For nearly five years, entrepreneur Bryan Johnson has been attempting that feat of which magicians and daredevils have boasted throughout history: defying death. In 2021, Johnson launched “Project ...

Broadway Playhouse at Water Tower Place is at 175 E Chestnut St, Chicago, IL 60611, Chicago, IL.

The University of Nottingham came under fire over a course described as decolonizing fantasy works by famous British authors ...

A British soldier began writing "The Fall of Gondolin" while in a hospital bed, stricken by "trench disease" from the lethal front lines of World War I. A German soldier later bemoaned the "lice, rats ...

As kids, my younger brother loved J.R.R. Tolkien’s “The Hobbit,” while I was a huge fan of The Chronicles of Narnia series by C.S. Lewis. At some point my mom had read Lewis’ “Mere Christianity,” but ...

I attended a creative writing seminar where the audience was asked to name authors from Oxford. No women authors were named.

Between writing works of allegorical fiction and sharing a pint with chum J.R.R. Tolkien, C.S. Lewis found plenty of time to be frightened of the dentist. “What do people mean when they say, ‘I am not ...

Plans to protect a world-famous pub frequented by J.R.R. Tolkien and C.S. Lewis have been submitted. The Eagle and Child in Oxford dates back to the 1650s and closed during the 2020 lockdowns - ...

An American professor spent a summer with Tolkien. He remembers the man, his faith, and his writings. I first met J. R. R. Tolkien late on the afternoon of September 1, 1964. His fame was then rapidly ...

Beowulf with the Finnesburg Fragment. Edited by C.L. Wrenn and W.F. Bolton, U of Exeter P, 1992. Bliss, Alan. “Preface.” J.R.R. Tolkien, Finn and Hengest: The ...

Author John Hendrix at work on an illustration. For kids who dream of other worlds, few books have been as influential, and beloved, as The Hobbit and The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe—other than, ...

A British soldier began writing "The Fall of Gondolin" while in a hospital bed, stricken by "trench disease" from the lethal front lines of World War I. A German soldier, the painter Otto Dix, later ...