Fingolfin’s Findings LXXIII: Merton College’s memories of J.R.R. Tolkien

I still have not written about the lovely interaction I had with with Giuseppe Pezzini (Si apre in una nuova finestra) of Corpus Christi College in Oxford who - at very short notice - made two tickets available for me and Susi so we could see the exhibition on Tolkien (Si apre in una nuova finestra) in 2023.

Much more has grown out of this since then (Si apre in una nuova finestra), the ongoing talks’ series organised by Pezzini etc. has brought some amazing opportunities for scholarship and beyond.

Anywayn, Tim Bolton (Si apre in una nuova finestra) was so kind as to remind me that Merton has put up the information they had promised to put together at a later time with their webseite.

My favourite anecdote?

Tolkien changed the letters on the students’ pegboard at Merton Street where he lived for fun - a gentleman called GOLL turned into LOGO (Si apre in una nuova finestra).

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