Tolkien's Middle-earth is riddled with enemies, and some are so vile not even the most pitiable backstories in Lord of the ...

He insists to Thorin and co. that though Bilbo may seem fussy and faint-hearted, he is “as fierce as a dragon in a pinch.” Tolkien immediately follows this by mentioning that this statement ...

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Do you want to go along with Thorin, Bilbo and the rest of the dwarf company, fight orcs, collect treasures and all this in the form of bright, cheerful LEGO adventures – and absolutely free? Great ...

After briefly invading the home of Bilbo Baggins and managing to convince him to join the company of Thorin Oakinshield, the group left for Erabor. Gandalf became a critical member of the group ...

Thorin was the name given to a Neanderthal specimen found amongst a small group of Neanderthals that lived between 42,000 years and 52,000 years ago in the Grotte Mandrin, a cave located in southern ...

TODAY IS INDEPENDENT Bookstore Day, an event organised by the American Booksellers Association to celebrate the resilience of ...

After many years away in the wake of the Hobbit films’ releases, Lego’s Lord of the Rings line has firmly established itself as one of the brick maker’s annual treats, first delivering an ...

Thousands of stone tools discovered in a South African cave reveal that Ice Age humans had developed sophisticated fabrication techniques about 20,000 years ago, according to a report in the Journal ...

THE Irish Grand National is here as punters cap off their Easter weekend with the Fairyhouse showpiece. Willie Mullins had saddled two winners in the English and Scottish editions of the National ...