Chris Baker Pencil Artist Interview
Chris Baker Pencil Artist Interview Chris Baker is an autistic Pencil Artist with a talent for creating hyper-realistic works. He is a self taught artist from Cardiff, South Wales. In October of 2011...
View Article‘Leaf by Niggle’ At the Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2017!
Puppet State Theatre Company return to the Scottish Storytelling Centre for this year’s Festival Fringe, with its acclaimed production of JRR Tolkien’s little-known short story, Leaf by Niggle. I have...
View ArticleWhy You Should Go To Oxonmoot!
Oxonmoot is the annual social gathering of the Tolkien Society, held in one of the gorgeous Oxford colleges. This year is back at St Anthony’s. A lot happens during an Oxonmoot: last year we hosted the...
View ArticleTolkien in the TARDIS
Tolkien in the TARDIS How Doctor Who and Lord of the Rings reflect one another. At WorldCon2017 in Helsinki I gave a talk on Doctor Who and Tolkien. I had previously given it at the Tolkien Society a...
View ArticleTalkin’ Tolkien in the City of Culture
Kingston-Upon-Hull (Hull to it’s friends) may not top many people’s list of places to visit, but throughout 2017 the City of Hull has been enjoying a surge of attention thanks to its City of Culture...
View ArticleTwo major appointments marked last December for Italian Tolkien scholars and...
The first was a conference which took place in Parma on 1st December and was organised by the Linguistic Department of the University of that town in collaboration with Associazione Italiana Studi...
View ArticleSnapshots from Capital Sci-Fi Con
Here are a few shots from Capital SciFi Con 2018. From a fan who’s had a great day. Enjoy! #td_uid_1_5ab2e69b1711d .td-doubleSlider-2 .td-item1 { background:...
View ArticleTolkien 2019: the 50th anniversary celebration of the Tolkien Society
The Tolkien Society is pleased to announce Tolkien 2019, the largest celebration the Tolkien Society has ever held. Taking place at the Macdonald Burlington hotel in Birmingham from 7th to 11th August...
View ArticleTolkien 2019 guest announcement – Dimitra Fimi
The Tolkien Society is pleased to announce that the academic and writer Dr Dimita Fimi will be a guest at our Tolkien 2019 event next year. Tolkien 2019 will take place from Wednesday 7th to Sunday...
View ArticleTolkien 2019 guest announcement – Ted Nasmith
With a few months to go until the start of Tolkien 2019, we’re pleased to announce that Ted Nasmith will be one of guests in attendance at the event.Tolkien 2019 will take place from Wednesday 7th to...
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