J.R.R. Tolkien’s The Lord of the Rings ending could have been a darker one instead of the hopeful one it originally had.

J.R.R. Tolkien’s The Lord of the Rings is celebrated for its hopeful ending; however, it was reportedly supposed to have a ...

Pippin’s Near Tragic Fate J.R.R. Tolkien once drafted a version of the story where not every Hobbit survived. In his early notes he imagined that Pippin migh ...

J. R. R. Tolkien created iconic characters for The Lord of the Rings, but one of the most beloved almost didn't make it to ...

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A 90-minute play about two men talking through their feelings might not sound particularly gripping—thought-provoking, maybe, ...

The exhibition begins with a narrow doorway—a threshold that appears and circles like black and white eagles, gliding from one room to the next. In Yang Bodu’s paintings, this doorway sometimes takes ...

Oxford has launched Equinox, as a regional organisation uniting academia, business and government to establish Oxfordshire as ...

The Casting Guild of Australia has announced its 11th annual list of CGA Rising Stars, 10 Australian actors with the potential to break out on the world stage. They are [pictured L-R Top]: Clare ...

Plans to reopen a pub frequented by two of the 20th Century's most well-known authors, JRR Tolkien and CS Lewis, have been ...

There’s a line in the opening narration of the first “Lord of the Rings” movie that I like: “It is no bad thing to celebrate ...

The best bookstores are almost always the ones that aren't trying to be loud about it, and this hidden U.K. gem is as ...