{"id":2681,"date":"2008-04-30T14:20:00","date_gmt":"2008-04-30T14:20:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/standingonmyhead\/2008\/04\/of-pevenseys-bilboes-and-bogles\/"},"modified":"2008-04-30T14:20:00","modified_gmt":"2008-04-30T14:20:00","slug":"of-pevenseys-bilboes-and-bogles","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/standingonmyhead\/2008\/04\/of-pevenseys-bilboes-and-bogles.html","title":{"rendered":"Of Pevenseys, Bilboes and Bogles"},"content":{"rendered":"<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\">\n<html><head><meta http-equiv=\"content-type\" content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\"><meta http-equiv=\"content-type\" content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\"><\/head><body><p><a href=\"https:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/_5BV_YADVD7o\/SBi6h1ADb7I\/AAAAAAAABes\/zeoyMCYY_lo\/s1600-h\/bilbo.jpg\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"margin:0px auto 10px;text-align:center;cursor:pointer;cursor:hand\" src=\"https:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/_5BV_YADVD7o\/SBi6h1ADb7I\/AAAAAAAABes\/zeoyMCYY_lo\/s400\/bilbo.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\"><\/a><\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>They\u2019re making a two-film version of The Hobbit, and Ian McKellan is to play Gandalf again. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.telegraph.co.uk\/arts\/main.jhtml?xml=\/arts\/2008\/04\/30\/bbmckellen30.xml\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">More here<\/a>. Who\u2019s to play Bilbo I wonder? Isn\u2019t Ian Holm too old? I hope not. He\u2019d be perfect.<\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Meanwhile, I\u2019m re-reading <span class=\"Apple-style-span\" style=\"font-style: italic\">Prince Caspian<\/span>\u00a0in order to churn out some articles for the film\u2019s release in a few weeks\u2019 time. What I like about the Narnia books is that the Pevensey children all talk like my friend and fellow blogger <a href=\"http:\/\/joannabogle.blogspot.com\/\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Auntie Joanna,<\/a> \u201cOh, gosh Su, it looks like some rather beastly weather is on the way!\u201d \u201cNever mind Ed, we\u2019ll just have to make the best of it. At least I\u2019m wearing my sensible school shoes, and not those nasty high heels like Esmerelda Drudge always wears!\u201d<\/div>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>They\u2019re making a two-film version of The Hobbit, and Ian McKellan is to play Gandalf again. More here. Who\u2019s to play Bilbo I wonder? Isn\u2019t Ian Holm too old? I hope not. He\u2019d be perfect. Meanwhile, I\u2019m re-reading Prince Caspian\u00a0in order to churn out some articles for the film\u2019s release in a few weeks\u2019 time. 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