While they are not necessarily a large part of the story, the dragons in The Lord of the Rings are still incredible creatures, and only four were killed in the books. There are countless dragons in ...

Join Kai Soul as he brings Middle-earth to life with two breathtaking dioramas inspired by J.R.R. Tolkien's The Hobbit. This comprehensive art tutorial guides you through every stage: from initial ...

Two decades before Jackson’s trilogy brought Tolkien’s books to the big screen, there were attempts to animate his stories instead. 1980’s The Return of the King is one example, with Arthur Rankin Jr.

Leon Botstein, Bard’s president, also invited Jeffrey Epstein to visit a high school linked to Bard College and sent him well wishes after stories were published about his sexual abuse of minors. By ...

Bard College’s president, Leon Botstein, said his school needed cash. But a rare watch and a Caribbean visit show how his relationship with Jeffrey Epstein sometimes veered into the personal. By Vimal ...

Longtime Bard College President Leon Botstein is named in thousands of emails in the Epstein files. The batch of documents released last week, which returns over 2,500 results for Leon Botstein’s name ...

ANNANDALE-ON-HUDSON, N.Y. — In the pursuit of donations for his small liberal arts college, Bard College President Leon Botstein made plans in 2012 to go to Jeffrey Epstein’s private island and hosted ...

Baxter Black probably would have found the humor in dying, too. The large-animal veterinarian turned cowboy poet attracted a worldwide following with his hilarious, homespun insights on everything ...

NPR's Scott Simon speaks with Emmy Martin from The Chronicle of Higher Education about what the Epstein files have revealed about his links to higher education. It's been two weeks since the ...

Jeffrey Epstein, left, and Bard College President Leon Botstein sit in the latter’s office in an undated photo. These images were included in an email sent to Epstein on May 14, 2013, and released as ...