author Colin Dexter's Inspector Morse and Gandalf from JRR Tolkien's Lord of the Rings. The artwork is by Oxford-based MES Crew, whose collective of graffiti writers, artists, designers and ...

historical figures are judged on their art, utterances and actions, with a panel of funny folk deciding whether they’re completely worthwhile or utterly worthless. JRR Tolkien, author of The ...

Opening in UK cinemas on 3 May, Tolkien charts the relationship between the writer, played by Nicholas Hoult, and his wife and muse, Edith (Lily Collins), reports The Guardian. According to the ...

The Collected Poems of J.R.R. Tolkien contains nearly 250 individual ... the philosopher Charles Taylor argues that much of western art for the past two centuries has been deeply concerned with ...

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 ...

As an example, “Rohirrim” emphasizes Tolkien’s insistence on hoping beyond hope. In the author’s world, true heroism was not so much about abounding in courage, strength, or wit, but rather the ...

It started, of course, with J.R.R. Tolkien’s epic fantasy book series. Adaptations followed over the years, first on radio, then in animation, before Jackson finally brought the realm of Middle ...