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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”.

Thanks to the James Webb Space Telescope, scientists have begun getting the goods on Earendel, the most distant star ever detected.

Fans of The Lord of the Rings should check out these epic fantasy films next, including Willow, Time Bandits and more.

A Moria-based expansion for The One Ring has just been revealed, allowing us to adventure across the dwarven stronghold in the Lord of the Rings RPG.

A formidable cast journey through folk via Bollywood to pop – not to mention mountain treks and orc attacks – in a compressed revival of the 2007 musical

From The Wheel of Time to House of the Dragon, watch these epic fantasy shows before The Witcher season 4 arrives.

Few RPGs have been able to capture the wonder of Middle-earth, but The One Ring and Lord of the Rings Roleplaying do. Here's why

The book, which is one of the first 1,500 copies printed in 1937 and contains illustrations by JRR Tolkien, was discovered in the backroom at a Cancer Research UK store