Crave freelancer Tim Hornyak is the author of "Loving the Machine: The Art and Science of Japanese Robots." He has been writing about Japanese culture and technology for a decade. E-mail Tim. "In a ...

Every hobbit-hole is unique, expressing the personality of its inhabitants with colour and prettily adorned with gardens, furniture, and the rustic debris of everyday life. The abiding atmosphere of ...

Peter Jackson has been hiding Bilbo’s Bag End in his basement. This is not a euphemism. The Lord of the Rings and Hobbit director decided to outfit his home with a snazzy Hobbit hole. (Also not a ...

It’s impossible to think of the Shire without thinking about the lovely coziness of the hobbits’ community. And the centerpiece of it all, of course, is Bag End, the home of Bilbo Baggins. When we ...