I just came across this, and I’m suddenly surprisingly emotional. The house in Oxford where JRR Tolkien wrote The Hobbit and The Lord Of The Rings is now up for sale, and there is now a campaign to buy and preserve it for future generations. Called Project Northmoor, it is spearheaded by stars like Martin Freeman and Sir Ian McKellen – Mithrandir himself. Tolkien’s work still means a lot to me, so this campaign to preserve the place where he created so many vivid, wondrous tales has my full backing.