The One hundred and thirtieth Roving Ranger
Life and Works
March 28, 1958. Tolkien is invited to attend a "Hobbit Dinner" in Rotterdam (Si apre in una nuova finestra).
March 30, 1972. Tolkien writes Letter 334 (Si apre in una nuova finestra), thanking ‘Rayner [Unwin] for his help during Tolkien's C.B.E. awarding.’
April 1, 1977. Tolkien's children found The Tolkien Trust (Si apre in una nuova finestra) charity.
April 3, 1958. Tolkien, signing as "Gandalf (Si apre in una nuova finestra)", sends a letter to a Dutchman (Si apre in una nuova finestra).
An Hobat, no A-null ’s Air Ais A-rithist The Hobbit, or There and Back Again in Scottish Gaelic (Si apre in una nuova finestra) [Evertype Publishing]
Parma Eldalamberon #19 is now available as print on demand [Barnes & Noble (Si apre in una nuova finestra); Great British Bookshop (Si apre in una nuova finestra)]
Tolkien Triangle will honour Hobbit author's legacy (Si apre in una nuova finestra) [BBC News; h/t Andrew Wells; please note the original version of the post had ‘18 years’]
Events & Shows
Registration deadline for the 21st Annual UVM Tolkien Conference: Tolkien and War (Si apre in una nuova finestra) is April 1st.
The New York Tolkien Conference has announced Kristine Larsen as a guest speaker (Si apre in una nuova finestra).
Please do not be surprised that the Southampton Rum Festival (Si apre in una nuova finestra) might pop up in the news in the coming weeks with a “Tolkien link” - it’s held at the Hobbit pub, that’s why!
Interestingly enough, Elaine Paige, one of the UK’s most well-known artists in musical theatre with her own BBC radio show, mentioned the Tolkien Reading Day in this episode (Si apre in una nuova finestra)(at 1:50:50). Well done!
For all events check out the International Tolkien Fellowship (Si apre in una nuova finestra) [FB] and the Tolkien Guide Calendar (Si apre in una nuova finestra).
Scholarship & Fandom
John Garth has Tolkien Reading Day and the machine war against imagination (Si apre in una nuova finestra).
Dimitra Fimi now has a Substack. The first post is: On Tolkien's Letter 131 (1): Capturing "timeless Elvish enchantment." (Si apre in una nuova finestra)
The discussions on Tolkien publications in France continue (Si apre in una nuova finestra) [Telerama; in support of Vincent Ferré]
The Tolkien Society has a job advert out - for its first Chief Executive Officer (Si apre in una nuova finestra).
The Bodleian Libraries shared the annotated map of Middle-earth (Si apre in una nuova finestra) for TRD [this even made it to File770 (Si apre in una nuova finestra).]
The 1969 Tim Kirk calendar is available as a PDF scan with FANAC (Si apre in una nuova finestra).
The transactions of the Birmingham and Warwickshire Archaeologial Society (Si apre in una nuova finestra) are now available online (Si apre in una nuova finestra). [Iron Room, Birmingham Libraries]
doubtfulsea has Treating (Si apre in una nuova finestra).
Merchandise & Franchise
The Wheel of Time vs. The Rings of Power - Which has Earned More Revenue for Prime Video? (Si apre in una nuova finestra) [Parrot Analytics]
Lord of the Rings – A Musical Tale is dubbed ‘The Best Show in Middle Earth’ (Si apre in una nuova finestra)[review; Out in Perth]; The Lord of the Rings – A Musical Tale (Si apre in una nuova finestra) [Australian Arts Review]
Hot Topic fashion has added more Lord of the Rings items (Si apre in una nuova finestra).
LEGO is pulling out all the stops with an official mini movie, including Sean Astin (Si apre in una nuova finestra). [Youtube, IGN (Si apre in una nuova finestra)]
Tales of the Shire: A The Lord of The Rings Game – community building and shared meals gameplay details (Si apre in una nuova finestra) [Playstation Blog]
Inter alia
The best pubs and bars in Oxford according to The Telegraph (Si apre in una nuova finestra) [Oxford & Mail; nonsense article mentioning the closed Eagle & Child but not the Lamb & Flag?!?]
One of the largest genetic testing companies is bankrupt (Si apre in una nuova finestra) - so let’s hope all of your information is safe. [CBS News]
A quick write-up of all U.S.S. Enterprise (Si apre in una nuova finestra) incarnations [Startrek.com (Si apre in una nuova finestra)]
ANDOR, season 2, has an official trailer (Si apre in una nuova finestra).
Event Report: Fantasy in the Midst of War: Perspectives from Ukraine (Si apre in una nuova finestra).
Mutiny brews in French bookshops over Hachette owner’s media grip (Si apre in una nuova finestra) [Guardian]
A lovely look back at Leonard Nimoy’s life (Si apre in una nuova finestra) (born March 26th, 1931) with File770.
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