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Tolkien slept here
"Lending credence to the idea that Tolkien may have visited in the interwar years, Mulanje has been a favourite bolthole for Malawi’s Western expats since colonial days."http://www.iol.co.za/travel/world/africa/tolkien-to-a-tea-1.1627547#. -
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"even JRR Tolkien conceived of The Hobbit during his five years lecturing at Leeds University"
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Question: "Did Gollum get his name from a cave in the Irish Burren?"
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Tolkien was born here
"The Hobbit, written by Birmingham-born JRR Tolkien, is currently a cinema smash hit directed by Peter Jackson, who previously created the popular Lord of the Rings movies."http://www.birminghammail.co.uk/whats-on/films/ -
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"Network Rail is to carry out £3m of track improvements to a railway tunnel rumoured to have been Birmingham author JRR Tolkien’s inspiration for the home of favourite hobbit, Bilbo Baggins." tolkien slept hereTolkien slept here
"The Burren and Connemara are always credited as being in some small form an inspiration for Tolkien’s landscapes,'"said NUI Galway Archivist Barry Houlihan.
“The imagery and the imagination for the book The Lord of the Rings is The Burren in County Clare ( Read more... )Tolkien slept here
Head of Zeus has acquired a non-fiction title which explores the life of a 7th-century warrior, said to be the real-life inspiration for J R R Tolkien's character, Aragorn ( Read more... )Tolkien slept here
"Leeds: Did Meanwood Valley inspire Middle Earth ( Read more... )