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When Tolkien depicted orcs in ‘Lord of the Rings’, was he being racist rather than imaginative?
Recent accusations of racism are at odds with the values of friendship, altruism and courage exemplified in his books.
Dimitra Fimi, The Conversation
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JRR Tolkien’s Christmas letters to his children bring echoes of Middle-Earth to the North Pole
The creator of ‘Lord of the Rings’ wrote letters to his children from Father Christmas every year for 23 years.
Dimitra Fimi, The Conversation
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How to invent a Tolkien-style language
Quenya, Sindarin, Klingon and Dothraki – there's an art to making up languages.
Dimitra Fimi, The Conversation
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