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So passed the sword of the Barrow-downs, work of the Westernesse. But glad would he have been to know its fate who wrought it slowly long ago in the North-kingdom when the Dunedain were young, and chief among their foes was the dread realm of Angmar and its sorcerer king. No other blade, not though mightier hands had wielded it, would have dealt that foe a wound so bitter, cleaving the undead flesh, breaking the spell that knit his unseen sinews to his will.
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Tolkien Society Posts Theme for Summer Seminar : Tolkien and Diversity
The Tolkien Society–an”educational charity, literary society, and international fan club, devoted to promoting the life and works of J.R.R. Tolkien–has announced the theme for this year’s Summer Seminar: Tolkien and Diversity.
The Babylon Bee reads The Lord of the Rings: Chapter 8, Fog on the Barrow Downs
The Hobbits leave Tom Bombadil and Goldberry, and quickly encounter one of the most frightening sequences in The Lord of the Rings.
The Babylon Bee reads The Lord of the Rings: Chapter 7, In the House of Tom Bombadil
This week, we’re reading Chapters 5 and 6, A Conspiracy Unmasked and The Old Forest, and we look at how the first steps of the Hobbit fellowship are begun, and their initial encounter with Tom Bombadil.
The Babylon Bee reads The Lord of the Rings: Chapters 5 and 6, A Conspiracy Unmasked and The Old Forest
This week, we’re reading Chapters 5 and 6, A Conspiracy Unmasked and The Old Forest, and we look at how the first steps of the Hobbit fellowship are begun, and their initial encounter with Tom Bombadil.
The Babylon Bee reads The Lord of the Rings: Chapter 4, A Short Cut to Mushrooms
This week, we’re reading Chapter 4, A Short Cut to Mushrooms. In this chapter, Frodo, Sam, and Pippin evade the Ringwraiths, visit Farmer Maggot, and eventually connect with Merry.
Historic Pub Frequented by JRR Tolkien and CS Lewis to Close
Oxford’s Lamb & Flag pub will be shuttering its doors on January 31, 2021, more than 450 years after it first opened.
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