William Charles Mountain – Our Northern Saruman?
I was recently caught up in Newcastle-upon-Tyne on a Saturday; a relaxing relief following the previous week’s working week. Whilst enjoying a late brunch (at the Olive & Bean café which easily caters for us gluten sufferers), I decided to check out what connections the area had with Tolkien aside from the North-Eastern fan that is Jay Johnstone.Unsurprisingly (it appears most major English cities appear to claim some connection), there were quite a few results after googling “Tolkien Newcastle” including…