Tolkien’s home in Headington
Taken from the book ‘The Inklings of Oxford: C.S. Lewis, J.R.R. Tolkien, and Their Friends’: “The Tolkiens moved to 76 Sandfield Road in Headington where they lived from 1953 until 1968.”
JRR Tolkien translation of Beowulf to be published after 90-year wait
Almost 90 years after JRR Tolkien translated the 11th-century poem Beowulf, The Lord of the Rings author’s version of the epic story is to be published for the first time in an edition which his son Christopher Tolkien says sees his father “enter[ing] into the imagined past” of the heroes…
Tolkien Manuscripts at Bodleian Library
______________ J.R.R. Tolkien frequented Oxford’s Bodleian Library, which now holds a large collection of Tolkien manuscripts.Dr. Joseph Pearce on How Tolkien’s ‘The Hobbit’ Can Change Us
Youtube video: Tolkien expert Dr. Joseph Pearce on how ‘The Hobbit’ can change us
There Really is a Tree: Leaf by Niggle
Timothy Keller on the importance of Tolkien’s Leaf by Niggle for persistence in whatever our vocation is today.Evan Palmer’s Adaptation of J.R.R. Tolkien’s Ainulindalë
Adapted from Tolkien’s amazing words, the first chapter of The Silmarillion spans the mythological creation of Middle-Earth and its gods. Told here with loving care and reverence in 54 full color pages. Original story by Tolkien, not owned by Evan Palmer.
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