... and, not least, there were his own experiences of faith, family, natural beauty, friendship, romance and war over a long and often eventful life.

Personal effects - such as Tolkien's briefcase, the colour pencils he used to create the artwork for Lord of the Rings and boxes of poster paints that he used for water colours in The Hobbit ...

Every year a new set of works enters the public domain and becomes free for people to creatively reuse. Here are the most ...

author Colin Dexter's Inspector Morse and Gandalf from JRR Tolkien's Lord of the Rings. The artwork is by Oxford-based MES Crew, whose collective of graffiti writers, artists, designers and ...

The War of the Rohirrim’ first dropped it seemed to divide cinema fans. Some saw it as a way to once again delve into the ...