Great Tolkien article and interview

This Guardian article from 1991 gives some wonderful insights in to the world of JRR Tolkien and his love for a small village near Birmingham that became the inspiration for the world's most groundbreaking Fantasy work. You can just see him, as a young fellow, chatting with the Hobbits over the garden fence.

The article has some snippets from a rare interview with the journalist including an insight into the cause of the sadness and nostalgia that thread their way throughout Tolkein's works.

Which only makes it all the more tragic that the Tolkien family are having to fight for a share of the $6bn film franchise.