The Daily Populous Sunday January 5th, 2020 evening edition
In "The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King" (2003) the giant eagle that saves Frodo & Samwise, as originally described in J.R.R. Tolkien's book (1955), was inspired by the pub in Oxford where Tolkien famously wrote much of the novels. The pub's plackard depicts a large eagle carrying a boy.
Eagle and Child is a really cool pub. At the back theres a framed document with all the signatures from the members of the Inklings alongside other memorabilia from some of the greatest modern literary writers who were a part of the club
Edit- just heard the letter was stolen. Words cant describe how sad and angry I am about that. Still, I recommend all to go (and if you do have a spare day in oxford go on a pub crawl as theres some absolute crackers there)
If you ever played Lord of the Rings Online they played tribute to this with a pub in-game called "The Bird and Baby", which is what the Eagle and Child was nicknamed.
Dave1307 on January 5th, 2020 at 13:59 UTC »
The giant eagles were in The Hobbit too, first published in 1937
WolfColaCo on January 5th, 2020 at 14:22 UTC »
Eagle and Child is a really cool pub. At the back theres a framed document with all the signatures from the members of the Inklings alongside other memorabilia from some of the greatest modern literary writers who were a part of the club
Edit- just heard the letter was stolen. Words cant describe how sad and angry I am about that. Still, I recommend all to go (and if you do have a spare day in oxford go on a pub crawl as theres some absolute crackers there)
divsky2 on January 5th, 2020 at 15:14 UTC »
If you ever played Lord of the Rings Online they played tribute to this with a pub in-game called "The Bird and Baby", which is what the Eagle and Child was nicknamed.
https://lotro-wiki.com/index.php/The_Bird_and_Baby_Inn