Despite my reservations, there we were last Sunday morning, roaming the Oakland hills in search of a “Hobbit house.” I was pretty sure there was no such thing, that they existed only in Tolkien’s ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Matthew F. Erskine is a trusts and estates attorney. On August 4, 2025, the New York Time reported that a first edition copy of ...

Welcome back to Middle-Earth. It has been nearly a decade since writer/director Peter Jackson last set foot on J.R.R. Tolkien’s hallowed ground, signing off on a spectacular trilogy of films adapted ...