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New Tolkien Letter Discovered in Late Swiss Lawyer's Filing Cabinet
June 28, 2007 - When Swiss lawyer Albin Schram died in 2005, he left behind a silent legacy - his private collection of autographed letters quietly amassed over three decades. Among the rare collection are letters by Napoleon Bonaparte, Oscar Wilde, Albert Einstein, Sir Issac Newton, Winston Churchill… and among many others, none other than Professor J.R.R.Tolkien. |
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Has Tolkien's Family Been "Forced into Hiding"?
April 13, 2007 - "The Tolkien family is under perpetual abuse of one kind or another. It goes on all the time." |
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Today is Tolkien's Birthday... and the Toast is "The Professor"
January 3, 2007 - On January 3rd Tolkien fans around the world are invited to raise a glass and toast the birthday of this much loved author at 21:00 (9 pm) your local time. |
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Buy J.R.R. Tolkien's Fireplace... only $250,000!
December 18, 2006 - Time to dig between the cushions of your couch and find that spare change! |
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J.R.R. Tolkien Makes Forbes List of Top Earners
June 16, 2006 - Yes, he's still making plenty of money. Not bad for not publishing a new complete work in 30 years. |
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Tolkien's World War 1 Revolver to go on Display
May 20, 2006 - JRR Tolkien's Webley Mark VI revolver carried at the Battle of the Somme is to go on display next month at London's Imperial War Museum. |
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Tolkien Birthday Toast.. The Toast is the Professor
December 23, 2005 - At 9pm (local times) on January 3rd fans around the world are invited to raise a glass and toast J.R.R. Tolkien's Birthday |
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A Look Back: Tolkien Remembered in National Review
October 4, 2005 - National Review is celebrating it's 50th anniversary, and therefore is looking back through its archives to republish some standout pieces. Here is an excerpt of their Tolkien retrospective just after his death in 1973. |
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C.S. Lewis and J.R.R. Tolkien: Bitter Friends?
September 26, 2005 - "New research has revealed that their friendship was riven by the most bitter and personal of rows on everything from literature to religion and even their choice of spouse..." |
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Burrowing deep into the birthplace of Bilbo Baggins - telegraph.co.uk
May 22, 2004 - "A comfortable family home in north Oxford was the inspiration for the best-selling works of JRR Tolkien. Richard Wilcock enters the Hobbit's lair, now up for sale..." |