JRR Tolkien, author of The Lord of the Rings, laid the foundation of his fantasy world in Britain’s second city, where he ...

In J.R.R. Tolkien's books, Saruman flees to Hobbiton, where he subjugates innocent Hobbits to his now-diluted power trip in an event known as The Scouring of the Shire. As written by Tolkien ...

In honour of Tolkien Reading Day ... the idyllic village of Bywater (located in the Shire's Westfarthing, near Hobbiton), building relationships with the various and renowned Hobbit families ...

The Shire is a complex location, one that Tolkien developed in great detail ... and is just south of the well-known Hobbiton, home of the Baggins. Lord of the Rings fans may remember the Battle ...

There, you’ll live the homely Hobit life, while creating a new village near Hobbiton. You will build ... this was an important date for any Tolkien fan – the day of the Battle of Morannon ...

with six per cent of all visitors to the country saying that the Tolkien movies were part of the reason for going there. The village (Hobbiton) that Jackson built for the movies, and which was ...

The Lady Galadriel had many important roles throughout the history of Middle-Earth, and author J.R.R. Tolkien deemed her ... Aragorn joined as they left Hobbiton and escorted them to Rivendell ...

The latter argument, proffered by J.R.R. Tolkien, won the day, and C.S. Lewis converted to Christianity. "The Birth of Christ is the Eucatastrophe of Man's history." A key element of Tolkien’s ...

The real Gamgee actually contacted J.R.R. Tolkien upon learning of the fictitious Hobbit played by Sean Astin, who shared his name. The author replied in “letter 184” chronicled in the book ...