Last year, for the month of September, I did a little blog miniseries, focusing on The Hobbit and some of its less-appreciated themes and aspects. And, since I really enjoyed writing those posts, and having a theme to work towards…I decided to do it again this year! So, over the next few weeks, we’re going to be looking at three stories by Tolkien…stories which, actually, aren’t under-appreciated in the same way that The Hobbit is. But they’re also stories that a lot of Tolkien fans might not pay much attention to, or even know about…and that’s a great shame, because…
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“Don’t you wish it could all be real” – Tolkien and subcreation; theology and fiction
Published September 19, 2021 by Alexander
I was chatting to a friend of mine yesterday, when she asked me a disarmingly childlike, simple question. A question that desired no philosophical or detailed…
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Published March 11, 2021 by Alexander
I was rewatching one of my favourite films last night – certainly my favourite “classic” Disney film. It’s charming, clever, slapstick, nuanced, emotional…
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