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Hobbit House for rent!
Looking for a holiday rental with a difference? Steve and Christine Michaels spent £250,000 building a Hobbit House in Montana and you can rent it for £149 per night. You can read the full story and see pictures of the house here. There are more photos of the house on the Hobbit House Facebook page…
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Orlando Bloom backs butterfly conservation book
Orlando Bloom, currently in New Zealand working on The Hobbit movies, has backed efforts to save the UK’s threatened butterflies by sponsoring a book, written by his mother, aimed at helping children engage with the natural world. For more info read the full article on Yahoo News
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The Hobbit in Under Two Minutes
Follow this link to be sent to where the Brothers Grim and Grimy (actually animator Declan Moran) have posted ‘The Hobbit in Under Two Minutes’.
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Video Interview of Sir Christopher Lee
Science and Technology writer John Farrel, of Forbes.com, recently interviewed Sir Christopher Lee. In this video segment the veteran actor discusses how and why he became one of earliest actors to set up his own website.
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The Hobbit, A Picture Book report
Talented young Illustrator Sam Bosma has been regularly posting images from The Hobbit on a blog at picturebookreport.com. The blog not only displays the illustrations but also gives some of the illustrator’s insights into the creative process. Even more details of his creative process can be found on
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Jackson and Serkis appear at airshow.
Peter Jackson and Andy Serkis took time off from their busy schedules to appear at The Classic Fighters Omaka Airshow. A classic plane owner himself, Jackson is also the Chairman of the 14-18 Heritage Trust which supplied much of the aircraft displayed at the exhibition. For details see this article in the Sunday Star Times.
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Tolkien’s view on resurrection
Today, the Huffington Post’s Religion column gives us a brief explanation as to why Tolkien , a devout Roman Catholic, was a firm believer in resurrection. The reference to Tolkien comes in the third last paragraph.
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Change of Name for Camp Rivendell
Since 2004 Bragg Creek Community Association has operated a day camp in Redwood Meadows. At Camp Rivendell the children were organized into age groups of hobbits, elves and dwarfs. However, after receiving a letter from solicitors acting for the estate of JRR Tolkien, they have had to change their name — the alternative was facing…
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Learn about JRRT and earn credits towards your MA
The University of Wales is now offering two accredited online courses on the impact of J.R.R Tolkien on fantasy literature. The courses will run 10 weeks and will begin on May 1st. For more information check out the
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J.R.R. Tolkien, In His Own Words (1968 BBC Documentary)
Book review site Biblioklept has just posted the fascinating BBC documentary, J.R.R. Tolkien, In His Own Words. This insightful documentary follows the author around Oxford while he discusses his work, his love of trees, and many other topics.
