J.R.R. Tolkien

Books and Arts

Bored of the rings: ‘wokery’ takes on Tolkien

The chief sin of Amazon’s The Rings of Power is that it is often simply dull

J.S. Barnes

The enormous humility of C.S. Lewis

Sixty years on, how urgently the world needs Lewis’s defense of what he called the Tao

A.N. Wilson

Why does a new Tolkien biography remain elusive?

His books and television adaptations keep coming, but we know little of J.R.R. Tolkien’s life

Alexander Larman

The Tolkien industry is about to get bigger — but not necessarily better

Expect self-indulgence by the bucketload along with flashy yet mediocre special effects

Alexander Larman

Cockburn’s Diary

George Santos thinks the Hobbit movies were better than Lord of the Rings

Plus: reportedly engaged actor spreading his seed around London

Cockburn