Pete Clark
@peteclark.bsky.social
Tolkien fan, occasional folk singer.
I got as far as Moranor being a maia of fire (her name and eclipse badge made me wonder about Arien...) but didn't spot the full truth in advance!
November 28, 2025 at 10:09 PM
I got as far as Moranor being a maia of fire (her name and eclipse badge made me wonder about Arien...) but didn't spot the full truth in advance!
Brings back memories!
November 25, 2025 at 8:23 PM
Brings back memories!
Fascinating episode! Talking of Kipling, is there a parallel between Christopher and Kim - a boy freely ranging among and accepted by all cultures in India (in fact goes almost anywhere), who gets recruited into the imperial project, and educated, and has to face losing that freedom as he grows.
November 23, 2025 at 8:32 PM
Fascinating episode! Talking of Kipling, is there a parallel between Christopher and Kim - a boy freely ranging among and accepted by all cultures in India (in fact goes almost anywhere), who gets recruited into the imperial project, and educated, and has to face losing that freedom as he grows.
Whoever did this wasn't koi about it.
November 20, 2025 at 7:30 PM
Whoever did this wasn't koi about it.
They're great books!
October 15, 2025 at 10:49 PM
They're great books!
Looking forward to it!
October 5, 2025 at 6:05 PM
Looking forward to it!
They've actually re-built the Oxford to Milton Keynes section but are really dragging their feet on beginning train services...
October 2, 2025 at 1:12 PM
They've actually re-built the Oxford to Milton Keynes section but are really dragging their feet on beginning train services...
Wasn't English what happened when Danes tried to learn Anglo-Saxon (and vice versa?)
September 28, 2025 at 10:20 AM
Wasn't English what happened when Danes tried to learn Anglo-Saxon (and vice versa?)
Lovely art Miriam!
September 11, 2025 at 3:42 PM
Lovely art Miriam!
An absolutely top notch chivalric bromance. My wife introduced me to it many years ago. Cracking stuff.
September 10, 2025 at 7:01 PM
An absolutely top notch chivalric bromance. My wife introduced me to it many years ago. Cracking stuff.
I'm not sure it's a great movie. But it is quite memorable and as I say has an interesting take...
September 1, 2025 at 9:55 PM
I'm not sure it's a great movie. But it is quite memorable and as I say has an interesting take...
Nice thought! Have you seen the 2007 Beowulf movie? Some interesting parallels between the origin of Grendel in that version, and the origin of the evil aspects of the Upside Down in later series ST...
September 1, 2025 at 8:46 PM
Nice thought! Have you seen the 2007 Beowulf movie? Some interesting parallels between the origin of Grendel in that version, and the origin of the evil aspects of the Upside Down in later series ST...
Loved the geoguessr joke from Freddie this episode.
August 30, 2025 at 9:27 AM
Loved the geoguessr joke from Freddie this episode.
Not easy when the academics are funny, as they often are!
August 29, 2025 at 10:12 AM
Not easy when the academics are funny, as they often are!
Un des meilleur presentations sur le sujet de Tolkien, avec chansons!
August 19, 2025 at 6:21 PM
Un des meilleur presentations sur le sujet de Tolkien, avec chansons!
Congratulations. Well deserved!!
August 17, 2025 at 6:53 AM
Congratulations. Well deserved!!
Usama is a great guy and his cheetah vs. leopard story a classic.
July 22, 2025 at 3:17 PM
Usama is a great guy and his cheetah vs. leopard story a classic.
That confused the heck out of me when I was a kid!
July 15, 2025 at 5:55 AM
That confused the heck out of me when I was a kid!
Where the ducks play football.
July 4, 2025 at 4:11 PM
Where the ducks play football.
Perhaps he always wondered if the Silmarils were treats which Morgoth was keeping out of reach...
June 28, 2025 at 3:41 PM
Perhaps he always wondered if the Silmarils were treats which Morgoth was keeping out of reach...