If you are in the UK you can watch this episode on the BBC iPlayer.
August “Morwen seeks Túrin” “The Passing of Morwen” (sketch)
A touch of fantasy is in the air as the team turns its attention to two Tolkien-inspired notebooks.
First into the barn is David, with a cherished item linking him to his schooldays. He’s brought along two notebooks containing writing and drawings he created in his teenage years, inspired by JRR Tolkien. Inside, amongst his own work, are a handful of letters written to the teenager by the author himself. As a lonely schoolboy, David spent hours creating the scrapbook, but now, after 55 years, it has fallen into disrepair. Held together by rolls of tape, both the pages and spine need a complete facelift. Bookbinder Chris Shaw works his own form of magic with a painstaking repair that leaves David spellbound.
Thanks Trotter for posting that. I was rather touched by that tbh. I saw an awful lot of myself in David and his escape through Tolkien from loneliness and not feeling like one fitted in. I suspect many who maintain a long passion for Tolkien feel similar too. I thought the book was nicely presented too and really liked the simple solution of keeping the old notebook feel to it. I do love those old fashioned notebooks.
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