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JRR Tolkien
‘He was a Catholic before he knew it himself’: Jon Fosse, 2023 Nobel Prize in Literature winner
December 19, 2023
Catholic writers can convey their Faith beautifully in their prose. Evelyn Waugh managed to insert Catholic characters in his novels. Tolkien created an entire world with its own unique language, yet it is clear to those who read him with attention that he was inspired by his Catholic Faith. The writing of Nordic Catholics is
Fraud of the Rings: why Amazon’s Tolkien extravaganza falls flat
October 14, 2022
Rings of Power may be the most expensive series of all time, but a bloated plot and pompous protagonist rob it of any interest, writes Ferdie Rous
The rich significance of Tolkien’s classic
September 23, 2022
It is only because Frodo shows mercy to Gollum that Gollum is free to play his part in the consummation of Frodo’s courage, carrying the ring into the flames in spite of Frodo’s frailties
The Catholic Herald reviews The Hobbit
July 09, 2021
The Catholic Herald reviewed J. R. R. Tolkien’s The Hobbit about a month after it appeared. The review in the “Children’s Catholic Herald” section was headed by a picture of Tolkien, much younger than the pictures of him we usually see. The caption read: “Professor Tolkien discovered the Hobbit. He is not really a professor of
Morning Catholic must-reads: 12/04/18
April 12, 2018
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An accidental pilgrimage
June 30, 2016
I touched down from America hoping only for a few good dinners. But I found hints everywhere of British Catholicism's surprising vitality
The First World War veterans who fought for the faith
November 05, 2015
A Hobbit, a Wardrobe and a Great War by Joseph Loconte, Nelson Books, £16.99 It cannot have been easy to shock Virginia Woolf, the Bloomsbury queen. Bohemian to the core, she presided over a circle of literary hedonists whose escapades the BBC deemed racy enough to turn into a television series earlier this year. And
Morning Catholic must-reads: 27/08/15
August 27, 2015
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