New Scholars Forum Essay by Carl Phelpstead

Intermezzo: The Great Equalizer

When I started writing my post about suspensions (in further response to Narv), I found myself going off on so many tangents that I knew there was something else that I needed to write first. This...

Suspension

I wasn't asked directly, but I wanted to give my own thoughts on suspensions.

Suspensions are pretty rare, I'd say. Thank goodness, too, because nobody really likes them. In my time as an admin,...

From LotR to LARP

In my previous blog I briefly alluded to how the Lord of the Rings and the Plaza were a big part of the person I grew up to be. This is true in many different ways, some more subtle than others. But...

Why I love the movies.

When the Fellowship of the Rings was first released in cinemas, I refused to go. My mother begged me, but I assured her that nothing would beat Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s stone in my eyes....

In Response to Narv

In a comment to the post I made last week, the Esteemed Narv wrote a very thoughtfull comment, which I would reiterate here:

[I]I've really liked all the other blog posts but I don't know about...

Tolkien and Welsh

Old Oxonmoot hands will be well aware of a room in Lady Margaret Hall called the "Arwen Warmer Room". Images of male Oxonmooter queueing up

Imlissel, Gardener of Lord Círdan

- (Source : Rooney MaraHERE ) -

Roina Nilthoron, Aigronding's Best Friend

- (Source, Keri Russell HERE)

Stitcher of signs

A Gilthoniel

How resilient the child

Even when the body grows
and the face shrinks
and it learns to answer for itself,

Aigronding Mordagnir, the Herald of Elrond

-(Source, Brad Pitt HERE) -