![]() ![]() I have a hard time ever choosing a favorite of anything, and when discussing books and writers, the list of worthy contenders is long indeed. Lewis and other writers met for years to discuss their writing. Tolkien and Lewis, the best known of the group referred to as “the Inklings,” would go on to achieve a degree of fame and popularity they probably never dreamed of during their early Oxford years.Ĭ. I wanted to take some photographs (including the one above) of the place where Tolkien, C. Giles pub I had first visited a few months earlier. When I went to Oxford in December 2005, I went back to the Eagle and Child, the modest St. The themes of hidden strength and eventual triumph are close to the heart of anyone who is surviving hardship while hoping for better times to come. ![]() Tolkien’s classic Lord of the Rings, but its message has an enduring appeal whether or not one has read the story. These lines are from a poem I have loved for many years. The Oxford pub where sparks were fanned into a flame that grows ever brighterĪ light from the shadows shall spring…” - J.R.R. ![]()
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