Fingolfin's Findings XXXIX: A rare photo of J.R.R. Tolkien, ca. 1973

Thanks to a proud dad (Opens in a new window) who accompanied his son to his new place of learning, Merton College, I today found (or possibly re-discovered, it feels familiar somehow) a photo of J.R.R. Tolkien sitting at the stone table (Opens in a new window) he appreciated so much. [The link does no longer work as OUI is no longer available. See article update below.]

Quite a few table have started calling it 'Tolkien's Table' or linking it to the Stone Table in Lewis' Narnia stories which sounds rather unlikely but it is a fact that the college has restricted acccess to it in recent years because some tourists could not behave themselves. 

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