JRR Tolkien, author of The Hobbit and Lord of the Rings, is the latest cultural icon to find himself in the Evil Genius hotseat, with comedians Thanyia Moore, Lauren Pattison and Pierre Novellie ...

JRR Tolkien spent almost 18 months in Hull and East Yorkshire recovering from trench fever after World War One. The landscape of the area is said to have been the influence of some of his stories ...