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Memorial Plaque at Tolkien residence in Leeds
The Tolkien Society is pleased to announce that on Oct. 1st the Leeds Civic Trust will be siting a blue plaque at 2 Darnley Road, West Park, Leeds. For the details of the event click here.
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Sir Christopher Lee Honored
The Independent report that Sir Christopher Lee, who played Saruman in the LotR movies, is to be honored with a Bafta fellowship award.
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The Mariner: Sailing Around Middle Earth
This year’s Middle-earth weekend, at Sarehole Mill, UK, will be held on 15th and 16th May and has the theme of the Mariner to tie in with the International Maritime Organization’s Year of the Seafarer. A story that links the earliest ages of Middle-earth with “The Lord of the Rings” is the tale of Eärendil…
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How are YOU toasting the Professor this year ?
January 3rd, 2010 is J.R.R. Tolkien’s birthday. 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 with the words — “The Professor.” The Tolkien Society has some information, found here, where fans across the globe can let other fans know where they’ll…
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Tolkien’s Norse Lays Garner Praise
Catherine Innes-Parker of the Globe and Mail (Toronto, Canada) had this to say about the latest Tolkien offering: “Yet because these are retellings rather than translations of any one particular source, Tolkien is free to exploit the force and energy of alliterative verse, recreating not only the content and style, but the very “feel” of…
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Invitation to “Journeys & Destinations”
On Saturday 27th June 2009 at Sir John Soane’s Museum, Lincoln’s Inn Fields, London The Tolkien Society will present a seminar, “Journeys & Destinations” The seminar provides academics, students and independent scholars with a venue for interdisciplinary dialogue. This year the theme is “Journeys and Destinations” in Tolkien’s works. Participants are free to draw on…
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Join Us in Toasting the Professor
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. The Birthday Toast event should be understood to consist of uttering the time-honoured words “The Professor” and holding aloft a drink (not necessarily alcoholic) of an individual’s choice. The Tolkien Society has some…
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LOTR stage production satisfies
CoE member Neenime recently attended the Lord of the Rings stage show in Toronto and has sent us this review of her experience of the production. Neenime writes: “It was with much anticipation that I attended the LOTR stage production in Toronto on April 28th. I hoped for entry to a magical world and was…
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LOTR stageplay starts with mixed reviews
Critics are split about the opening performance of the theatrical extravaganza of ‘The Lord of the Rings’. It opened last night in Toronto, Canada. While one reviewer was “bored” with the apparent lack of spectacular theatre effects, and another decried the loss of character development to other aspects of the play, J.R.R.Tolkien’s granddaughter Rachel Tolkien,…
