The University of Nottingham came under fire over a course described as decolonizing fantasy works by famous British authors ...

Students taking a Nottingham University course entitled “Decolonising Tolkien et al”, we learnt this week, are being taught ...

Playing in Dungeons and Dragons either as or fighting against orcs may promote racist attitudes in real life The origin of the orc in Tolkien’s Lord of the Rings is based in anti-Asian (or ...

J.R.R. Tolkien did not invent orcs; version of them date back to at least the 10th century. But the author’s magnum opus The Lord of the Rings helped make them popular in modern times, leading to ...

Aren’t the orcs just purely evil beings who could have no love in their hearts? Well, we suppose that’s a fair question to ask. But The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power has long been veering away ...

The Lord of the Rings: Rings of Power will be a fresh canvas for the series, offering fans a glimpse of Tolkien's mythical Second Age for the first time. In so doing, Amazon is taking the time to ...

Julio is a Senior Author for Collider. Despite having studied History and International Relations at university, he found his calling in cultural journalism. When he is not writing, Julio teaches ...

JRR Tolkien's Middle-earth has been adapted successfully for film and TV, and the adaptations have made inspired additions ...

One little orc/uruk baby is in the middle of much discussion among the lovers of Middle-earth in our world. During The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power season two’s first episode, we got to meet ...