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Why do fairy tales and fantasies grip us so? Why do they have such staying power?
New Zealand actor Bruce Allpress died on Thursday at the age of 89.
In 1937 a fairy tale about a reluctant hero with hairy feet was published by a tweedy English academic called JRR Tolkien. The Hobbit was an instant success – and its mighty sequel The Lord of the Rings followed in 1954.
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