The Hobbit

Television

The Penguin, Agatha All Along and the perils of spin-offs of spin-offs

There is a chronic lack of imagination

Alexander Larman

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

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

Plus: reportedly engaged actor spreading his seed around London

Cockburn

Art

A Hobbit-sized exhibition about Tolkien as pipe-smoker and parent

A new showcase gives us the real Tolkien – not his awful legacy

Melanie McDonagh