Even the best things have to end, and it was finally time for a last morning of conferences. I treated myself to a workshop in the first part of the morning, because talks on Tolkien and politics or religion, though interesting, would not help directly my thesis, before the last two talks.
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Tolkien2019, a long-expected report – Day Four
After most of the stress had left me on Friday at 11.30 (see previous episode), I was finally enjoying myself immensely, but sadly it made time fly by. Saturday went by in a delightful rush of talks.
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The third day in Birmingham was the one I was both looking forward to and dreading.
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Day Two started at 9.00 with a missed opportunity: one of the talks I was most excited about (“Clothing in Tolkien’s world and what we can see through its historical analysis” by Ester Torredelforth) was scheduled in one of the smaller rooms and when I arrived it was already full to the brim. I took my frustration upstairs to the Dealers’ Room where I found a pristine copy of one of the last books I needed to buy for my thesis: Tales from the Perilous Realm illustrated by Alan Lee, a beautiful HarperCollins volume with pencil drawings throughout, some of them full-page.
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Since coming back from Birmingham (and surviving a nightmare of a return journey), I’ve tried to find the words to write a report about these five days of conferences, friendship and general Tolkien extravaganza.
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