Sauron, former ruler of Mordor, grants us an exclusive interview in which he confesses what he thinks of the teachings of Jesus.

Sauron draws on his cigarette and inhales deeply. He looks tired and aged in the autumn sun. Watching as his nicotine-stained fingers grasp the cigarette butt and he unconsciously adjusts his stretched-out cardigan, it is hard to believe that he once spread terror in Middle-earth. When asked about the past, he responds: “I’ve put it behind me.”

It comes as no surprise to me that Sauron doesn’t want to talk about the War of the Ring, nor about the “big liar”, as he refers to J. R. R. Tolkien – I’d heard that from other reporters who’d been sent away empty-handed. He only perks up when I tell him that I’ve come