B.A., M.Phil (Merton), D.Phil (Oriel), University of Oxford. Medieval Scholar. #Tolkien Scholar. Author of first doctoral thesis on Tolkien at @UniofOxford.
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Happy 424th birthday to the Bodleian Library, which first opened #OnThisDay in 1602.
Today, it’s part of 22 libraries at the @UniofOxford, which together form the UK's largest academic library service, with more than 14 million printed items.
📸 Instagram | bodleianlibraries
ALT Historic library interior with tall wooden bookshelves and ornate coffered ceiling illuminated by warm lighting.
Dr Grace Khuri retweeted
Just in case anyone is in #Bristol today, this exhibition is open from 11am - 3pm today and tomorrow
bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cm3e…
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Blue was her raiment as the unclouded heaven, but her eyes were grey as the starlit evening; her mantle was sewn with golden flowers, but her hair was dark as the shadows of twilight.
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THEN vs NOW: New College Lane, looking towards the Sheldonian Theatre.
📷 | Mr F.A. Jefferies and Helen Moran
#ThrowbackThursday
ALT Two photographs comparing the Sheldonian Theatre in Oxford in 1945 and 2026, taken from the same viewpoint. The top black-and-white image shows the historic building behind iron gates, while the bottom colour image shows the same scene today, with pedestrians, bicycles and vehicles in the foreground.
Geoffrey Bache Smith (d. 1916), poet-friend of J.R.R. #Tolkien was one of these who never returned...
#WorldWarI #Somme
Some of the most enduring words of the First World War were written by those who experienced it firsthand, and by some who never returned home.
This month’s Lives Behind the Headlines explores the poets of the Somme, uncovering the stories behind the names and the lives behind the lines.
Discover their stories on For Evermore.
Dr Grace Khuri retweeted
Exciting news: my new book 'Hoarded Gold' is out now! It's a collection of Anglo-Saxon proverbs, wisdom poems, and reflections on what it means to be wise - from the thoughts of Alfred the Great to the treasured wisdom of many anonymous poets...
We are delighted to announce that "Hoarded Gold: A Book of Old English Wisdom" by Eleanor Parker (@ClerkofOxford) is now published and available worldwide!
To read more about the book, visit: uppsalabooks.com/hoarded-gol…
Dr Grace Khuri retweeted
We are delighted to announce that "Hoarded Gold: A Book of Old English Wisdom" by Eleanor Parker (@ClerkofOxford) is now published and available worldwide!
To read more about the book, visit: uppsalabooks.com/hoarded-gol…
A delight and an honor to be at this wonderful lecture on the #Silmarillion by Michael #Tolkien
Michael #Tolkien lecture was today. Glorious. Imagine hearing about the key themes of the #Silmarillion from Cirdan or Elrond. I will never forget it. The audience was transported -- it was like the auditorium became Middle-earth for an hour.
Dr Grace Khuri retweeted
Like stepping into Mordor - ascending out of the mist in the Chedul Valley yesterday
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Cat names from Old Irish legal texts:
Bréone = ‘little flame’
Cruibne = ‘little paws’
Glas Nenta = ‘nettle grey’
Méone = ‘little meow’
🎨Book of Kells. Source: Kelly, Early Irish Farming p123. #NationalCatDay 🐈
During Tolkien's convalescence in a Birmingham military hospital after returning from the Somme, the following poem appeared in the January 1917 issue of its magazine. Perhaps #Tolkien read it and took it to heart. He wrote 'The Cottage of Lost Play' the next month. #WorldWarI
Dr Grace Khuri retweeted
Step into Bede's classroom and learn a bit of Latin from him and @grahamscheper!
This is the magazine for the military hospital in Birmingham where #Tolkien stayed from November 9, 1916 (until late January 1917) after leaving the Somme. It was read by convalescing soldiers and featured poems, jokes, and accounts of entertainments for those in the hospital.
A new issue would come out the first of every month, which means #Tolkien would have had access to the issues for November and December 1916 and January 1917.
For the project British Fantasy and the First World War, I have been researching trench journals and unit magazines from this period and found the one for the hospital in Birmingham where #Tolkien stayed in November (and through the winter). I will post about that soon.
110 years ago today, on 27 October 1916, the young J.R.R. Tolkien fell ill with trench fever.
He had been serving as a signalling officer with the 11th Battalion of the Lancashire Fusiliers during the Battle of the Somme. The illness took him out of the front line, and by early November he was on his way home to hospital in England.
Many of the men he served with were not so fortunate. On Remembrance Sunday we'll share more about Tolkien and the Great War.
#TolkienSociety #JRRTolkien
Furthermore, this king's name literally means 'Elf-Counsel' -- and you can be sure #Tolkien had a field-day with this. Tolkien began studying works associated with King Alfred as an Oxford undergraduate in the 1910s.
Today is the anniversary of the death of Alfred the Great, who died in 899. Famous for defending his kingdom against Viking invasion, Alfred also strove to rebuild learning and education among the English - to restore both their 'wealth and wisdom': aclerkofoxford.blogspot.com/…
Dr Grace Khuri retweeted
So pleased to have finally discovered another copy of this ultra rare book. One widow’s recollections of the day the Unknown Warrior was buried in #Westminsterabbey Very fitting too as we approach #ArmisticeDay #RemembranceDay Never thought I would find one!
