Stephen Oliver, Principal of Our Lady’s Abingdon in Oxfordshire, has uncovered a copy of the school’s annual journal from 1936 which contains two extremely rare poems by J.R.R. Tolkien. The journal is the only known source for Noel, an unusual poem for Tolkien given its direct Christian theme of the birth of Christ. The Shadow Man … Continue reading Rare Tolkien poems uncovered in Oxfordshire school journal