But just about all of us have little to no idea who he actually is. Reviewing In the House of Tom Bombadil by C. R. Wiley for Front Porch Republic, Jeremy Johnston argues that the mystery is the ...

In July, I posed a question that has long occupied fans of The Lord of the Rings: Who is Tom Bombadil? Inspired by Jeremy Johnston’s review of In the House of Tom Bombadil by C. R. Wiley for ...

To fans of J.R.R. Tolkien’s The Lord of the Rings, Tom Bombadil is divisive out of proportion ... as Old Man Willow and takes them back to his house to meet his wife. But also, he’s apparently ...

For the first time in any adaptation, the Tolkien character Tom Bombadil was brought to life onscreen. Rory Kinnear plays the character, known for his yellow boots and blue jacket. “The pressure ...