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Tolkien spent much of his young life at the Birmingham Oratory. He called it “a good Catholic home - in excelsis” (in the highest)
The library of St. John Henry Newman at the Birmingham Oratory.
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“Go whither love leads you; yet beware!” - Gwindor (J.R.R. Tolkien, The Silmarillion)
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No debate. Still, nothing in cinema comes close to this yet
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I sit beside the fire and think of all I have seen of meadow-flowers and butterflies in summers that have been of yellow leaves and gossamer in autumns that there were, with morning mist and silver sun and wind upon my hair. — J.R.R. Tolkien
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The new memorial will celebrate Tolkien's creative vision and storytelling. It will be a significant new artwork for the Abbey, inlaid within a stone pillar in Poets' Corner and rising some 2.5 metres high. The design has been inspired by the Tree of Amalion, a tree bearing different leaves and flowers which Tolkien drew many times. It came to represent his literary work, his own personal 'Tree of Tales'.
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JRR Tolkien is one of the most celebrated writers of the 20th century. Next spring we'll be dedicating a new memorial to him in Poets' Corner, close to monuments to other literary greats including his friend CS Lewis. Known to millions around the world as the author of The Lord of The Rings and The Hobbit, Tolkien spent most of his life as a distinguished academic at Oxford University, where he taught Old and Middle English, and Old Norse. Outside his academic life he created fantasy books, children's stories, poetry and illustrations, as well as inventing languages and alphabets.
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The legendary Party Tree 🥹. It is truly part of the Middle-earth family.
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“When autumn came, he knew that part at least of his heart would think more kindly of journeying, as it always did at that season.” — J.R.R. Tolkien
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First peek at Frodo in ‘THE LORD OF THE RINGS: THE HUNT FOR GOLLUM’. In theaters on December 17, 2027.
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LOTR (1978) - Frodo is saved from the Nazgul near Rivendell
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Next year, a memorial honoring J.R.R. Tolkien, designed by Stephen Broadbent, will be installed in Westminster Abbey in Poets’ Corner near the one honoring C.S. Lewis. It will include a piece of Tolkien's favorite tree, the iconic black pine of Oxford that came down in 2014.
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Michael Keller (@michaelkellers) shares his experience on completing the unfinished work of his father, @timkellernyc: “He was actually outlining this book from his hospital bed. On those whiteboards that they have sometimes in the rooms. This is who he was.” “I was frozen with the project, even though right before he died, he's like, ‘Hey, you have everything. You write it. We were going to go back and forth, but now you have what you need, so why don't you put it together?’ And I couldn't do it. But then, he died in May of 2023.” “That last night that he was cognizant, it was very powerful. I actually wrote down notes to myself. So I wouldn't forget it. But he was in a lot of pain, and I think all he wanted to do was to pray. He said, ‘Mike, let's pray the Lord's Prayer. Let's pray the Apostles' Creed. Read me Philippians 1,’ was actually the passage he wanted to read the most. And then he died. And only in sort of rethinking about this project, I realized, ‘Wait a second, those statements— the Lord's Prayer is not just a prayer. There are images. There are storylines.” Watch the full episode 🎥 piped.video/r-pa-zHpmDM
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What did Tolkien really think about Narnia? This fantastic essay from @HollyOrdway clears up some misunderstandings and exaggerations and winds up with a conclusion that makes the most sense of the data we actually have. digitalcommons.georgefox.edu…
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On this day in 1937, George Allen & Unwin published The Hobbit, with an initial print run of just 1,500 copies. Illustrated by Tolkien himself, it sold out by December and immediately sparked the demand for a sequel that eventually grew into The Lord of the Rings
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a long expected party …
A reunion to rule them all. ⚔️ Recently, we had the absolute pleasure of welcoming Sir Ian McKellen into our Workshop for a visit. It was good to see you, dear friend. Photos by Frederic Aranda.
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"September came in with golden days and silver nights." - J.R.R. Tolkien, The Return of the King 🎨 Alan Lee
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ACABA DE SALIR EL PRIMER VISTAZO DE SIR IAN MCKELLEN COMO GANDALF EN “EL SEÑOR DE LOS ANILLOS: LA CAZA DE GOLLUM” 😭😭😭
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