Today's Tolkien Times

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  Week 131 - Tolkien Tuesday: The Greatest of All Delights 15.09.2026 12min

  Join The Man of the West as we read a letter Tolkien began in 1964, finished in 1968, and still never sent. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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  Week 131 - Might-Have-Been Monday: A Man of His Word 14.09.2026 11min

  Join The Man of the West to find out what happens to Númenor — and Middle-earth — if Aldarion just did what he said he’d do. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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  Week 130 - Silmarillion Saturday: This Doom I Add 12.09.2026 12min

  Mandos passes sentence on the Noldor, and Fëanor doubles down as The Man of the West nears the end of The Flight of the Noldor. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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  Week 130 - Friendship Friday: Did I Not Say So at the Hornburg 11.09.2026 11min

  Join The Man of the West as a promise made at Dunharrow is kept on the Pelennor, and Aragorn hands Éomer back his sister. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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  Week 130 - Third Age Thursday: The Choice of Their Forefather 10.09.2026 10min

  Númenor gets a mountain, a Ban, and a slowly-growing shadow as The Man of the West continues a look at Appendix A from The Lord of the Rings. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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  Week 130 - Word-nerd Wednesday: Not the Day of the Wreckage 09.09.2026 10min

  Join The Man of the West as we look at a courtroom in the Ring of Doom, a royal walking stick, a haven, and yet another fence. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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  Week 130 - Tolkien Tuesday: Coming Back to Leaf 08.09.2026 9min

  Join The Man of the West as he looks at a tree Tolkien can’t stop drawing, a car, the strangeness of punting, and a very boring textbook. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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  Week 130 - Might-Have-Been Monday: Thanks to Saruman 07.09.2026 11min

  Join The Man of the West for a what-if that Merry & Pippin genuinely don’t want to think about. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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  Week 129 - Silmarillion Saturday: The Work of Our Hearts 05.09.2026 11min

  Olwë tells Fëanor that the swan-ships are his people’s Silmarils, and Fëanor takes them anyway — join The Man of the West for the Kinslaying at Alqualondë. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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  Week 129 - Friendship Friday: Aragorn My Friend 04.09.2026 10min

  Two swords finally drawn together (pencils down!) at the Hornburg: join The Man of the West for part two of Aragorn and Éomer. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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  Week 129 - Third Age Thursday: Westernmost of All Mortal Lands 03.09.2026 10min

  Join The Man of the West as Appendix A opens with the only Silmarillion anybody had for 22 years. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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  Week 129 - Word-nerd Wednesday: A Number in a Queue 02.09.2026 11min

  Join The Man of the West for some people names, including one whose name just means they turned up a bit late to the party. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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  Week 129 - Tolkien Tuesday: An Axe-Blow Near the Roots 01.09.2026 10min

  Join The Man of the West for two letters on the death of C. S. Lewis: a list of mourners written for a daughter, and a grievance struck through for a son. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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  Week 129 - Might-Have-Been Monday: Only for a Moment 31.08.2026 10min

  Two cousins, one clearing and no words between them — join The Man of the West for the non-existent family reunion, plus a… slight correction from last week. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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  Week 128 - Silmarillion Saturday: Thou Hast Sworn in Vain 29.08.2026 11min

  Join The Man of the West as Fëanor’s facepalm moment arrives: we’re going to need boats! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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  Week 128 - Friendship Friday: Wingfoot I Name You 28.08.2026 10min

  A new pairing opens with 100 spears, one drawn sword, and a man betting his life on a stranger he’d just tried to arrest — join The Man of the West for Aragorn and Éomer. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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  Week 128 - Third Age Thursday: Admitted as Friends 27.08.2026 10min

  Isengard falls without a siege, and Gondor hands the keys to the first person who volunteers: join The Man of the West as the tower is empty no longer. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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  Week 128 - Word-nerd Wednesday: The Place Where We Drink 26.08.2026 9min

  Join The Man of the West for Hall Week: one Old English word that means both ‘fence’ and ‘king,’ and another that connects Théoden’s mead to your amethyst ring. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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  Week 128 - Tolkien Tuesday: As Unbendable as an Ent 25.08.2026 9min

  Partially describing The Man of the West, but Tolkien couldn’t have known that. Join Alan as letter 250 closes with a confession, a rugby injury, and a grandfather who cannot fathom why anyone finds Anglo-Saxon difficult. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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  Week 128 - Might-Have-Been Monday: At the Moment of Its Failure 24.08.2026 10min

  One of our patrons asks, “What if Gandalf had survived the bridge?” Join The Man of the West for the answer, plus his first — and last — attempt at fanfic. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices