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<p>81.159.231.58: /* External links */</p> <hr /> <div>The '''Tolkien Society''' is a Tolkien Society in the U.K. They publish the [[Amon Hen journal]] and the [[Mallorn journal]].<br /> <br /> <br /> ==External links==<br /> * [http://www.tolkiensociety.org Official website]<br /> <br /> The Tolkien Society was formed in the early 1970s by Vera Chapman, a Cambridge-educated retired teacher, who, horrified at the annexation of Tolkien's works by &quot;hippies and drop-outs&quot; decided to form a group dedicated to the true appreciation of Tolkien's works.<br /> <br /> Initally London-based, the Society would meet in Vera's North London Flat; they kept in communication via a xerox'd newsletter called &quot;Belladonna's Broadsheet&quot; ( Vera adopted the name 'Belladonna Took' as her Middle-Earth alias)<br /> <br /> The Society grew steadily, and Vera willingly passed over responsibility for the bulletin to other hands. A further, more scholarly, publication &quot;Mallorn&quot; also appeared.<br /> <br /> Belladonna's Broadsheet went through a number of identity changes, being &quot;Henneth Annun&quot; before its then editor, John Martin, adopted the name it is still published under: &quot;Amon Hen&quot;. <br /> <br /> The Society also undertook a pilgrimage to Oxford, exploring the colleges and sites rel;evant to JRR Tolkien's life; the weekend event culminated with a visit to the home of Priscilla Tolkien, JRRT's only daughter.<br /> <br /> This &quot;Oxonmoot&quot; grew to be an annual event, and in subsequent years, other members of the Tolkien family also met with Society members - Fr John, the Catholic priest and Michael, a teacher based in Lancashire.</div>

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