Lord of the Rings creator JRR Tolkien’s vision of what a hobbit REALLY looks like is revealed as letter to illustrator is set to sell for $25,000 Letter from J.R.R Tolkien to illustrator expected to fetch £15,000 at auction It details what the Lord of the Rings creator thought hobbits should look like Said characters are ‘absolutely ordinary human … Read more
Lord of the Rings creator JRR Tolkien’s vision of what a hobbit REALLY looks like is revealed as letter to illustrator is set to sell for $25,000 Letter from J.R.R Tolkien to illustrator expected to fetch £15,000 at auction It details what the Lord of the Rings creator thought hobbits should look like Said characters are ‘absolutely ordinary human … Read more
A unique one-bedroom house built of polystyrene and mud that looks like it would be fit for a Hobbit has gone on sale for $220,000. The house in Marshfield, Vermont, was built in 1988 by the late Bob Chappelle, an award-winning architect who was inspired by the mud huts he saw in Africa. Chapelle used a … Read more
Young rugby star Ollie Thorley says his best-ever investment was investing in his own career. Thorley, 23, spends £1,500 a month on professional services – from experts who use sports psychology and massage to help him improve his performance. He also recently bought a £4,000 sauna which he built himself. The Gloucester winger is an … Read more
Man and his dad wow viewers by building a ‘magical’ Hobbit house for £479 from old logs on George Clarke’s Amazing Spaces – featuring a tree at its heart and a blackboard that turns into a bed Lauren and Will, from Suffolk, create outdoor play den for son Thomas for £500 He recycled old Christmas … Read more
They’ve inspired four award-winning books, blockbuster movies and a global fan following. But many of the key scenes in Tolkien’s Lord of the Rings and Hobbit are based on little-known places in the British countryside. Expert John Garth spent years retracing the esteemed author’s footsteps and painstakingly studying influences on him during the 20th century … Read more