Monthly Archives: May 2022
“The Magic of Middle-earth” at Worcester, summer 2022
“The Magic of Middle-earth” at Worcester Museum, in the West Midlands of the UK, this summer.
All 200 items are from a local toys specialist / collector, by the sound of it. As such I’d guess that it’s a chance to see, nicely assembled and lit by a regional museum, not only art books and suchlike items but perhaps also a range of the better toys, figures and merchandising items produced for The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings.
Dead by age 50? – more data
I’ve now been able to see the Briggs book A History of Longton (1985), now newly public on Archive.org in Spring 2022. I’ve updated my earlier post “Dead by age 50?” accordingly.


