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Best books about dragons: Top reads for fantasy lovers

Tales of fire-breathing, serpentine creatures and those who dare to tame them

Evening Standard

The Lord of the Rings: The War of the Rohirrim review – "An uninspired expansion of the most iconic screen take on Tolkien"

Total Film

70 Years Ago, Lord of the Rings Sneakily Retconned Its Entire Story

The long expected party wasn't actually expected at all. Here's how 'The Fellowship of the Ring' changed everything, seven decades ago.

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Ancient Churches Lost To Black Death Reopen After 650 Years‌

Medieval churches welcome visitors for the first time since the 14th-Century Black Death Plague. ‌

Zenger

Prime Video just got the best movie trilogy of all time — and it’s 93% on Rotten Tomatoes

Amazon Prime Video just got the complete "Lord of the Rings" trilogy ahead of the premiere of "Rings of Power" season 2.

Tom’s Guide

30 of the best fantasy novels of all time

Not all those who wander are lost

Evening Standard

Italy's far-right claim The Lord of the Rings – but they've misread Tolkien's message

Italian prime minister Giorgia Meloni and I have precious little in common. But one important thing we share is The Lord of the Rings. Both she and I regard the J.R.R. Tolkien trilogy as a personal “sacred text” which has profoundly shaped our values and our political commitments.

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The incredible story of the lost city of Atlantis that inspired Jason Momoa’s Aquaman

The myth of the underwater city has captured imaginations for over two thousand years

Evening Standard

How J.R.R. Tolkien's novels were inspired by Medieval poems of 'northern bravery'

In a moment of distraction from the laborious work of marking an “enormous pile of examination papers”, J.R.R. Tolkien flipped to a blank page on a student essay and scribbled, “in a hole in the ground there lived a hobbit”.

The Conversation

The Gollum collector's edition really is called the 'Precious Edition'

And you'll need an RTX3080 to run it at 1440p with ray tracing.

PC Gamer

'I want to name my child after a Lord of the Rings character - but some say it's cruel'

Lord of the Rings contains no shortage of beautiful, ethereal names so it is little wonder why one family turned to the series for inspiration, but now they've been left wondering about their choice

Daily Mirror

The best 3D art: outstanding examples for inspiration

Visit another dimension with some of the best 3D art around.

Creative Bloq

Edinburgh bar inspired by Lord of the Rings earns rave reviews online

The Cocktail Geeks have previously created pop-up bars inspired by everything from Game of Thrones and Harry Potter to the Walking Dead and Stranger Things.

Edinburgh Live

The 'amazing' Scottish cocktail bar inspired by Lord of the Rings

An Edinburgh cocktail bar inspired by the works of J. R. R. Tolkien is serving up drinks based on The Lord of the Rings and The Hobbit, and has earned rave reviews from Middle-earth fans

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Total Film

What is an Istar in Lord of the Rings, explained

One of The Rings of Power's main characters was confirmed to be an Istar, but what does that mean in Middle-earth?

The Walrus

The Rings of Power Has a Troll Problem

Racist fans of The Lord of the Rings are organizing online to try and sink the new series. But are they losing their power?

Evening Standard

Our pick of some of the best book to film and TV adaptations, from Pachinko to Dune

There have been hundreds of wonderful screen adaptations. These are some of our favourites

Wales Online

Amazon's Lord of the Rings: Morfydd Clark’s mum is ‘desperate to host people in Wales’ as new series puts country on the world’s stage

What did the show's three Welsh stars have to say about the series?

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Evening Standard

The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power - we take a deep dive into the making of Amazon’s new show

A byzantine rights agreement, a huge amount of money and a lot of elf-wrangling is behind the mammoth new series

Zenger

High Five: Trench Fever That Affected Tolkien And C.S. Lewis Could Be Prevented Say Scientists

The discovery of a special antibody could help prevent dangerous bacterial infections such as trench fever, whose sufferers included celebrated authors like J. R. R. Tolkien and C. S. Lewis.

Inverse

'Rings of Power' video sets up the return of Tolkien's most underrated creatures

Here's why Lord of the Rings fans believe 'The Rings of Power' will feature appearances from some of the most powerful and imaginative creatures that J. R. R. Tolkien ever created.

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