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Week 026 - Mailbag Monday: Something About Rope Jan 01, 2024

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Join The Man of the West as he rings in 2024 with a new series of Today’s Tolkien Times! We start with a mailbag question about Sam’s mysteriously disappearing brothers, and his two sisters, both called Miss-Not-Appearing-In-This-Book.

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Week 025 - Fancy a Game of Snapdragons? Dec 23, 2023

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Tolkien brings in more real-world events — a really cold winter, and a bright comet — into his Letters From Father Christmas, while NPB is busy getting the Man in the Moon drunk. Also, Merry Christmas from the TTT!

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Week 025 - Rory Bory Aylis Dec 22, 2023

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The Man of the West introduces a new term for the Aurora Borealis, as he looks at Tolkien’s 1926 Letter From Father Christmas. North Polar Bear is up to his usual mischief, and the reindeer break loose. Also, the Man in the Moon is badly injured — but it’s nothing chocolate can’t fix.

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Week 025 - Dreadfully Busy Dec 21, 2023

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No, really, he means it. Father Christmas is busy, and so is Professor Tolkien, as Christmas of 1925 approaches. Holding down two jobs, writing the beginnings of Middle-earth mythology, moving house, and being the father to three boys ages 8, 5, and 1. Whew, I’m tired just writing that.

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Week 025 - A Letter for the LEGO Fans Dec 20, 2023

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We move to 1923 and a letter to a new address in Leeds, before looking at just how old Father Christmas really is. Also, when is a brick not a brick?

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Week 025 - Dramatis Personae Dec 19, 2023

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Let’s start at the very beginning: it’s a very good place to start, after all. It’s time to open up the Introduction to the Letters and learn about the growing crew up at the North Pole, before we start with the first letter, written in 1920.

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Week 025 - Keep It Secret, Keep It Safe Dec 18, 2023

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Join The Man of the West for a very special holiday week of Today’s Tolkien Times as he dives into Letters From Father Christmas, beginning with words from Baillie Tolkien, Christopher’s wife and the editor of the Letters volumes.
Resource links:
https://wayneandchristina.wordpress.com/2012/11/06/the-father-christmas-letters-4/
https://www.tolkienguide.com/modules/wiwimod/index.php?page=Letters%20From%20Father%20Christmas

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Week 024 - Silmarillion Saturday: The Elves Know Not Nov 25, 2023

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Men are mortal, and so is Series 3 of Today’s Tolkien Times! Join The Man of the West as he wraps things up (mostly) for 2023 with a look at the difference between Elves and Men — including a glimpse at an early version from The Book of Lost Tales.

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Week 024 - Fandom Friday: Time Flies When Your Book is Awesome — John Garth Nov 24, 2023

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You’ve enjoyed eight weeks of excerpts from his book, Tolkien and the Great War, so please welcome John Garth to Today’s Tolkien Times, as we celebrate 20 years since the publication of his award-winning biography! Plus insights on his new book — Tolkien’s Mirror — and how you can help get it published sooner.

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Week 024 - Third Age Thursday: Look After Your Darling Nov 23, 2023

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To those celebrating, the TTT wishes you a Happy Thanksgiving! Join The Man of the West as he finishes up The Quest of Erebor and discovers the softer side of Gandalf, and why all of Middle-earth is thankful for a chance-meeting in Bree.

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