Reverend Dr. Malcolm Guite

Thank you. Pleasure to be with you. I won't talk about talking to anyone. I'm an enthusiast.

Thank you. Pleasure to be with you. I won't talk about talking to anyone. I'm an enthusiast.

Thank you. Pleasure to be with you. I won't talk about talking to anyone. I'm an enthusiast.

Oh, really? Oh, I've just been doing a reading of a bit about Tom Bombadil. But all I can say, if you haven't read it all, is lucky you, you have a great pleasure in store whenever that rich and golden time arrives, when you can get really absorbed in it.

Oh, really? Oh, I've just been doing a reading of a bit about Tom Bombadil. But all I can say, if you haven't read it all, is lucky you, you have a great pleasure in store whenever that rich and golden time arrives, when you can get really absorbed in it.

Oh, really? Oh, I've just been doing a reading of a bit about Tom Bombadil. But all I can say, if you haven't read it all, is lucky you, you have a great pleasure in store whenever that rich and golden time arrives, when you can get really absorbed in it.

Oh, yeah. My dad read The Hobbit to me and then began The Lord of the Rings with me, and I carried it on. But, you know, it's not only a glorious adventure, but You think you're escaping or getting away from the world, but actually at a deep level, you're being given just the kind of wisdom and insight and courage you need for when you go back into the world.

Oh, yeah. My dad read The Hobbit to me and then began The Lord of the Rings with me, and I carried it on. But, you know, it's not only a glorious adventure, but You think you're escaping or getting away from the world, but actually at a deep level, you're being given just the kind of wisdom and insight and courage you need for when you go back into the world.

Oh, yeah. My dad read The Hobbit to me and then began The Lord of the Rings with me, and I carried it on. But, you know, it's not only a glorious adventure, but You think you're escaping or getting away from the world, but actually at a deep level, you're being given just the kind of wisdom and insight and courage you need for when you go back into the world.

The Lord of the Rings films are great. I wouldn't say the same about The Hobbit, but I definitely think the Lord of the Rings films are great. Partly because the images they took, they used Alan Lee and... I've forgotten his name, the other Ted Naismith's illustrations that went right back and use them. So what are they missing? Well, the first thing is Tolkien was a linguist.

The Lord of the Rings films are great. I wouldn't say the same about The Hobbit, but I definitely think the Lord of the Rings films are great. Partly because the images they took, they used Alan Lee and... I've forgotten his name, the other Ted Naismith's illustrations that went right back and use them. So what are they missing? Well, the first thing is Tolkien was a linguist.

The Lord of the Rings films are great. I wouldn't say the same about The Hobbit, but I definitely think the Lord of the Rings films are great. Partly because the images they took, they used Alan Lee and... I've forgotten his name, the other Ted Naismith's illustrations that went right back and use them. So what are they missing? Well, the first thing is Tolkien was a linguist.

He was a philologist. He loved languages. He cherished words. And in some ways, you might say that the hidden hero of the Lord of the Rings is the English language itself. It's so beautifully used. It has such a range of registers. But you can see his understanding of philology and etymology and things just from the beauty of the names that he makes up. All the names are just right.

He was a philologist. He loved languages. He cherished words. And in some ways, you might say that the hidden hero of the Lord of the Rings is the English language itself. It's so beautifully used. It has such a range of registers. But you can see his understanding of philology and etymology and things just from the beauty of the names that he makes up. All the names are just right.

He was a philologist. He loved languages. He cherished words. And in some ways, you might say that the hidden hero of the Lord of the Rings is the English language itself. It's so beautifully used. It has such a range of registers. But you can see his understanding of philology and etymology and things just from the beauty of the names that he makes up. All the names are just right.

You know, they work really well. I mean, even Hobbit, when he gives you the sort of literary history of that word, linguistically, it's whole bitlet. That's got the word whole in it. It's whole builders, you know. And, you know, Gandalf, there's something... Alf was the Anglo-Saxon word for elf. So there's sort of kinship in some ways, although they're distinct.

You know, they work really well. I mean, even Hobbit, when he gives you the sort of literary history of that word, linguistically, it's whole bitlet. That's got the word whole in it. It's whole builders, you know. And, you know, Gandalf, there's something... Alf was the Anglo-Saxon word for elf. So there's sort of kinship in some ways, although they're distinct.

You know, they work really well. I mean, even Hobbit, when he gives you the sort of literary history of that word, linguistically, it's whole bitlet. That's got the word whole in it. It's whole builders, you know. And, you know, Gandalf, there's something... Alf was the Anglo-Saxon word for elf. So there's sort of kinship in some ways, although they're distinct.

So the first thing you'd be missing is the language itself. But the second thing you'd be missing, which is much more important in a way, is your own imagination, your internal imagery. In a way, when you open a book and you see all the little blank You know, you can open a chapter called Lothlorien and you can see all these little bits of ink and patterns arranged. That's not Lothlorien.

So the first thing you'd be missing is the language itself. But the second thing you'd be missing, which is much more important in a way, is your own imagination, your internal imagery. In a way, when you open a book and you see all the little blank You know, you can open a chapter called Lothlorien and you can see all these little bits of ink and patterns arranged. That's not Lothlorien.