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The book was discovered by chance in a house in Bristol. It is one of 1,500 original copies of Tolkien’s famous 1937 novel.

Tales of fire-breathing, serpentine creatures and those who dare to tame them

Not all those who wander are lost

Italian prime minister Giorgia Meloni and I have precious little in common. But one important thing we share is The Lord of the Rings. Both she and I regard the J.R.R. Tolkien trilogy as a personal “sacred text” which has profoundly shaped our values and our political commitments.

The myth of the underwater city has captured imaginations for over two thousand years

In a moment of distraction from the laborious work of marking an “enormous pile of examination papers”, J.R.R. Tolkien flipped to a blank page on a student essay and scribbled, “in a hole in the ground there lived a hobbit”.

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Lord of the Rings contains no shortage of beautiful, ethereal names so it is little wonder why one family turned to the series for inspiration, but now they've been left wondering about their choice

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