The UK-wide project was launched by Culture Minister Ed Vaizey at the Develop Conference in Brighton, an annual gathering of thousands of UK game developers.

BBC: Boost for Scottish games industry

The annual celebration of the arts is now one of the biggest festivals of its kind in the UK alongside Edinburgh, Manchester and Brighton.

BBC: Norfolk

In the UK events are taking place in cities including Brighton, London, Oxford, Bristol, Milton Keynes, and York with a toast to Tolkien at 21:00 GMT.

BBC: Oxford

Brighton and the Lewes Downs became a Biosphere Reserve in the UK in 2014.

UNESCO: UK National Commission for UNESCO - UK supports the development of quality control processes to sharpen the focus of UNESCO Biosphere Reserves

Mr Brighton, who founded one of the largest newspaper distribution companies in the UK, has been made an MBE for services to the news delivery trade.

BBC: Berkshire teacher and newsagent made MBEs