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Tolkien basically wrote LOTR as a kind of fanfiction to himself

2nd of April 2025

stop irritably reaching after reason and facts with the hacks and come be in uncertainties, mysteries, and doubts with the dropouts

What keeps us going when our work feels stuck or small? When our efforts are outpaced by our hopes? During a long, discouraging stretch of writer’s block on The Lord of the Rings, J.R.R. Tolkien wrote a lesser-known story that speaks to that struggle. Leaf by Niggle offers hope for

And of course it's from Ukraine 😂

btw this is my normal new buddy who has really good intentions for our friendship. his name is Grima Wormtongue

Our #ObjectOfTheWeek is this letter written #OnThisDay 6 June 1645 by Oliver Cromwell, his last known letter from his home town of #Huntingdon; 4 days later he was appointed Lt General of Horse to the New Model, 4 days after that was Naseby... #EnglishCivilWar #17thCentury #OTD

it’s because of phone

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Milton's Cottage was a sanctuary from the Great Plague for the poet in 1665 as he wrote #ParadiseLost. Here we see the fallen & falling angels, the miasma of the plague and the smoke of the following year's Great Fire. My cut paper collage for The Shop Floor Project @miltonscottage

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'[F]ear is worse than the punishment, because punishment is something definite and, whether it's severe or light, always better than the horrible uncertainty, the horribly unending tension.' Stefan Zweig, Fear

Cromwell & music: During the 1650s this organ (from Magdalen College; Oxford) was moved to Hampton Court at Cromwell's behest. John Milton supposedly played it for the Protector & Protectress, who both possessed a lifelong passion for music. 1/

Discussing Cromwell with an Irishman in an Irish pub…

This is one of my favourite scenes in the entire trilogy. Forces of light defeating darkness.