Mixing fact with fiction, a novel about James Joyce and his daughter Lucia claims that they had an incestuous relationship. This is not just nonsense, says Frank MacGabhann, but literary child abuse.

Ancient versions of 1m tall ‘hobbits’ discovered on an Indonesian island have been unearthed by scientists — and they appear to be even smaller than the originals.

You might expect hefty Russian tome War And Peace to be the book that people are most likely to have lied about reading. 

Like the idea of being well read but can’t face actually reading the book?

The Hobbit trilogy from director Peter Jackson is set to head back to the big screen in a new extended format this year

A quiet Saturday in. Perfect.

Dara O’Briain hangs out with Stephen Hawking on BBC One on Tuesday.

Bored of London and Brussels? Then try Oxford and Bruges instead. Tony Clayton-Lea picks the best destinations 30 miles from Europe’s top airports. 

WHAT a conundrum. What a bother. What a pickle and a palaver. Frankly, we need to talk about Kazuo.

ENGLAND: A smartphone made with grass cut from the home of England’s rugby team has been unveiled.

Baz Ashmawy tells Ed Power about ignoring the media attention and critics’ negativity

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AFTER 17 years immersed in directing The Lord Of The Rings and The Hobbit films, Peter Jackson’s immediate plans for a future without the fantasy series are firmly grounded in reality.

Lee Child talks about the new adventures of his 70m-selling hero, writes Richard Fitzpatrick

Welcome to Lord of the Rings — West Cork style, where an underground hobbit house is now open to visitors.

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A mix of the old and the new are among the books, plays, and films that young teens can study for the first Junior Cycle Student Award in 2017.

Elephant does her best to say goodbye to circus

New Zealand’s national airline unveiled a giant image of the dragon Smaug on one of its planes to celebrate the premiere of the second film in the Hobbit trilogy.

Peter Jackson has wrapped up filming his The Hobbit trilogy and shared pictures of his last day on the set with his Facebook fans.

When Mr Bilbo Baggins of Bag End announced that he would shortly be celebrating his eleventy-first birthday with a party of special magnificence, there was much talk and excitement in... Co Clare.

An ancient gold ring which is believed to have inspired JRR Tolkien to write The Hobbit is to have its own exhibition for the first time.

The run-up to the release of the first film in Peter Jackson’s The Hobbit trilogy has seen a spate of tie-in publications and new editions of the works of JRR Tolkien.

Peter Jackson’s The Hobbit led the box office with an opening of $84.8m (€64.3m), a start better than the three previous Lord of the Rings films.

There is a moment early in 'The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey' when Gandalf The Grey (Ian McKellen) turns to diminutive hero Bilbo Baggins (Freeman) and counsels: “All good stories deserve embellishment.”

The Duke of Cambridge attended the UK premiere of the new Hobbit film on his own tonight, saying his pregnant wife Kate “would have loved to have been here if she could”.

Martin Freeman was never a fan of 'The Hobbit'.

The heirs of late author JRR Tolkien are suing the producers of The Lord Of The Rings and The Hobbit film trilogies over what they say is exploitative merchandising.

Peter Jackson is adding a third film to what was planned to be the two-part series 'The Hobbit'.

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Behind every great man, there is supposedly a great woman.

Billy Connolly is going from Big Yin to tiny dwarf to complete the cast of Peter Jackson’s movie version of 'The Hobbit'.

DUBLIN 4’s best-loved Celtic Tiger cub Ross O’Carroll Kelly’s latest adventure has been crowned the country’s all-time favourite book.

CAMERAS have started rolling on director Peter Jackson’s production of The Hobbit, following months of delays on the prequel to his Oscar-winning Lord of the Rings trilogy.

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NEW ZEALAND will remain the home of The Hobbit after the government struck a US$25 million (€18m) deal with Warner Bros and promised labour law changes to stop the film studio from relocating the big-budget movie production.

MICHAEL JACKSON’S sudden death sparked an outpouring of grief around the world, but fans also opened their wallets to make him this year’s top-earning dead celebrity with $275 million (€198m).

New Zealand’s prime minister held a crisis meeting with studio bosses today in a bid to keep filming of 'The Hobbit' movies, but warned his country would not be drawn into a bidding war.

IT’S time to celebrate again in Middle Earth.

Peter Jackson is set to direct The Hobbit, the two-part prequel to the popular Lord Of The Rings trilogy and start shooting in February, Warner Bros said today.

THEY demand seven meals a day, are notoriously clannish and have peculiarly hairy feet but there’s a welcome mat here for Hobbits if filming of their life story in New Zealand runs aground.

HOLLYWOOD director Guillermo del Toro said yesterday that production delays have forced him to quit the planned film version of JRR Tolkien’s The Hobbit, a two-part prequel to New Zealand filmmaker Peter Jackson’s blockbuster trilogy Lord of the Rings.

Boyzone singer Ronan Keating has revealed he recently auditioned for a role in upcoming fantasy movie ‘The Hobbit’.