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 ...

Catherine McIlwaine, from the Bodleian Library, shows us the Santa letter Hobbit author JRR Tolkien wrote to his children.

A series of Scottish words have been added to the Oxford English Dictionary in its latest update. More than 10 new Scottish entries have been recorded in the newest version of the dictionary. On ...

More than 900 took part in the poll and the Lord of the Rings-themed names emerged victorious, named after JRR Tolkien's hobbits.

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

THIS is so far the best of the smaller and cheaper English dictionaries that comparison seems almost ludicrous. We have a book of nearly 1500 pages, well printed and stoutly bound, for seven and ...

Coins found by a metal detectorist which were minted in Oxford during the English Civil War are now up for auction.

Quentin Letts is best known as a merciless sketch writer and critic — but when he's back home at Herefordshire he embraces a very different life.

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 ...