Rare audio tapes of Tolkien have been found to reignite your Hobbitesque desires.
The wait is almost over for The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey, Peter Jackson’s prequel to Lord of the Rings. The film is due for worldwide release in December.
There’s an old Southampton pub called The Hobbit under threat from the company that controls Lord of the Rings licensing. The company eventually agreed to sell the pub a license to keep using the name it has had for decades. Stephen Fry and Ian McKellan decided this was stupid, so they paid the fee themselves.