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Tag: Tolkien, J R R

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A Rare Copy of ‘The Hobbit’ Is Found on an Unassuming Shelf

August 4, 2025Amelia NierenbergComments Off on A Rare Copy of ‘The Hobbit’ Is Found on an Unassuming Shelf

Bidding for the Tolkien classic, which was discovered in a home in Bristol, England, has already exceeded $25,000.

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A Rare Copy of ‘The Hobbit’ Is Found on an Unassuming Shelf

August 4, 2025Amelia NierenbergComments Off on A Rare Copy of ‘The Hobbit’ Is Found on an Unassuming Shelf

Bidding for the Tolkien classic, which was discovered in a home in Bristol, England, has already exceeded $25,000.

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How a Diver Found a Ring Lost 50 Years Ago Near Barbados

November 12, 2024November 13, 2024Hank SandersComments Off on How a Diver Found a Ring Lost 50 Years Ago Near Barbados

A dive instructor found the well-preserved ring with a metal detector, and then used clues on the ring to try and track down its owner.

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Italy’s Giorgia Meloni Visits Tolkien Exhibition in Rome

November 17, 2023November 18, 2023JASON HOROWITZComments Off on Italy’s Giorgia Meloni Visits Tolkien Exhibition in Rome

Italy’s Culture Ministry has opened a curious show dedicated to the life and works of J.R.R. Tolkien — and perhaps a new front in the culture wars. It’s “beautiful.” Just ask the prime minister.

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C.S. Lewis’s Oxford: Where the Lion and the Witch Met the Hobbit

February 28, 2023February 28, 2023Will Higginbotham and Max MiechowskiComments Off on C.S. Lewis’s Oxford: Where the Lion and the Witch Met the Hobbit

Discovering the sites in Oxford where C.S. Lewis, the writer of over 30 books, including the “Chronicles of Narnia” series, found faith, inspiration and a life-changing friendship with J.R.R. Tolkien.

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A Soviet ‘Lord of the Rings’ Is Unearthed, Epic in Its Own Way

April 10, 2021April 11, 2021ALAN YUHASComments Off on A Soviet ‘Lord of the Rings’ Is Unearthed, Epic in Its Own Way

Tolkien fans received an unexpected gift with the rediscovery of an all-but-forgotten 1991 production. They were also left with questions, like “why is Gollum wearing a lettuce on his head?”

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Zelensky Meets With European Leaders as Ukraine Peace Talks Drag On

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Love Letters From a Chinese Jail

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Thai Jets Bomb Cambodia as at Least 5 Die in New Wave of Fighting

December 8, 2025December 8, 2025Sui-Lee Wee and Muktita Suhartono

Firefighter Is Killed as Multiple Wildfires Burn in Australia

December 8, 2025Victoria Kim

8 Matisse Works Stolen From Library in Brazil

December 8, 2025December 8, 2025Jin Yu Young

United Nations Cuts Its 2026 Emergency Aid Budget in Half

December 8, 2025NICK CUMMING-BRUCE

Dogs in Kimonos: Japan Reinvents a Children’s Holiday With Pets in Mind

December 8, 2025Javier C. Hernández, Hisako Ueno and Kentaro Takahashi
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