{"id":19261,"date":"2026-05-18T21:27:29","date_gmt":"2026-05-18T20:27:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jurn.link\/spyders\/?p=19261"},"modified":"2026-05-19T05:28:08","modified_gmt":"2026-05-19T04:28:08","slug":"tolkien-gleanings-414","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jurn.link\/spyders\/2026\/05\/18\/tolkien-gleanings-414\/","title":{"rendered":"Tolkien Gleanings #414"},"content":{"rendered":"

Tolkien Gleanings<\/a> #414<\/p>\n

* The Pints with Aquinas<\/em> podcast settles in for a long two-hour chat with Malcolm Guite<\/a>. Includes his thoughts on “Who is is Tom Bombadil?” among much else.<\/p>\n

* The Tolkien Pop<\/em> podcast interviews the Rev. Dr. Tom Emanuel<\/a>, discussing…<\/p>\n

“his recently completed PhD work on the religiosity of Tolkien fandom in a post-religious world. We also discuss his Tolkien experience, progressive theology and religious studies in Tolkien Studies”.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

* In Italy, a talk on Tolkien and AI<\/a> on 22nd May 2026, in advance of a new book…<\/p>\n

“Philosopher Rick DuFer’s new essay, published in March by Bompiani, offers an original reflection on the thought of J.R.R. Tolkien and the surprising relevance of his works. [Via Tolkien] the philosopher addresses contemporary issues such as artificial intelligence, war, the fear of death, and the very meaning of existence. [His public talk relates to his forthcoming book] Il pensiero speronte. Tolkien in difesa del presente<\/em> (‘An Encouraging Thought: Tolkien in defence of the present’). [He is] now one of the most popular philosophers in Italy […] co-founder of the Cogito Academy, an organization dedicated to practical philosophy and cultural dissemination.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

* Tom Shippey’s Uppsala Books imprint has announced another book for later in 2026. Hoarded Gold: A Book of Old English Wisdom<\/a><\/em>. New translations of the ‘wisdom poems’, offering…<\/p>\n

“everything from wry sayings about money and mead-drinking to guidance on psychological and emotional growth, as well as profound meditations on how human beings can acquire and use wisdom.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

* The Birmingham Mail<\/em> local daily newspaper covers The Tolkien Society’s Sarehole Mill festival<\/a> in the south of the city on 31st May 2026, including details of ticket prices and travel.<\/p>\n

* A signed copy of The Hobbit<\/em> has just dinged an auctioneer’s cash-register for $450,000<\/a>. The book was a Christmas gift to his housekeeper Phoebe Coles at Christmas 1937.<\/p>\n

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* And finally, some choice free commercial-use fonts. Which some may find of use…<\/p>\n

  — Peter Baker’s Eadui<\/a>, based on the hand of an 11th century scribe.<\/p>\n

  — William Boyd’s Carolingia<\/a>, based on Carolingian Minuscule.<\/p>\n

  — Kevin King’s Kingthings Exeter<\/a>.<\/p>\n

  — Brian J. Bonislawsky’s Fondamento<\/a>.<\/p>\n

  — Paul Lloyd’s Radaern<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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Italic and bold versions had via clicking Photoshop’s ‘Fake Italics’ \/ ‘Fake Bold’ buttons. The examples here are all on dead-straight baselines, but know that there’s a Photoshop script to jitter the baseline and more<\/a>. Alternatively set up a ‘lined-paper page’ with lines from the pen tool, then wave the lines slightly, then run text along them.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Tolkien Gleanings #414 * The Pints with Aquinas podcast settles in for a long two-hour chat with Malcolm Guite. Includes his thoughts on “Who is is Tom Bombadil?” among much else. * The Tolkien Pop podcast interviews the Rev. Dr. Tom Emanuel, discussing… “his recently completed PhD work on the religiosity of Tolkien fandom in […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-19261","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-tolkien-gleanings"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/jurn.link\/spyders\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19261","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/jurn.link\/spyders\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/jurn.link\/spyders\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jurn.link\/spyders\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jurn.link\/spyders\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=19261"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/jurn.link\/spyders\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19261\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":19271,"href":"https:\/\/jurn.link\/spyders\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19261\/revisions\/19271"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/jurn.link\/spyders\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=19261"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jurn.link\/spyders\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=19261"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jurn.link\/spyders\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=19261"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}