24 Mar
2023/3/24 6:53:29 (GMT) Greenwich Mean Time, London, Dublin, Lisbon, Casablanca, Monrovia
Two handwritten letters penned by JRR Tolkien have been discovered for the first time, almost 50 years after the death of the Lord of the Rings author.Tolkien letters shine new light on writer’s life and work
24 Mar
2023/3/24 11:20:32 (GMT) Greenwich Mean Time, London, Dublin, Lisbon, Casablanca, Monrovia
24 Mar
2023/3/24 12:17:01 (GMT) Greenwich Mean Time, London, Dublin, Lisbon, Casablanca, Monrovia
I expect the letters should be added to the digital collection sometime soon. So much less newsworthy—or at the very least less clickbaity—is already available there.
24 Mar
2023/3/24 12:21:54 (GMT) Greenwich Mean Time, London, Dublin, Lisbon, Casablanca, Monrovia
oxonianus wrote:
I expect the letters should be added to the digital collection sometime soon. So much less newsworthy—or at the very least less clickbaity—is already available there.
If I am not mistaken these new letters will be open to viewing in person rather than online.
24 Mar
2023/3/24 12:27:40 (GMT) Greenwich Mean Time, London, Dublin, Lisbon, Casablanca, Monrovia
onthetrail wrote:
oxonianus wrote:
I expect the letters should be added to the digital collection sometime soon. So much less newsworthy—or at the very least less clickbaity—is already available there.
If I am not mistaken these new letters will be open to viewing in person rather than online.
Yes, that's right.
24 Mar
2023/3/24 12:29:27 (GMT) Greenwich Mean Time, London, Dublin, Lisbon, Casablanca, Monrovia
Well, that's a shame. It is the National Archives, after all.