tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2239062544101975016.post1286000356753456175..comments2024-03-27T21:39:23.192-07:00Comments on Sacnoth's Scriptorium: Tolkien Documentary (I)John D. Rateliffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12324926298336489295noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2239062544101975016.post-24573178756703517392010-05-11T13:48:27.309-07:002010-05-11T13:48:27.309-07:00I think the detail about Tolkien's usual place...I think the detail about Tolkien's usual place in the church, and how after the service he used to sit on the wall outside waiting for a taxi (if I remember correctly?), is not found elsewhere, so actually one does learn something new about Tolkien from this documentary.Anders Stenströmhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10335134115320227972noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2239062544101975016.post-12385567855825825622010-04-30T13:46:56.795-07:002010-04-30T13:46:56.795-07:00Out of curiosity, I took the Blackwell's Inkli...Out of curiosity, I took the Blackwell's Inklings tour of Oxford in '05, and discovered that Tolkien wrote <i>The Lord of the Rings</i> at 99 Holywell.<br /><br />I presume they deduced this on the grounds that the book was published in 1954-55, and he was living there immediately before that, in 1950-53. Those dates are right, but I don't need to tell you how wrong the deduction from them is.David Bratmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08090662884600828582noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2239062544101975016.post-22269414894926586322010-04-30T03:12:46.868-07:002010-04-30T03:12:46.868-07:00John, two of the TS folk were us! And yes the '...John, two of the TS folk were us! And yes the 'guide' bloke was very suprising when I saw the DVD; I'd offered to take them around but they'd declined not mentioning the other guy, I assumed at the time they just wanted to do something else. The guide was indeed a tad underwhelming. Still Anke and me got a very nice Japanese meal out of it from them.<br /><br />IanCIan and Anke Collierhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17373718387166300995noreply@blogger.com