J. R. R. Tolkien
English writer and philologist
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We include updates on The Lord of the Rings, The Fellowship of the Ring, Hobbit, The Return of the King, The Scouring of the Shire, The History of Middle-earth, The Two Towers, Middle-earth in motion pictures, Freud's Last Session, Inklings, Unfinished Tales, The Adventures of Tom Bombadil, The Tale of Aragorn and Arwen, Red Book of Westmarch, Eucatastrophe, The Council of Elrond ... and more.
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Tolkien Society Awards
Tolkien Society Awards winner is the Digital Tolkien Project
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| 2025 |
Tolkien Society Awards
An edited work by Wayne G. Hammond and Christina Scull was honored in the Tolkien Society Awards.
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| 2025 |
Tolkien Society Awards
Publication of scholarly article about J. R. R. Tolkien's 1953 W. P. Ker Memorial Lecture on 'Sir Gawain and the Green Knight' in English Studies journal
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| 2025 |
Tolkien Society Awards
Tolkien Society Award for artwork titled 'Arrival in the Shire'
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| April 2025 |
Great Lives
Great Lives radio series begins its 66th series, featuring a diverse range of notable personalities discussed by guest presenters, including topics such as artists, musicians, comedians, and historical figures.
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| February 2025 |
Great Lives
End of Series 65 of Great Lives, which included episodes featuring notable figures such as Doug Allan discussing Jacques Cousteau, Hannah Critchlow on Colin Blakemore, and Lauren Cuthbertson exploring Margot Fonteyn's life.
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| 2024 |
Tolkien Society Awards
A posthumous Tolkien Society Award was presented, honoring a recipient after their death.
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| 2024 |
Tolkien Society Awards
Tolkien Society Awards won by Nerd of the Rings
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| 2024 |
Tolkien Society Awards
A publication edited by Humphrey Carpenter and Christopher Tolkien was recognized with the Tolkien Society Award.
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| 2024 |
Tolkien Society Awards
Tolkien Society Award for artwork titled 'Frodo's Inheritance'
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| 2024 |
Translations of The Lord of the Rings
Chinese (Traditional) translation of The Lord of the Rings published by Shuangxi Publishing
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| 2024 |
Translations of The Lord of the Rings
Mongolian translation of The Fellowship of the Ring published by Monsudar
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| 2024 |
Translations of The Lord of the Rings
Multiple Chinese (Simplified) translations of The Lord of the Rings published by different publishers
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| 2024 |
J. R. R. Tolkien bibliography
Planned publication of 'The Fëanorian Alphabet, Part 2' and 'Eldarin Pronouns' in Parma Eldalamberon 23.
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| 2024 |
J. R. R. Tolkien bibliography
Planned publication of The Collected Poems of J. R. R. Tolkien, edited by Christina Scull and Wayne G. Hammond.
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| December 2024 |
Great Lives
Start of Series 65 of Great Lives, featuring Ekow Eshun discussing Justin Fashanu, the first professional footballer to be openly gay, with Matthew Parris as presenter.
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| September 2024 |
Great Lives
Anneka Rice discusses Jane Morris, model and muse, in the Great Lives programme
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| September 2024 |
Great Lives
Jo Brand presents an episode about Bessie Smith, blues singer
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| August 2024 |
Great Lives
Conn Iggulden discusses the life of Nero, Roman Emperor, in the Great Lives series
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| August 2024 |
Great Lives
Henry Marsh explores the life and work of Ignaz Semmelweis, physician and scientist
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| August 2024 |
Great Lives
Zing Tsjeng explores the life of Hilma af Klint in the Great Lives series
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| August 2024 |
Great Lives
Julien Temple profiles Christopher Marlowe during the Great Lives programme
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| August 2024 |
Great Lives
Miriam Margolyes discusses Charles Dickens during the Great Lives programme with Matthew Parris as the presenter
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| June 14 2024 | The film was released in the United Kingdom. |
| May 2024 |
Great Lives
Conclusion of Series 63 of Great Lives, which included episodes about E. Nesbit, Frank Whittle, Queen Emma, Lady Rachel MacRobert, and Maria Callas among other notable figures.
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| April 2024 |
Great Lives
Start of Series 63 of Great Lives radio programme, featuring discussions about notable individuals like Gerard Hoffnung, Sir Bruce Forsyth, and Antoni Gaudí.
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| January 2024 |
Great Lives
Concluded the 62nd series of Great Lives radio programme, featuring discussions about Thomas Jefferson and Harry Belafonte among other notable personalities.
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| January 19 2024 | Film expanded to a wide release across the United States, accompanied by mixed critical reviews. |
| 2023 |
Tolkien Society Awards
Tolkien Society Awards won by Tolkien Gateway
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| 2023 |
Tolkien Society Awards
Brian Sibley's edited work was awarded by the Tolkien Society.
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| 2023 |
Tolkien Society Awards
Publication of article 'All that glisters is not gold' in Mallorn journal
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| 2023 |
Translations of The Lord of the Rings
Slovenian translation of The Lord of the Rings published by Mladinska knjiga
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| 2023 |
Translations of The Lord of the Rings
Belarusian translation of The Lord of the Rings published by Andrei Yanushkevich Publishing
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| 2023 |
Translations of The Lord of the Rings
Sinhala translation of The Two Towers published by Muses Books
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| 2023 |
J. R. R. Tolkien bibliography
Posthumous publication of The Battle of Maldon: together with The Homecoming of Beorhtnoth.
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| December 2023 |
Great Lives
Continued as part of Great Lives radio programme series 62, with discussions about various notable figures including Diana Barnato Walker and JG Ballard.
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| December 22 2023 | Sony Pictures Classics released the film in a limited release in the United States. |
| November 2023 |
Great Lives
Featured in Great Lives radio programme series 62, discussing Mohammad Mossadegh's life and legacy, with Matthew Parris as the presenter.
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| October 2023 | Sony Pictures Classics acquired distribution rights for the film in multiple regions, including North America, the Middle East, India, Eastern Europe (excluding Russia), Turkey, and worldwide airlines. |
| October 27 2023 | Film 'Freud's Last Session' premiered at the AFI Fest, marking its first public screening. |
| September 2023 |
Great Lives
Great Lives programme Series 61 concludes in September, highlighting biographical discussions of diverse personalities including Lady Eve Balfour, Gerrard Winstanley, and Ludwig Koch
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| June 2023 |
Great Lives
Great Lives programme Series 61 begins, featuring episodes on notable figures such as Tony Benn, Stamford Raffles, Donella Meadows, and Jessye Norman, among others
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| May 2023 |
Great Lives
Great Lives programme series 60 concludes, having explored the lives of significant historical and contemporary individuals across diverse fields.
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| May 2023 | A selection of film props, including the replica psychoanalyst couch and garden tent chair, were housed at the Freud Museum London. |
| April 2023 |
Great Lives
Great Lives programme series 60 begins, featuring discussions about notable figures including Arthur Ashe, Matthew Henson, Kofi Annan, and others, presented by various broadcasters and personalities.
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| April 2023 | An image from the film's principal photography was released, signaling the project was entering its final stages of filming in Ireland. |
| March 2023 | Spoke at a conference of the International Movement of Russophiles in Moscow during the Russian invasion of Ukraine. |
| January 2023 |
Great Lives
Great Lives radio programme continues Series 59, with episodes exploring the lives of Olivia Laing, Christopher Lloyd, Bob Harris, Matt Busby, Roger Deakin, Adjoa Andoh, and Zora Neale Hurston.
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| January 2023 | Production of the film began in the United Kingdom, with filming locations primarily set up at Ardmore Studios in Dublin, where Freud's Hampstead house and psychoanalyst couch were recreated. |
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