Do you remember Orlando Bloom in The Lord of the Rings? Or Viggo Mortensen? Both played fantasy characters that had middle-aged women fanning themselves in their cinema seats.

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The Lord of the Rings has many great characters, but I think that two of its most important have been overlooked by fans for ...

Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings were magical, ethereal beings, and they possessed an otherworldly aura that left most mortals ...

The first trailer for Pedro Pascal's bloody, chaotic, 1980s-set new movie Freaky Tales is here. After wowing audiences at the ...

Paul Fussell’s 50-year-old survey of trench warfare deserves a new generation of readers, our book critic writes. The standout essays in Megan Marshall’s “After Lives” recall her troubled ...

Paul Fussell’s 50-year-old survey of trench warfare deserves a new generation of readers, our book critic writes. By Dwight Garner Suggested reading from critics and editors at The New York Times.

In her new book, Cho Nam-Joo captures both the universality of sexism and the specificity of women’s experiences. When I was young and adrift, Thomas Mann’s novel gave me a sense of purpose.

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Laurence Rees asks: Are we in danger of history repeating itself? The Daily Mail Books department chooses their favourite fiction of the century. When 50 American hostages were released on Reagan ...

One of the easiest ways to get kids hooked on reading is to get them into a great book series. All it takes is a captivating Book 1, and they're off and running. Fantasy, mystery, science fiction, ...