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Week 4 - Word-nerd Wednesday: Tracking Down a Ranger Jun 07, 2023

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Track down another word in the wilderness by using all your tracking and hunting skills — because this Word-nerd Wednesday is all about the ‘ranger’!

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Week 4 - Tolkien Tuesday: The Professor’s Ultimatum Jun 06, 2023

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It is 1950, and Tolkien is growing ever more frustrated with Rayner Unwin, thinking that he has another publisher ready to publish The Silmarillion on this week’s Tolkien Tuesday.

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Week 4 - Mailbag Monday: When Was the Rammas Echor Really Built? Jun 05, 2023

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The Man of the West starts the week with Mailbag Monday and a question about the wall surrounding the Pelennor Fields: when was it built, and who was the steward who built it?

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Week 3 - Silmarillion Saturday: When the Lights Go Down in the City Jun 03, 2023

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The city of Valmar, that is. The Man of the West reads about the Darkening of Valinor and the theft of the Silmarils in this week’s Silmarillion Saturday!

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Week 3 - Fandom Friday: Kaitlyn from Tea With Tolkien Jun 02, 2023

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The Man of the West welcomes Kaitlyn to the Common Room for some Tea — with Tolkien, of course — in this week’s installment of Fandom Friday!

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Week 3 - Third Age Thursday: A Proper Fourteen-Twenty Jun 01, 2023

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It’s time to visit the Shire again, as Sam uses Galadriel’s gift to restore his homeland. Join The Man of the West as he reads and chats about S.R. 1420 in another Third Age Thursday!

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Week 3 - Word-nerd Wednesday: Say ‘Friend’ and Enter May 31, 2023

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The Man of the West digs deep into linguistic journals to explore all about Gandalf’s far-too-simple magic password in another installment of Word-nerd Wednesday!

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Week 3 - Tolkien Tuesday: No Just Grievance May 30, 2023

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Join the Man of the West as he continues reading Tolkien’s Letters, exploring more of the drama between the Professor and two publishers on Tolkien Tuesday.

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Week 3 - Mailbag Monday: Whatever Happened to Radagast? May 29, 2023

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The Man of the West begins another week of Today’s Tolkien Times with an interesting, albeit officially unanswerable, question for Mailbag Monday as we search for word of Radagast the Brown.

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Week 2 - Silmarillion Saturday: The Creation of the Silmarils May 27, 2023

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The Man of the West concludes another week of Today's Tolkien Times by going back to the creation of the Silmarils on Silmarillion Saturday!

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