Moorcock’s editorials in the magazine helped to expand his war against convention, as did his essays “Epic Pooh” and ...

Neither can we. Thankfully we’ve been lucky enough to exist at the same time as J.R.R. Tolkien (or at least his work). Born in 1892, Tolkien joined the army when he was barely an adult. After leaving, ...

The Oxford English Dictionary is hoaching with new Scottish words - with beamer, bummer and tattie scone among 13 new entries ...

He may have been a world-famous author, but Lord of the Rings writer JRR Tolkien also used his talents to entertain those closer to home. In a BBC series looking at the "wonders" of Oxford's ...

A series of Scottish words have been added to the Oxford English Dictionary in its latest update. More than 10 new Scottish ...

Tolkien inspires naming of four peregrine falcons Warwickshire Wildlife Trust The four chicks were born at Leamington Spa Town Hall at the end of April Charlotte Benton ...

Tolkien Triangle will honour Hobbit author's legacy JRR Tolkien spent 18 years in East Yorkshire recovering from trench fever after World War One.

Books Received Published: 06 July 1929 The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Current English F. S. M. Nature 124, 7 (1929) Cite this article ...

"The latest coins were minted in the autumn of 1642, the beginning of the English Civil War and just prior to the Battle of Aylesbury, which took place a few miles away at Holman's Bridge.

The dimpled Herefordshire Beacon, or British Camp, is said to have given Tolkien his White Mountains of Gondor. I spent schoolboy years in its lee, thrilling to the yarn that this was where Caratacus ...

Holding an MSc in Contemporary Chinese Studies from University College, Oxford, Rebecca F. Kuang is not only a popular author who happens to be an Oxford alum, but also one of those, like Lewis Caroll ...