John Ezard meets with J. R. R. Tolkien at his home, walking with him through the Oxford locations that he loves while hearing the author's own views about his wildly successful high-fantasy novels.

and has been described by an estate agent as "an important part of Oxford's history". The house - which has a blue plaque - has an asking price of £4,575,000. Tolkien's study was in the drawing ...

J.R.R. Tolkien’s Middle-earth — the world of The Lord of the Rings and now the new animated film The War of the Rohirrim — was born, first and foremost, from Tolkien’s intense and lifelong love for ...

Hundreds of fans of JRR Tolkien have gathered in Oxford for a festival to mark the 50th anniversary of the author's death. Members of the Tolkien Society are meeting at St Anne's College from 31 ...

John Izzard meets with J R R Tolkien at his home walking with him through the Oxford locations that he loves while hearing the authors own views about his wildly successful fantasy novels New ...

... and, not least, there were his own experiences of faith, family, natural beauty, friendship, romance and war over a long and often eventful life.

Oxford, features fictional characters, including the Cheshire Cat from Lewis Carroll's Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, author Colin Dexter's Inspector Morse and Gandalf from JRR Tolkien's Lord ...

Scaffolding has now gone up at one of Oxford's most famous pubs - before works starts to renovate it. The Eagle and Child in St Giles, renowned for its links with fantasy writers JRR Tolkien and ...

Tolkien loves weaving enchanted items into his Middle-earth tales. One of the most famous ways the Oxford author channels his ...