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Here be spoilers withal: Fear no more the heat o’ the sun, Nor the furious winter’s rages; Thou thy worldly task hast done, Home a...

'Dwarves!' said Bilbo in pretended surprise.  'Don't talk to me!' said Smaug. 'I know the smell (and taste) ...

Vesuvius 1944 © The Telegraph By 3 April 1944 Tolkien had started work on The Taming of Sméagol  ( Letters , no. 58). By the end of ...

Birmingham Museums and Art Gallery Recently I've been reading Richard Barber's The Holy Grail: Imagination and Belief , and...

Fingolfin's Challenge © John Howe 2003 Plutarch's Agesilaos  tells the story of a power struggle for the throne of ancient S...