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Guide to Tolkien's Letters: J.R.R. Tolkien to Ronald Eames Tolkien sends his spare copy of Farmer Giles of Ham, which is uncorrected, to Ronald Eames. This copy is to be sent on to the illustrator Pauline Baynes...

#OnThisDay in 1948, #Tolkien writes to Ronald Eames.

Tolkien sends his spare copy of Farmer Giles of Ham, which is uncorrected, to Ronald Eames. This copy is to be sent on to the illustrator Pauline Baynes. He believes that it will serve her in preparation for illustrating the book. (1/2)

Thank you to Richard Ovenden OBE for joining Andrew and I to talk about the latest book byJRR #tolkien The Bovadium Fragments. It was such a pleasure.

Enter stupid people who take it all as fact.

Oh absolutely. They have many issues to work on with regard to the environment but just in isolation, "China sells loads of wind power but won't use it" 🤣

The Chinese are in a corner mockingly blowing wind at each other. Apparently the worlds biggest user of wind power doesn't use wind power.

DJT "China doesn't use wind power"🤦

China is the worlds biggest user of wind power with 7.8% of its power consumption coming from it. They are on track to have one fifth of the worlds in-use turbines by 2030.

With amazings things from @miriamellis.bsky.social, @tolkienguide.com, @xkcd.com, @onthetrail.tolkienguide.com, me, myself and I 😅🤪, @joelmerriner.bsky.social, @marquetteraynor.bsky.social and many more... 😃

I saw your other posts before they were deleted or removed and you are frankly a lunatic. You would never advocate for the murder of someone that you happen agreed with. Murder is never the answer in a society because all it does is push people further apart.

Those interested in #tolkien adaptations need to check Paul's work out at www.volanteopera.wales/category/all...

'musical chapters from the Lord of the Rings' by Paul Corfield Godfrey is out today 😊 congratulations to our entire team led by @scbuttle.bsky.social on a fantastic achievement. Those at Oxonmoot can see the design, which is stunning and meet Paul and Simon there.

Thank you @thetolkienist.com for including the post at TCG and for including our interview with Paul Corfield Godfrey and @scbuttle.bsky.social in anticipation of this week's release of 'musical chapters from The Lord of the Rings 😊 available at www.volanteopera.wales/category/all...

His Barbie took out a restraining order against him.

Released September 5th and is available to pre-order at www.volanteopera.wales/category/all... as a 15 CD digibook. Musical scores, and of course Paul's previous epic adaptation of the Silmarillion are also available.

YouTube video by TolkienGuide Paul Corfield Godfrey and Simon Crosby Buttle talk Operatic Lord of the Rings

youtu.be/MSyV7Lcp_DE join us for a long chat with plenty of music included as @trotter.tolkienguide.com and I dive into an amazing project by Paul Corfield Godfrey and @scbuttle.bsky.social (and me of course hehe) the 'epic chapters from The Lord of the Rings'.

Guide to Tolkien's Letters: J.R.R. Tolkien to The Secretary, Students Department, British Council This letter was found in the National Archives. Tolkien is applying to the British Council for Simonne d'Ardenne to be allowed to return to Oxford ...

#OnThisDay in 1945, #Tolkien writes to The Secretary, Students Department, British Council.

This letter was found in the National Archives. Tolkien is applying to the British Council for Simonne d'Ardenne to be allowed to return to Oxford for a year. See also #TCGLetter1035

Amaving? Put your glasses on Phil!

Available to pre-order at www.volanteopera.wales/category/all... where of course Paul's operatic adaptation of 'The Silmarillion', full and vocal scores as well as other works are available.

We hope that those of you who have bought, or will buy a copy are as thrilled as we are.

The artwork from Ted Nasmith is stunning and the design from our team perfectly reflects the epic nature of Paul's music contained inside.

The 15 CD album will be released on 5 September and the attached of my copy reflect exactly what will be appearing at peoples doors soon.

We are less than two weeks from the release of Paul Corfield Godfrey's amaving 'musical chapters from The Lord of the Rings after the mythology of J.R.R. #Tolkien' and our copies have begun to arrive. The team has done a remarkable job, led by @scbuttle.bsky.social from Volante Opera Wales.

Sci-Fi Rock from Kal-El & “Sam the Brave” by Feuerschwanz Plus Other Tolkien Follow-ups

Sci-Fi Rock from Kal-El & “Sam the Brave” by Feuerschwanz plus other Tolkien follow-ups incl. Paul Corfield Godfrey & Comus @riseupcomus.bsky.social @onthetrail.tolkienguide.com open.substack.com/pub/critical...

Thank you for writing about Paul Corfield Godfrey's amazing works. @scbuttle.bsky.social at Volante has worked tirelessly on these recordings and we are all immensely proud of the results.

On what happened to the original Jewish owners of the German publisher Rütten & Loening, who contacted Tolkien in 1938 about publishing a German translation of The Hobbit and prompted his famous response condemning Nazism.

Sad indeed.

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Tolkien Society Seminar 2025 – Arda’s Entangled Bodies and Environments The Tolkien Society Seminar is a short conference of both researcher-led and non-academic presentations on a specific theme pertaining to Tolkien scholarship. After the seminar, all paper recordings from the seminars are uploaded onto the…

Thrilled to announce the papers for @tolkiensociety.org’s online seminar this October! You can find the list of papers and the link to register (it’s free!) here: www.tolkiensociety.org/events/semin...

Today’s piece is on “Tolkien, Landscape Archaeology, and the First Age of Middle-earth” - revisiting some of my older research for #TolkienTuesday #TolkienTrewsday
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Having been to probably over 1000 concerts (my Last Fm account has 860 and I've definitely missed adding a lot), Part of the fun for me is meeting friends in the line.

YouTube video by TolkienGuide Livestream play and chat - Tales of the Shire: A Lord of the Rings Game

In an hour @tolkienguide.com from Tolkien (Collectors) Guide will test drive the new game 'Tales from the Shire' from Wētā Workshop, based on the works of JRR #Tolkien. We would love to see you there for a gentle adventure around Bywater at www.youtube.com/watch?v=NkHs...

Guide to Tolkien's Letters: J.R.R. Tolkien to Christopher Tolkien Tolkien discusses the name Sam Gamgee, agreeing with Christopher's opinion and explaining the choice to emphasize the character's comic, peasa...

#OnThisDay in 1944, #Tolkien writes to Christopher Tolkien.

Tolkien discusses the name Sam Gamgee, agreeing with Christopher's opinion and explaining the choice to emphasize the character's comic, peasantry, and English qualities. He reflects on a recent performance of Hamlet, emphasizing (1/2)

#euro25 this ref is having a laugh! Awful display from her. Unless he has a bet on....