Aren’t the orcs just purely evil beings who could have no love in their hearts? Well, we suppose that’s a fair question to ask. But The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power has long been veering away ...

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J.R.R. Tolkien did not invent orcs; version of them date back to at least the 10th century. But the author’s magnum opus The Lord of the Rings helped make them popular in modern times, leading to ...

One of the biggest debates that soaked up social media during Season 2 of "The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power" was the presence of an Orc family in Episode 3, "The Eagle and the Sceptre." In ...

The University of Nottingham came under fire over a course described as decolonizing fantasy works by famous British authors ...

The Lord of the Rings: Rings of Power will be a fresh canvas for the series, offering fans a glimpse of Tolkien's mythical Second Age for the first time. In so doing, Amazon is taking the time to ...

The Hunt For Gollum has an opportunity to incorporate elements from more than just The Lord of the Rings trilogy.

Students taking a Nottingham University course entitled “Decolonising Tolkien et al”, we learnt this week, are being taught ...

Playing in Dungeons and Dragons either as or fighting against orcs may promote racist attitudes in real life The origin of the orc in Tolkien’s Lord of the Rings is based in anti-Asian (or ...