I have always been a massive fan of J. R. R. Tolkien's creations. From experiencing The Hobbit as a young child with my father to writing up my university dissertation on women in Middle-earth, his ...

The Lord of the Rings has a tremendous array of characters who respond to the evil of the Ring and the great battle of their time in a broad spectrum of responses. They each have compelling ...

As the film-makers behind the seemingly neverending river of Tolkien adaptations seek to wring every last drop of story from Middle-earth, it risks running the whole thing into the ground Now in his ...