Oxford attracts so many people and for so many reasons. One of those tends to be the literary history there – you have the greats from Lewis Carroll and CS Lewis through to more modern writers like Phillip Pullman. The one that recently brought me to the city (for the first time!) was JRR Tolkien, … Read more
The Cotswolds are one of the most beautiful parts of the English countryside and you may not be surprised that it actually inspired a lot of the worlds invented by JRR Tolkien! If, like me, you love to find these out of the way spots that are linked to the films and books you love … Read more
If you’re a fan of Tolkien, The Lord of The Rings, The Hobbit or maybe the latest TV series the Rings of Power then perhaps you’ll be inspired to see some of the real life places that inspired the books. (And no, I don’t mean New Zealand. Yes that’s where everyone thinks Hobbiton is but … Read more