The Lord of the Rings is full of iconic fantasy characters, but heroes like Frodo, Gandalf, and Aragorn have a much more profound meaning behind them.

D.J. Taylor’s new book is part biography and part critical study of the writer behind “The Lord of the Rings.” ...

In 1968, the BBC broadcast extracts from JRR Tolkien's last ever recorded interview, 31 years after The Hobbit was published. In 2019, the full video was unearthed from the archive.

JRR Tolkien says one 'Lord of the Rings' scene is the 'most tragic' because it depicts “the terrible irony that good often does evil.” ...

J.R.R. Tolkien supported Franco in the Spanish Civil War, disliked the motorcar and had his doubts about Shakespeare.

The book’s discovery would be a once-in-a-lifetime moment for any rare books specialist. While out on a routine appraisal of the contents of a home in Bristol, England, Caitlin Riley spotted an ...

It’s hard to imagine a world without Harry Potter or Game of Thrones, but we might be living in it if it weren’t for J.R.R. Tolkien. The author is widely credited with giving birth to the modern ...

Tolkien stars Hoult as the British author and Lily Collins as his wife Edith J.R.R. Tolkien’s family is making it clear that they do not support an upcoming biopic starring Nicholas Hoult as the ...

J.R.R. Tolkien, the devout Catholic author whose Christian beliefs helped shape The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings, will be honored with a memorial in Westminster Abbey’s Poets’ Corner alongside his ...