Dr Andrew Higgins

The One hundred and seventy-fourth Roving Ranger The Roving Ranger #174 brings you all the interesting things Tolkienian of the last week and the weeks upcoming, curated by the Tolkienist.

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German TS fighting the New Right; Oxonmoot open; Lure happening; Forodrim 54; A Light in the Darkness; a tide of ill; Tolkien doesn't like the plate; his macaroni; and more...

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Truly amazing stuff from @alas-not-me.bsky.social, @miriamellis.bsky.social, @dimitrafimi.bsky.social, @ashiggins.bsky.social, @germantolksoc.bsky.social, @tolkiensociety.org, @forodrim.org, @mmorpg.com, @bretdevereaux.bsky.social etc. etc. 👍👏

Exploring Invented Languages Virgilius Maro- The Grammatical Prankster of the Seventh Century

open.substack.com/pub/drandrew... #conlangs #tolkien #medieval

FIRST LOOK at HERE THERE ARE BLUEBERRIES at Stratford East 📷

Running until SAT 28 FEB 2026, this UK Premiere of the award winning play is based on a real story of historical photographs—what they reveal about the perpetrators of the Holocaust, and our own humanity.

🎟️ bit.ly/SE_HTAB
📷 Mark Senior

incredible play at @stratfordeast.com #HereThereAreBlueberries about the Hocker Album of photos of Nazi’s taken at #Auschwitz as someone who works in #museums this is an important story to tell about items in collections and what photos show and don’t show must see. stratfordeast.com/whats-on/all...

‘The play we need now’ — how images of Auschwitz staff at leisure became Here There Are Blueberries A drama based on an SS officer’s long-forgotten photo album forces uncomfortable reflection

‘The play we need now’ — how images of Auschwitz staff at leisure became Here There Are Blueberries www.ft.com/content/5caf...

Extraordinary play, about photographs and how they change the perspective of history. Here There Are Blueberries @stratfordeast.com - that photo? Taken at Auschwitz. Go see this play! @davidfolkenflik.bsky.social @davidpattie.bsky.social @csvich.bsky.social

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On 5 February 1968: BBC began filming for the "Tolkien in Oxford" documentary, later broadcast in March. In this clip, he talks about his invented languages, writing Tengwar (with mistakes!), and others enjoying the languages. #Tolkien #lotr #BookSky

Sir Ian McKellen performing a monologue from Shakespeare’s Sir Thomas More on the Stephen Colbert show. Never have I heard this monologue performed with such a keen sense of prescience. Nor have I ever been in this exact historical moment.TY Sir Ian, for reaching us once again.
#Pinks #ProudBlue

Excited to be returning in May to give a paper at the #Tolkien at #Kalamazoo sessions at The 61st Congress of Medieval Studies #kzoo2026

The One hundred and seventy-third Roving Ranger The Roving Ranger #173 brings you all the interesting things Tolkienian of the last week and the weeks upcoming, curated by the Tolkienist.

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Oxford Handbook of Tolkien; LotR comparison 5; Radio Rivendell; Tolkien's Dragons and Ours; and way more...

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A journey that began with one hobbit dreaming of an adventure has now grown into a Fellowship of 10,000 editors. A huge thank you to all our dedicated volunteers!

Bravo to Sir #BrynTerfel and the entire cast, chorus and orchestra of @royaloperahouse.bsky.social in Richard Jones production of #BorisGodunov - Sir Bryn is a legend and masterful as the troubled Boris. ROH Chorus is incredibly powerful and those bells! Fantastic #opera

What does it take to complete a Mahler cycle? Vladimir Jurowski has the answer The Russian conductor achieved the feat with the London Philharmonic last weekend — and can trace a musical line back to the composer himself

What does it take to complete a Mahler cycle? Vladimir Jurowski has the answer ft.trib.al/mJLbJmr

The One hundred and seventy-first Roving Ranger The Roving Ranger #171 brings you all the interesting things Tolkienian of the last week and the weeks upcoming, curated by the Tolkienist.

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Including: Kullervo in cinemas; Balrog Beatdown; Tolkien Tapestries Return; Leadership in Middle-earth (i.e. in Zurich!); Tolkien Day Ball; nominations for TSA open: music for a sorrowless forest; Grendel/ond; & much more!

Villain, Victim... Double Agent? The Many Lives of Helen of Troy part 1 Podcast Episode · Instant Classics · 22/01/2026 · 41m

On instant classics we’re starting a four part moni series on Helen of Troy”villain, victim and double agent” (yes double agent) podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/i...

In Berlin, the Hamburger Bahnhof plans a starry art gala — with a twist The evening event aims to crack the funding puzzle, but attendees won’t buy tickets

In Berlin, the Hamburger Bahnhof plans a starry art gala — with a twist ft.trib.al/qp7bg3S

Did you know that #Tolkien was an internationally-recognised scholar of Old English?

One such example of his work was published in "Finn and Hengest" on 20 January 1983. It shows #Tolkien's handling of the two Old English poems: (part of) Beowulf and The Fights at Finnesburg. #BookSky

Margam park Roman villa find could be 'Port Talbot's Pompeii' The largest Roman villa ever found in Wales lies less than a metre under Margam Country Park.

Margam park Roman villa find could be 'Port Talbot's Pompeii'

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Northumbria AD 367-867: Earth Hall, Ring Gift and Heave… From the author of the bestselling The King in the Nort…

First #book of 2026 finished and it is a good one! #oldenglish #northumbria #history #maxadams www.goodreads.com/book/show/23...

The #Tolkien Family Album was published 34 years ago this week. Here are a few gems from this rare book:
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Included are some thoughts about the early years of the @tolkiensociety.org and an absent friend…

A nice find this week in a used book shop in #York! #Tolkien mention around his 1936 Beowulf the Monsters and the Critics Lecture. Tolkien knew and corresponded with Professor Gwyn Jones who was Professor of Language and Literature at the University of Cardiff www.tolkienguide.com/guide/letter...

Great trip today to @jorvikviking.bsky.social Centre in #York which recreates the 10th Century #Viking village in the Coppergate Part of York brilliant reconstruction with some great items from the excavations there in the 1980’s. #jorvik

#TolkienTrewsday
#TolkienTuesday
#Tolkien

Él elmendo mornies,
Él mimírim’ alkares,
Elye lenna men númenna
Silmenen ilvanies.

The One hundred and sixty-ninth Roving Ranger The Roving Ranger #169 brings you all the interesting things Tolkienian of the last week and the weeks upcoming, curated by the Tolkienist.

Another edition of the Roving Ranger has just been sent to its subscribers (#1 for 2026; the Epiphany Edition!)

Including:

Grocery Boy in The Hobbit; accessible Hobbit; Tolkien & Austen; Hunt for Gollum facts; thermal insulation of hobbit holes; hobbit pinball; books & games and more...

Was fun to return to YorkMinster today and see its brilliant stained glass windows and there was an interesting exhibition about Saint Cuthbert whose life by Bede I am in the middle of reading in Old English. Tomorrow more Vikings! #york

Great visit today to the @YorkshireMuseum to see the new #Viking North exhibition which includes items from the Great Army (Micel Here) #yorkshiremuseum #york

The Cambridge History of Arthurian Literature and Culture 2 Volume Hardback Set | Cambridge University Press & Assessment

It's coming! After years of hard work by @radulescur.bsky.social and Andrew Lynch, as well as a great number of Arthurianists from around the world, The Cambridge History of Arthurian Literature and Culture is here! 🏰
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John R R Tolkien was born on this day in 1892.

Tolkien, the author of 'The Hobbit' and 'The Lord of the Rings', was a student and eventually a professor at University of Oxford. Back in 1977, the Ashmolean hosted an exhibition of his drawings.