The Latest Breaking News from JRR Tolkien

The final resting place of NASA's Ingenuity helicopter has a new name from the writings of J.R.R. Tolkien, citing a set of islands associated with rest, refuge and eternity.

Studio bigwigs were apparently keen to ice one of the halflings in the trilogy but as the director realised, killing off a main character – just because – isn’t always the answer

We need a fellowship of socially conscious heroes to fight the Conservatives and NHS data-grabbing firms and save our democracy

Baldur's Gate, The Day Before, AI, toads, Greek strongmen, and a bunch of other stuff that surprised over the past year.

Youngest of the Prince and Princess of Wales’s children enjoyed his first Christmas Carol service

Tolkien estate backed by judge who ordered destruction of all electronic and physical copies of ‘The Fellowship of the King’

Spitting Image puppets and Barbara Hepworth works also donated via Acceptance in Lieu and Cultural Gifts schemes

Demetrious Polychron ordered to destroy all copies of The Fellowship of the King after claiming Amazon prequel infringed his copyright

Author Demetrious Polychron wanted $250 million for infringement of his book The Fellowship of the King.

Viggo Mortensen once warned that our country would be viewed as Saruman, not welcome saviors

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.