Wishing you all a beautiful christmas.

The Fall of Numenor - edited by Brian Sibley from Tolkien's writings on the Second Age - is published tomorrow.

Congratulations Guy Shrubsole on The Lost Rainforests of Britain - published today!

Wishing you all a wonderful, safe and peaceful Christmas

looking down .. and looking up - images to accompany the beautiful, meditative piano music of Dhevdhas Nair. One of a series of events at our parish church, held nightly for the duration of the COP talks. Organized by William Todd-Jones and Rev Paul Seaton-Burn.

A message from the Wild ...

Today's 20th celebration of a key contributor to LOTR falls upon his birthday! Among the many, many joys in covering the trilogy, none were so personal to me as spending time with the great Alan Lee, definitive artist and remarkable thinker (a thread)... #BOTD

A good day to be in the woods ....

Massively recommend 'Fools & Dreamers' - an inspiring, heartwarming docu about Hugh Wilson, who's overseen the restoration & natural regeneration of 1500 hectares of native forest in New Zealand.

(He also has a beard almost as good as Alan Watson Featherstone's)
happenfilms.com/fools-and-drea…

Ai-je besoin de préciser que je suis absolument ravi ?
Congratulations Alan Lee !

It's #TolkienReadingDay Here's a passage I keep coming back to - from the opening page of book four of The Lord of the Rings.

With maniac Brexiters wanting to trash the Irish Protocol again, maybe it's time to take another look at this beautiful 2018 video in support of the Good Friday Agreement.
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Dartmoor cottage.

Ship burial, in charcoal, from Tolkien's Ring.

Gandalf meets Thorin Oakenshield on the outskirts of Bree. From The Quest of Erebor, in Unfinished Tales.
Hoping that you will all have a beautiful and safe Christmas, and more adventures and pleasant encounters in 2021.

Step inside Peter Jackson’s edit bay to get an exclusive first look at some never-before-seen footage from his documentary feature, The Beatles: Get Back. See the film when it comes to theatres August 2021 #TheBeatlesGetBack
For more visit thebeatles.com/news/beatles-g…

(réponse à des questions reçues) oui, le 'Cahier de croquis du 'Hobbit'' écrit et illustré par #AlanLee est bien sorti en français le mois dernier, 14 ans après le 'cahier de croquis du 'Seigneur des Anneaux' ' !
bourgoisediteur.fr/catalogue/cahi…
cc Alan Lee Éditions Bourgois

'If they deport me will I be able to come & see you?'

Just spoken to Osime's heartbroken mother & this case is even worse than presented in the media. Catastrophic failings in education, care & justice system have severely damaged his physical & mental health. #OsimeBrown