Today's Tolkien Times

Week 130 - Friendship Friday: Did I Not Say So at the Hornburg

Join The Man of the West as a promise made at Dunharrow is kept on the Pelennor, and Aragorn hands Éomer back his sister. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphon

Week 130 - Third Age Thursday: The Choice of Their Forefather

Númenor gets a mountain, a Ban, and a slowly-growing shadow as The Man of the West continues a look at Appendix A from The Lord of the Rings. Learn more about your ad cho

Week 130 - Word-nerd Wednesday: Not the Day of the Wreckage

Join The Man of the West as we look at a courtroom in the Ring of Doom, a royal walking stick, a haven, and yet another fence. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit meg

Week 130 - Tolkien Tuesday: Coming Back to Leaf

Join The Man of the West as he looks at a tree Tolkien can’t stop drawing, a car, the strangeness of punting, and a very boring textbook. Learn more about your ad choices

Week 130 - Might-Have-Been Monday: Thanks to Saruman

Join The Man of the West for a what-if that Merry & Pippin genuinely don’t want to think about. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Week 129 - Silmarillion Saturday: The Work of Our Hearts

Olwë tells Fëanor that the swan-ships are his people’s Silmarils, and Fëanor takes them anyway — join The Man of the West for the Kinslaying at Alqualondë. Learn more abo

Week 129 - Friendship Friday: Aragorn My Friend

Two swords finally drawn together (pencils down!) at the Hornburg: join The Man of the West for part two of Aragorn and Éomer. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit meg

Week 129 - Third Age Thursday: Westernmost of All Mortal Lands

Join The Man of the West as Appendix A opens with the only Silmarillion anybody had for 22 years. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Week 129 - Word-nerd Wednesday: A Number in a Queue

Join The Man of the West for some people names, including one whose name just means they turned up a bit late to the party. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaph

Week 129 - Tolkien Tuesday: An Axe-Blow Near the Roots

Join The Man of the West for two letters on the death of C. S. Lewis: a list of mourners written for a daughter, and a grievance struck through for a son. Learn more abou

Week 129 - Might-Have-Been Monday: Only for a Moment

Two cousins, one clearing and no words between them — join The Man of the West for the non-existent family reunion, plus a… slight correction from last week. Learn more a

Week 128 - Silmarillion Saturday: Thou Hast Sworn in Vain

Join The Man of the West as Fëanor’s facepalm moment arrives: we’re going to need boats! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Week 128 - Friendship Friday: Wingfoot I Name You

A new pairing opens with 100 spears, one drawn sword, and a man betting his life on a stranger he’d just tried to arrest — join The Man of the West for Aragorn and Éomer.

Week 128 - Third Age Thursday: Admitted as Friends

Isengard falls without a siege, and Gondor hands the keys to the first person who volunteers: join The Man of the West as the tower is empty no longer. Learn more about y

Week 128 - Word-nerd Wednesday: The Place Where We Drink

Join The Man of the West for Hall Week: one Old English word that means both ‘fence’ and ‘king,’ and another that connects Théoden’s mead to your amethyst ring. Learn mor

Week 128 - Tolkien Tuesday: As Unbendable as an Ent

Partially describing The Man of the West, but Tolkien couldn’t have known that. Join Alan as letter 250 closes with a confession, a rugby injury, and a grandfather who ca

Week 128 - Might-Have-Been Monday: At the Moment of Its Failure

One of our patrons asks, “What if Gandalf had survived the bridge?” Join The Man of the West for the answer, plus his first — and last — attempt at fanfic. Learn more abo

Week 127 - Silmarillion Saturday: None Shall Break, and None Should Take

Seven swords, one impossible promise, and a besotted people following Fëanor: join The Man of the West for the Oath. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/

Week 127 - Friendship Friday: Dear Friend

Join The Man of the West as Aragorn and Gandalf finish their long friendship without ever saying farewell. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Week 127 - Third Age Thursday: Though They Held the Keys

Join The Man of the West as Calenardhon is emptied by 400 years of peace before it changes hands. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices