TJ West

TV Review: His Dark Materials: “The Fight to the Death” (S1, Ep. 7)

Originally posted on Darcy and Winters: In the most recent episode of His Dark Materials, Lyra…
Screening History: “The White Queen” (2013)

When I first watched The White Queen way back in 2013, I’m afraid I wasn’t much…
The Danger of Canonizing Tolkien

Originally posted on Darcy and Winters: In an interview after the release of Peter Jackson’s The…
TV Review: His Dark Materials: “The Daemon Cages” (S1, Ep. 6)

Originally posted on Darcy and Winters: Let me begin by saying…wow. That was, without doubt, the…
Reading History: “The Wars of the Roses: The Fall of the Plantagenets and the Rise of the Tudors” (by Dan Jones)

Having finished Dan Jones’s magisterial history The Plantagenets, I decided to dive right in to the…
The Terror of the Nazgûl: Evil and the Uncanny

Originally posted on Darcy and Winters: When I think back to the first time that I…
Reading History: “The Plantagenets: The Warrior Kings and Queens Who Made England”(by Dan Jones)

I’ve long been a fan of popular history. Maybe it’s my love of narrative that makes…
Screening History: “The Crown” (Season 3)

Anyone who knows me even passingly well knows that I have been in love with Netflix’s…
Tolkien’s Songs: Pleasure or Pain?

Originally posted on Darcy and Winters: In the annals of Tolkien fandom, there is no subject…
Book Review: The Dark Powers of Tolkien (by David Day)

Originally posted on Darcy and Winters: As I do every year at this time, I find…