The Hobbit and Lord of the Rings author’s version of epic Anglo-Saxon poem fleshes out heroes’ past, reports Alison Flood

Everyone has that one true thing they love. We also have other things that we like well enough. We get excited about those things too, but it’s never quite the same. Tolkien will always be my one true thing. I am so excited and in awe of this. This news makes me so happy.