Will Sherwood
@willsherwood.bsky.social
Romanticism & Tolkien PhD at UofGlasgow | Co-editor ‘The Romantic Spirit in the Works of J.R.R. Tolkien’ (shortlisted for The Tolkien Society Awards) | Website: https://will-sherwood.com/
There are many reasons I keep coming back to Dunkeld & Birnam. This is one of them.
October 25, 2025 at 7:27 PM
There are many reasons I keep coming back to Dunkeld & Birnam. This is one of them.
This week’s shenanigans include teaching the epic poem form and thinking about reparative practices in nation building texts like the Hamilton musical 😁
October 20, 2025 at 10:34 AM
This week’s shenanigans include teaching the epic poem form and thinking about reparative practices in nation building texts like the Hamilton musical 😁
NEW BOOK ALERT!
My penultimate edited proceedings from the @tolkiensociety.org seminar series is now available for pre-order! Arriving on 25th November with @lunapress.bsky.social, it contains 11 papers from the 2023 seminar ‘Númenor, the Mighty and Frail’.
My penultimate edited proceedings from the @tolkiensociety.org seminar series is now available for pre-order! Arriving on 25th November with @lunapress.bsky.social, it contains 11 papers from the 2023 seminar ‘Númenor, the Mighty and Frail’.
October 8, 2025 at 12:19 PM
NEW BOOK ALERT!
My penultimate edited proceedings from the @tolkiensociety.org seminar series is now available for pre-order! Arriving on 25th November with @lunapress.bsky.social, it contains 11 papers from the 2023 seminar ‘Númenor, the Mighty and Frail’.
My penultimate edited proceedings from the @tolkiensociety.org seminar series is now available for pre-order! Arriving on 25th November with @lunapress.bsky.social, it contains 11 papers from the 2023 seminar ‘Númenor, the Mighty and Frail’.
All prepped for this evening's free talk (6pm) with @memrn.bsky.social on 'Tolkien's Romantic Medievalism'! There's still time to get the link - contact MEMRN.
September 29, 2025 at 10:22 AM
All prepped for this evening's free talk (6pm) with @memrn.bsky.social on 'Tolkien's Romantic Medievalism'! There's still time to get the link - contact MEMRN.
THE BEACONS ARE LIT! Recorded at special request by a dear friend and fellow LotR nut. @tolkiensociety.org @uofgfantasy.bsky.social #Tolkien #Music #FilmMusic #Piano #LotR #LordOfTheRings
September 27, 2025 at 1:09 PM
THE BEACONS ARE LIT! Recorded at special request by a dear friend and fellow LotR nut. @tolkiensociety.org @uofgfantasy.bsky.social #Tolkien #Music #FilmMusic #Piano #LotR #LordOfTheRings
Scotland’s sublimity sometimes needs to take a backseat.
#Scotland #Flowers #Waterfall #Dunkeld #Ossian
#Scotland #Flowers #Waterfall #Dunkeld #Ossian
June 16, 2025 at 2:00 PM
Scotland’s sublimity sometimes needs to take a backseat.
#Scotland #Flowers #Waterfall #Dunkeld #Ossian
#Scotland #Flowers #Waterfall #Dunkeld #Ossian
NEW PHOTO ALERT!
“Grey-rain curtains rolled back and there rose the carven throne of Eternity.”
#https://will-sherwood.com/photography/
#Photo #Photography #Switzerland #Matterhorn
“Grey-rain curtains rolled back and there rose the carven throne of Eternity.”
#https://will-sherwood.com/photography/
#Photo #Photography #Switzerland #Matterhorn
June 6, 2025 at 11:11 AM
NEW PHOTO ALERT!
“Grey-rain curtains rolled back and there rose the carven throne of Eternity.”
#https://will-sherwood.com/photography/
#Photo #Photography #Switzerland #Matterhorn
“Grey-rain curtains rolled back and there rose the carven throne of Eternity.”
#https://will-sherwood.com/photography/
#Photo #Photography #Switzerland #Matterhorn
There are few things as thrilling as a competition that ends with rope climbs 🥳
May 19, 2025 at 6:04 PM
There are few things as thrilling as a competition that ends with rope climbs 🥳
Very excited that my co-edited book has been shortlisted for the Tolkien Society’s Best Book Award 🥳
The authors deserve the praise, there are some PHENOMENAL chapters and ideas in this book. Thank you to all the authors, the team at Walking Tree, and my co-editor, Julian Eilmann ❤️
The authors deserve the praise, there are some PHENOMENAL chapters and ideas in this book. Thank you to all the authors, the team at Walking Tree, and my co-editor, Julian Eilmann ❤️
April 17, 2025 at 6:03 PM
Very excited that my co-edited book has been shortlisted for the Tolkien Society’s Best Book Award 🥳
The authors deserve the praise, there are some PHENOMENAL chapters and ideas in this book. Thank you to all the authors, the team at Walking Tree, and my co-editor, Julian Eilmann ❤️
The authors deserve the praise, there are some PHENOMENAL chapters and ideas in this book. Thank you to all the authors, the team at Walking Tree, and my co-editor, Julian Eilmann ❤️
🥳 NEW LIVE PHOTO 🥳
“Once more the bones of the earth exhaled and the air tingled.”
See more on my photography page: will-sherwood.com/photography/
“Once more the bones of the earth exhaled and the air tingled.”
See more on my photography page: will-sherwood.com/photography/
March 26, 2025 at 8:17 PM
🥳 NEW LIVE PHOTO 🥳
“Once more the bones of the earth exhaled and the air tingled.”
See more on my photography page: will-sherwood.com/photography/
“Once more the bones of the earth exhaled and the air tingled.”
See more on my photography page: will-sherwood.com/photography/
The joy of last minute mountain excursions is that you get to play audience to dancing threads of clouds.
March 23, 2025 at 7:54 PM
The joy of last minute mountain excursions is that you get to play audience to dancing threads of clouds.
I’ve turned from reading about Cornwall and walking in Cornwall to writing about them in my PhD. Ooooh I am one joy-filled scholar today 🥰 And here’s a glimpse of the Cornish wilderness just a couple of miles from where I grew up in Liskeard.
March 19, 2025 at 12:00 PM
I’ve turned from reading about Cornwall and walking in Cornwall to writing about them in my PhD. Ooooh I am one joy-filled scholar today 🥰 And here’s a glimpse of the Cornish wilderness just a couple of miles from where I grew up in Liskeard.
Am I happy to be writing about my home county of Cornwall in a PhD on Tolkien and Romanticism? Yes. Yes I am. Here’s a glimpse of Rame’s Head that expresses my serene joy at today’s serendipity.
March 12, 2025 at 10:34 AM
Am I happy to be writing about my home county of Cornwall in a PhD on Tolkien and Romanticism? Yes. Yes I am. Here’s a glimpse of Rame’s Head that expresses my serene joy at today’s serendipity.
“At Buachaille’s feet did the mothers of an elder time, an elder world, take root.”
#photography #photographer #photo #photographylovers #naturephotography #landscape #travelphotography #scotland #scotlandgreatshots #scotlandphotography #wilderness #landscapephotography @art-mutuals.bsky.social
#photography #photographer #photo #photographylovers #naturephotography #landscape #travelphotography #scotland #scotlandgreatshots #scotlandphotography #wilderness #landscapephotography @art-mutuals.bsky.social
March 9, 2025 at 7:48 PM
“At Buachaille’s feet did the mothers of an elder time, an elder world, take root.”
#photography #photographer #photo #photographylovers #naturephotography #landscape #travelphotography #scotland #scotlandgreatshots #scotlandphotography #wilderness #landscapephotography @art-mutuals.bsky.social
#photography #photographer #photo #photographylovers #naturephotography #landscape #travelphotography #scotland #scotlandgreatshots #scotlandphotography #wilderness #landscapephotography @art-mutuals.bsky.social
Super excited to hear @ss7.bsky.social guest lecture for the @uofglasgow.bsky.social's brand new 'Environmental Humanities Research Cluster'!
March 6, 2025 at 3:09 PM
Super excited to hear @ss7.bsky.social guest lecture for the @uofglasgow.bsky.social's brand new 'Environmental Humanities Research Cluster'!
“I feel a harmony in the glen; I walk into the mountain.”
#photography #photographer #photo #photographylovers #naturephotography #landscape #travelphotography #scotland #scotlandgreatshots #scotlandphotography #mountain #wild #wilderness #wildernessnation #wonderful #landscapephotography
#photography #photographer #photo #photographylovers #naturephotography #landscape #travelphotography #scotland #scotlandgreatshots #scotlandphotography #mountain #wild #wilderness #wildernessnation #wonderful #landscapephotography
March 2, 2025 at 6:51 PM
“I feel a harmony in the glen; I walk into the mountain.”
#photography #photographer #photo #photographylovers #naturephotography #landscape #travelphotography #scotland #scotlandgreatshots #scotlandphotography #mountain #wild #wilderness #wildernessnation #wonderful #landscapephotography
#photography #photographer #photo #photographylovers #naturephotography #landscape #travelphotography #scotland #scotlandgreatshots #scotlandphotography #mountain #wild #wilderness #wildernessnation #wonderful #landscapephotography
Reading @kerriandrewsuk.bsky.social's superb article 'Women's #Walking Tour and #Romantic #Wilderness' and ideas like this are making the neurons fly! Can't wait to rethink #Tolkien's #LordOfTheRings using her work. #Women #LotR #Hobbit #MiddleEarth #Romanticism
February 11, 2025 at 12:54 PM
Reading @kerriandrewsuk.bsky.social's superb article 'Women's #Walking Tour and #Romantic #Wilderness' and ideas like this are making the neurons fly! Can't wait to rethink #Tolkien's #LordOfTheRings using her work. #Women #LotR #Hobbit #MiddleEarth #Romanticism
“Dian's bright crescent, like a silver bow
New strung in heaven, lifts high its beamy horns”
- Anna Laetitia Barbauld, ‘A Summer Evening’s Meditation’
#Moon #Luna #Romantic #Romanticism #Myth #Mythology #Photography
New strung in heaven, lifts high its beamy horns”
- Anna Laetitia Barbauld, ‘A Summer Evening’s Meditation’
#Moon #Luna #Romantic #Romanticism #Myth #Mythology #Photography
February 2, 2025 at 8:17 PM
“Dian's bright crescent, like a silver bow
New strung in heaven, lifts high its beamy horns”
- Anna Laetitia Barbauld, ‘A Summer Evening’s Meditation’
#Moon #Luna #Romantic #Romanticism #Myth #Mythology #Photography
New strung in heaven, lifts high its beamy horns”
- Anna Laetitia Barbauld, ‘A Summer Evening’s Meditation’
#Moon #Luna #Romantic #Romanticism #Myth #Mythology #Photography
Only my second trip to Conic Hill but… AHHHH! So worth the extra 13 miles to witness this transition and the moon’s sublime rising. Photographing’s etymological meaning ‘painting with light’ is well earned. #Sunset #Scotland #Moon #Stars #Photography #LochLomond
January 15, 2025 at 9:57 PM
Only my second trip to Conic Hill but… AHHHH! So worth the extra 13 miles to witness this transition and the moon’s sublime rising. Photographing’s etymological meaning ‘painting with light’ is well earned. #Sunset #Scotland #Moon #Stars #Photography #LochLomond
#Scotland’s #sunsets put England to shame. After an epic 34 mile expedition on the new bike, this was the perfect way to be welcomed in Balmaha.
January 15, 2025 at 4:24 PM
#Scotland’s #sunsets put England to shame. After an epic 34 mile expedition on the new bike, this was the perfect way to be welcomed in Balmaha.
NEW #BLOG POST!
'Nameless Things in Deep Places: Moria as Eerie Heterotopia'
This one adds to my ongoing interest in fantasy, sci-fi, and horror mountain worlds.
will-sherwood.com/2024/12/31/n...
#Tolkien #LotR #Hobbit #LordOfTheRings #Foucault #Balrog #Gollum #MiddleEarth #RoP #LotRRoP
'Nameless Things in Deep Places: Moria as Eerie Heterotopia'
This one adds to my ongoing interest in fantasy, sci-fi, and horror mountain worlds.
will-sherwood.com/2024/12/31/n...
#Tolkien #LotR #Hobbit #LordOfTheRings #Foucault #Balrog #Gollum #MiddleEarth #RoP #LotRRoP
December 31, 2024 at 5:39 PM
NEW #BLOG POST!
'Nameless Things in Deep Places: Moria as Eerie Heterotopia'
This one adds to my ongoing interest in fantasy, sci-fi, and horror mountain worlds.
will-sherwood.com/2024/12/31/n...
#Tolkien #LotR #Hobbit #LordOfTheRings #Foucault #Balrog #Gollum #MiddleEarth #RoP #LotRRoP
'Nameless Things in Deep Places: Moria as Eerie Heterotopia'
This one adds to my ongoing interest in fantasy, sci-fi, and horror mountain worlds.
will-sherwood.com/2024/12/31/n...
#Tolkien #LotR #Hobbit #LordOfTheRings #Foucault #Balrog #Gollum #MiddleEarth #RoP #LotRRoP
There are some joys to being back in #Cornwall. A veritable feast of #starlight 😍 #Stars #Night #Nocturnal #Universe
December 20, 2024 at 9:47 AM
There are some joys to being back in #Cornwall. A veritable feast of #starlight 😍 #Stars #Night #Nocturnal #Universe
Trying to work out why I haven’t moved from Glasgow to Dunkeld & Birnam yet 😕 There’s a clear winner.
December 10, 2024 at 4:56 PM
Trying to work out why I haven’t moved from Glasgow to Dunkeld & Birnam yet 😕 There’s a clear winner.
The @uofgfantasy.bsky.social is now on Bluesky! #Fantasy
November 27, 2024 at 6:56 AM
The @uofgfantasy.bsky.social is now on Bluesky! #Fantasy