Marcel Bülles, the Tolkienist, and Sonja Virta from Finland delve deeply into the connections between J.R.R. Tolkien's works and Tove Jansson's illustrations of "The Hobbit."

It is all about the cultural and historical contexts of this artistic project and how it has been perceived at the time as well as today. Add some PhD research into Finnish translations of Tolkien's works, how publishing used to work and how literary and artistic heritage is working today and you get a good hour of a fascinating chat on an even more fascinating topic.

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