-first exhibition brings together artefacts from the British Library and portraits from the National Portrait Gallery in London.

However, none of them would have gotten where they are without the influence of J.R.R. Tolkien. The creator of ‘The Hobbit’ and ‘The Lord of the Rings’ changed literature forever ...

By this I don’t just mean a great fantasy novel written by an American. From the originating genius of J.R.R. Tolkien to the “grimdark” revisionism of our own day, fantasy as created and ...