The Bodleian Libraries’ exhibition, Treasured, offers a rare chance to encounter some of the most extraordinary books, manuscripts and items in its collections.

One should always be careful about asking a person with a rich imagination a question, as the answer could go on for some time. On the occasion John Tolkien, 3 years old, fished for information about ...

John Ronald Reuel Tolkien was born in 1892 in South Africa to British parents. After his father died in 1896, he returned to central England with his mother and younger brother, Hilary. The geography ...

LONDON -- Before Harry Potter and wizards, there was Bilbo Baggins and hobbits. The hairy-footed, diminutive creatures charmed children and adults worldwide when British writer J.R.R. Tolkien ...

On July 29, 1954 — 70 years ago Monday — English author, linguist and university professor J.R.R. Tolkien published “The Fellowship of the Ring,” the first of three volumes of a richly detailed world ...