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Oxford to host Oxonmoot 2010 celebration of Tolkien's life and work

Lady Margaret Hall college, Oxford, will host this year's Oxonmoot, a celebration of the life and work of JRR Tolkien sponsored by The Tolkien...
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Tolkien's favorite Oxford pub to get major renovations

Oxford, England's Eagle and Child pub, famed as a meeting place of the Inklings literary society in the 1930s and '40s, will soon see major...
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Tolkien's original art on display today in Oxford

Original art by fantasy author JRR Tolkien will be on display today only, March 4th, at the Bodleian Library at the University of Oxford, in...
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Med students diagnose Gollum with 'schizoid personality disorder'

A psychiatrist and a group of medical students at the Royal Free & University College Medical School in London have diagnosed Gollum, the...
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Tolkien conference and fair to be held in Wales [UPDATE]

The Festival in the Shire, a conference, exhibition and fair celebrating the works of J.R.R. Tolkien, will be held in Machynlleth...
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Ten New Year's resolutions for fans of 'The Lord of the Rings'

Apart from losing weight and cutting back on that “social” drinking, I can’t think of a better New Year’s resolution than...
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Oxford Dictionary's 2009 Word of the Year: 'Unfriend'

The editors of the New Oxford American Dictionary have chosen "unfriend" as its "2009 Word of the Year," beating out other...
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Tolkien conference and fair to be held in Wales

The Festival in the Shire, a conference, exhibition and fair celebrating the works of J.R.R. Tolkien, will be held in Machynlleth, Wales on August...
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Tolkien's career in espionage greatly exaggerated [UPDATE]

In the wake of information released by a British government agency last week, news media globally have been reporting on the supposed “spy...
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Tolkien word of the day: 'dwarves'

These columns will each explore one word invented or popularized by JRR Tolkien. dwarves, pl. n.; sing. dwarf Origin: Invented by Tolkien Language:...
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