Additions & changes

 
Check back regularly for updates on this site!

December 6, 2005
The December 2005 issue of our magazine Reunion has been added to our members' area.

October 9, 2005
The October 2005 issue of our newsletter Parish's Garden has been added to our members' area.

September 11, 2005
The September 2005 issue of our magazine Reunion has been added to our members' area.

July 29, 2005
The July 2005 issue of our newsletter Parish's Garden has been added to our members' area.

June 23, 2005
Reminders of home, part one and two, by Karigan Rohanna.

June 7, 2005
The wizard of Berry Hill by Martin Baker.

June 6, 2005
The June 2005 issue of our magazine Reunion has been added to our members' area.

April 13, 2005
The April 2005 issue of our newsletter Parish's Garden has been added to our members' area.

April 8, 2005
Part 4 of The Lore of Life, Leaf & Stone has been added to the Tresco Manuscript Realm.

March 8, 2005
The March 2005 issue of our magazine Reunion has been added to our members' area.

February 9, 2005
The February 2005 issue of our newsletter Parish's Garden has been added to our members' area.

January 18, 2005
The latest story by Martin Baker, Playing at darkness, has been added to the Nature of Darkness realm.

December 16, 2004
The December 2004 issue of our magazine Reunion has been added to our members' area.

October 14, 2004
The October 2004 issue of our newsletter Parish's Garden has been added to our members' area.

September 12, 2004
The September 2004 issue of our magazine Reunion has been added to our members' area.

July 20, 2004
The July 2004 issue of our newsletter Parish's Garden has been added to our members' area.

July 7, 2004
The festivals of Middle-earth, part 1 has been added to the Lore of Middle-earth Realm.

June 8, 2004
Middle-earth in Scandinavia by Jörgen Hellquist. Thought provoking and beautifully illustrated: the quest to align Middle-earth with the map of Europe continues!
Karigan Rohanna's Other lands added to the Fey Meetings Realm.

June 2, 2004
The June 2004 issue of our magazine Reunion has been added to our members' area.

April 19, 2004
The April 2004 issue of our newsletter Parish's Garden has been added to our members' area.

March 11, 2004
The Nature of Darkness Realm added to the Perilous Realms page.

March 6, 2004
The Reckonings of Middle-earth and calendar condordance tables added to the The Lore of Middle-earth Realm.

March 3, 2004
The March 2004 issue of our magazine Reunion has been added to our members' area.

January 20, 2004
The January 2004 issue of our newsletter Parish's Garden has been added to our members' area.

December 2, 2003
The December 2003 issue of our magazine Reunion has been added to our members' area.

October 19, 2003
And Men Myrtles by Martin Baker. Various updates to the home page.

October 5, 2003
The October 2003 issue of our newsletter Parish's Garden has been added to our members' area.

September 4, 2003
The evolution of Númenórean cartography by Breogán Rey Souto.

June 22, 2003
More from early issues of Reunion magazine: Evermist & the Charge of Yavanna by Martin Baker. Thrain's ring and what became of it by Bernie Roessler. Breogán Rey Souto's Discovering the Fourth Age. Thanks to Eric Dubourg whose enquiries spurred me into making these available online for the first time.

June 18, 2003
Three further tales by Karigan Rohanna added to our Fey meetings themed tour. Also Kindling by Martin Baker.

June 4, 2003
The June 2003 issue of our magazine Reunion has been added to our members' area.

April 8, 2003
The April 2003 issue of our newsletter Parish's Garden has been added to our members' area.

March 11, 2003
The March 2003 issue of our magazine Reunion has been added to our members' area.

January 23, 2003
The January 2003 issue of Parish's Garden has been added to our members' area.
In the Tresco Manuscript Realm the descriptions of the 36 Taratiri ('Vision' archetypes) now include the corresponding Tengwar letter-forms.

January 3, 2003
I have revamped the menus (check the site map for details of where everything is).
Former "themed tours" are now "Realms", grouping related material together.
New links above the menu bar for key pages.
And, finally, an explanation of just what is so alternative about MeR!

December 31, 2002
Two stories by Karigan Rohanna added to the Fey meetings themed tour.

December 14, 2002
New faces added to the members' gallery.

December 12, 2002
The Palantir of Josef Betz, parts one, two and three by Martin Baker.

December 06, 2002
The December 2002 issue of our magazine Reunion has been added to our members' area.

October 07, 2002
The October 2002 issue of our newsletter Parish's Garden has been added to our members' area.

September 30, 2002
Photos of Holy Island added to the map-dowsing results page.

September 16, 2002
LIFE-vision calculator added to home page. Don't forget to try the lifetime Year-vision calculator page!

September 11, 2002
Details of new book by Alex Lewis and Elizabeth Currie: The Uncharted Realms of Tolkien.

September 09, 2002
Further style sheet edits throughout the site to correct text alignment for IE6 and NN.

September 07, 2002
The September 2002 issue of our magazine Reunion has been added to our members' area.

August 03, 2002
Style sheet edits throughout the site to correct text alignment for IE6.

July 12, 2002
The July 2002 issue of our newsletter Parish's Garden has been added to our members' area.

July 8, 2002
Two great new pieces of art by Arwen Imladviel added to the Artwork Tour

June 30, 2002
In a desert of ambition and I saw Mordor in the wind today by Lara Sookoo. Ruth Lacon's Narrowthrode and Nár Tinwen by Arwen Imladviel.

June 21, 2002
New "Guest map" added to our Members' Area. Stick a pin in the map and show us all where you live!

May 29, 2002
The June 2002 issue of our magazine Reunion has been added to our members' area.

April 12, 2002
Martin Baker's The Teller of Lost Tales (revisited)
The April 2002 issue of our newsletter Parish's Garden has been added to our members' area.

March 26, 2002
Brand new Artwork guided tour!

March 22, 2002
Brand new Lore of Middle-earth guided tour!
More photos added to the members' Gallery.
Currency converter added to the MeRchandise page.

March 6, 2002
The March 2002 issue of our magazine Reunion has been added to our members' area.

February 2, 2002
A world first! Join the online map-dowsing experiment and help us find 'The Great Book of Finan' on the Holy Island of Lindisfarne. No idea what I'm on about? Read the background details first. Or check out the results to date!

January 31, 2002
By Ginger Wages: The colors of the Istari and Ring ritual.
Ancestors of Hobbits by Breogán Rey Souto.
Lara Sookoo's tale The Tale of Arien.

January 30, 2002
The January 2002 issue of our newsletter Parish's Garden has been added to our members' area.

January 19, 2002
Revamp of the drop-down menus to (hopefully) make things more intuitive.
New Games menu featuring our MeR quiz, Crazy tile game and the soon-to-be-Classic drag-Middle-earth-around-until-it-matches-Europe! More games coming soon! A dedicated search engine on the Explore menu. A new Fellowship menu combining the old Let's talk and About us options. Like the changes? Hate them? Let me know!

January 11, 2002
Can you solve the crazy tile game?

January 5, 2002
Major additions to the Tresco MS guided tour.
The Lore of Life, Leaf & Stone parts one, two & three, including seven appendices and a calculator to give your LIFE-vision & your lifetime Year-vision profile.
New Middle-earth timeline
Provenance of Tolkien's sources

December 14, 2001
The December 2001 issue of our magazine Reunion has been added to our members' area.

December 11, 2001
Take our Quiz! Score 10/10 and you will get a certificate!

November 25, 2001
Great write-up for us in the Sunday Times colour supplement!

October 19, 2001
Day-vision calculator added to home page with explanatory page.

October 14, 2001
The October 2001 issue of our newsletter Parish's Garden has been added to our members' area.
Now you can have the best of Middle-earth Reunion on your PalmTM hand-held computer! Free AvantGo channel via the link on the home page (AvantGo also free via this link).

October 1, 2001
Ruth Lacon's latest tale Oxford 2101, winner of the recent "Tolkien fandom in the year 2101" competition.

September 20, 2001
Prof William Sarjeant added to the members' gallery
Martin Baker's Erratic Whernside

September 17, 2001
Parts one & two of "Flora & fauna of the Merrill valley" added to the Other Places tour.

September 12, 2001
The September 2001 issue of our magazine Reunion has been added to our members' area.

August 22, 2001
Gallery of members' photos added to our members' area. Find out what your webmaster looks like!

August 10, 2001
The Tolkien Trail and Elven Blue: two great sites added to the links page.

July 10, 2001
The July 2001 issue of our newsletter Parish's Garden has been added to our members' area.

July 6, 2001
Incontrovertible proof of the reality of Middle-earth or a ridiculous hoax? Take the Tresco Manuscript guided tour and make up your own mind.

June 26, 2001
Reg Arnold's most telling & poignant offering to date: Journey's End. Partly a record, a biography, and partly a supposition based on my knowledge of my friend.

June 20, 2001
"Featured site of the week" added to the home page.

June 19, 2001
Borderlands by Ruth Lacon: I was not born to that country / Though I came there young.
Martin Baker's Poser: an everyday tale of lust, obsession, computers - and Galadriel.

June 8, 2001
The June 2001 issue of our magazine Reunion has been added to our members' area.
New additions to the Fey Meetings and Other Places tours.

May 27, 2001
Look great & advertise your favourite Tolkien society at the same time with our quality embroidered sweatshirts! In the members' area.

May 25, 2001
Additions to the links page: Dagorhir live action role play and Antony Swithin's Rockall.

April 23, 2001
Discover the Ylfe and other weird folk in our new Fey Meetings guided tour.

April 19, 2001
The April 2001 issue of our newsletter Parish's Garden has been added to our members' area.

April 2001
The MeR website is relaunched at

alt-tolkien.com!