London Reconnections @lonrec.bsky.social Transport analysis for London and occasionally beyond.
Mainly Museums @mainlymuseums.bsky.social A personal take on museums big and small from contributors across the globe.
Philip Cowley @philipjcowley.bsky.social Professor of Politics. 
South Yorkshire's Community Foundation @sycf1986.bsky.social Transforming South Yorkshire through grant giving to community groups ❤️ Helping businesses and individuals give back to communities 🤝
Find out more www.sycf.org.uk
British Journal of Photography @1854.photography The home of British Journal of Photography. Established 1854.
Learn more 👉 https://1854.photo/4fD9MCH
A Flatpack History of Sweden Podcast / Kingdom @flatpacksweden.bsky.social A Brit (Chris) and a Swede (Åsa) chronologically chart Swedish history in a light-hearted podcast, currently covering the 16th Century. Now with a new podcast, Kingdom: Swedish Rulers, ranking all the Swedish rulers!
Embassy of Sweden in the UK @swedeninuk.bsky.social Official account of the Sweden Embassy in the UK.
Follow us for all things Swedish-British!
@scandikitchen.bsky.social @scandikitchen.bsky.social 
Pete Apps @peteapps.bsky.social Inside Housing + freelance elsewhere. Author of Orwell Prize winning Show Me The Bodies - How We Let Grenfell Happen. https://peteapps.substack.com
Today's Railways UK @todaysrailwaysuk.bsky.social News and views from the Today's Railways UK magazine Editor.
Editor: Robert Pritchard
Email: editorial@platform5.com/pictures@platform5.com
RailAdvent @railadvent.bsky.social Follow us as we visit different #railways around the #UK. Visit the website (www.railadvent.co.uk) for News, Videos, Pictures, Event Calendar and lots more!
Network Rail @networkrail.bsky.social *Official account*
🚂 We own, operate and develop Britain’s rail infrastructure.
The Railway Heritage Trust @railwayheritage.bsky.social Awarding grants to restore railway heritage structures which are listed or in conservation areas, & assets of Network Rail or Nat Highways Historical Railways Estate
National Railway Museum @railwaymuseum.bsky.social 
Railway Gazette International @railwaygazette.com Independent and informed global rail industry news, intelligence and analysis from the team at Railway Gazette International https://www.railwaygazette.com | UK railway industry news: @RailBusinessUK.com
RAIL Magazine @railmagazine.bsky.social Covering news, views and analysis from across the rail industry |
New issue fortnightly | www.railmagazine.com
Independent Historians Network (UK) @indyhistnetwork.bsky.social Set up by Emma Bastin, Lucy Jane Santos, Karen Averby and Kathryn Ferry the Independent Historians Network is for exactly what the name suggests! A network for those historians working outside academia. Join up now.
https://independenthistorians.org
The Obama Foundation @obamafoundation.bsky.social We believe in a world with more opportunity, participation, and trust.
HelpSheffield @helpsheffield.co.uk Doing what we have done, on the other place, for the last 14 years. Ask us a #Sheffield question & we (or our followers) will answer it.
Next Sheffield Socials at Portland House 24th of September from 6.30pm. Meet n chat. No agenda. Any Qs ask.
The Paddy Ashdown Forum @paddyforum.bsky.social Think & action tank to advance progressive ideas on education, health and trade uniting east and west #system thinking. Follow us for news of upcoming programmes and events.
Lucy Worsley @lucyworsley.bsky.social Hello! I'm Lucy, I'm a historian, I write books like biographies of Agatha Christie and present a VERY GOOD @BBCSounds podcast called #LadyKillers. For ages I was Chief Curator of Historic Royal Palaces, now an Ambassador for the charity.
Lewis Goodall @lewisgoodall.com Journalist, Reporter, Writer, Presenter @ Britain's biggest news podcast The News Agents (Mon-Fri) and Sunday with Lewis Goodall on LBC 10-12.
Website: lewisgoodall.com
Email: lewis.goodall@global.com
Substack: https://goodallandgoodluck.substack.com
Rob Ford @robfordmancs.bsky.social Politics Professor, University of Manchester. Sky News Elections Analyst
Author of "The British General Election of 2024" & "Brexitland". All takes are mine only.
"The Swingometer", is here: https://swingometer.substack.com/
https://www.robertford.net/
Weston Park Weather Station, Sheffield @wpweather.bsky.social Recording Sheffield's weather since 1882, we are one of the longest continuously operating climatological stations in the UK
C20 Society @c20society.bsky.social The national charity campaigning to protect Britain’s modern architectural and design heritage. Reuse Them or Lose Them!
www.c20society.org.uk
Ursula von der Leyen @vonderleyen.ec.europa.eu President of the @ec.europa.eu
Mother of seven. Brussels-born. European by heart. 🇪🇺
The Underground Map @theundergroundmap.com Obsessed with London history, transport and maps. Occasional posts about space science and random stuff. Based atm in Leiden, NL
Seaside Heritage Network @seasidenetwork.bsky.social Connecting people, groups & businesses who care about the heritage of Britain's seaside resorts.
https://linktr.ee/seasideheritage
Postcard From The Past @pastpostcard.bsky.social Fragments of life in messages from old postcards, curated by Tom Jackson. BOOK: http://amzn.to/34rIDhp POD: http://Apple.co/2xNqQ8D AGENT: http://morgangreencreatives.com
John Scalzi @scalzi.com I enjoy pie.
Social Media FAQ: https://whatever.scalzi.com/2025/04/16/the-official-john-scalzi-social-media-faq/
Alan Godfrey Maps (3,900+ publications and counting!) @alangodfreymaps.bsky.social Reprinted Old Ordnance Survey Maps across Britain & Ireland introduced by specialist authors.
https://www.alangodfreymaps.co.uk/
USA sales - https://www.ebay.co.uk/str/alangodfreymaps?_trksid=p2334524.m570.l113337
#CombatCartography #MatchMap
Angry People in Local Newspapers @apiln.bsky.social Angry People in Local Newspapers - Weird news - Bizarre headlines - Wild animals and ghosts which are actually cats - Bonkers billboards. Regret to report that people are still taking this account seriously. Avatar image by @tpneenan.bsky.social.
Paul @impaul.bsky.social Expect typos.
🌍 50 Countries and counting.
Also on Insta @PaulHarding150
Gill Hughes @gillhughes.bsky.social Missing the sea, loving the hills.
Sheffield by way of Liverpool.
(And desperately trying to find all the wonderful people I followed on Twitter since 2009, on here!)
Odd This Day @oddthisday.bsky.social Chris Coates, purveyor of niche drivel: https://substack.com/@oddthisday
Owls in Towels @owls-in-towels.bsky.social Wildlife rehabilitators often wrap owls so they can be weighed and fed. If not, the owls get in a flap.
The result? Loads of pictures of #owlsintowels
https://owlsintowels.org
Ian Dunt @iandunt.bsky.social Journalist. Author. Podcaster. Liberal extremist.
Steve Fisher @stevefisher.bsky.social Professor of Political Sociology, Trinity College, University of Oxford. https://electionsetc.com
https://substack.com/@stevefisheroxford
Association of English Cathedrals @englishcathedrals.co.uk So much #MoreThanABuilding They are beautiful buildings with beautiful people. What will you discover?
https://linktr.ee/EnglishCathedrals
Dr Kathryn Ferry @seasideferry.bsky.social Historian specialising in seaside, architecture & design. I write books, give talks and do a bit of telly.
Chair @seasidenetwork.bsky.social
Fellow @royalhistsoc.bsky.social
Media agent @pastpreservers.bsky.social
https://linktr.ee/kathrynferry
Neon Deutschland @neondeutschland.bsky.social Germany’s finest neon.
A project of @berlintypography.bsky.social
Foyles @foylesforbooks.bsky.social The UK's iconic bookseller since 1903, with shops in London, Bristol, Birmingham & Chelmsford.
Urban Truth Collective @urbantruth.bsky.social A new communications-focussed collaboration launched to champion the truth and fight disinformation about how to make better cities for people. Formed by @brenttoderian.bsky.social @tomflood.bsky.social @grantennis.bsky.social.
www.UrbanTruthCollective.com
Libraries Connected @librariesconnected.org.uk We are an independent charity that supports, promotes and represents public libraries. Our work is driven and led by our membership, which includes almost every library service in England, Wales, Northern Ireland and the Crown Dependencies.
Modern Railways @modernrailways.keypublishing.com Updates from the team at Modern Railways magazine, which has provided news, views and analysis on the UK's railways for 60 years.
Subscribe today at shop.keypublishing.com/mrsubs
Barack Obama @barackobama.bsky.social Dad, husband, President, citizen. barackobamabooks.com
Lighthouses Of Wales @lighthousewales.bsky.social Lighthouse-related posts by Warren Kovach, local history author (@angleseyhistory.bsky.social). New book "Lighthouses of Wales", from Amberley: https://www.amberley-books.com/lighthouses-of-wales.html
Website: lighthouses.wales
Richard Jefferies Award @rjaward.bsky.social The Richard Jefferies Award celebrates the best new nature writing book published each year that is judged by a panel from the Richard Jefferies Society and the White Horse Bookshop in Marlborough. https://richardjefferiesaward.blogspot.com/
Cal Turner 💙📚 @calturner.bsky.social Full time carer and book reviewer based in Birmingham UK. You can find my book reviews on my blog here: calturnerreviews.com
crimebookgirl @crimebookgirl.bsky.social Crime fiction aficionado. Blogger (www.crimebookgirl.com), event chair, Theakstons & McIlvanney Prize academy member, Ngaio Marsh Awards & CWA Daggers judge - it's #AllCrimeAllTheTime!
Steph @steph07.bsky.social Book lover, walker, tv drama fan
Reviews on https://stephsbookblog.com
Karen @karendennise.bsky.social 📚 UK book blogger at https://www.myreadingcorner.co.uk/
linktr.ee/MyReadingCorner 💙📚
loves crime/thrillers/historical fiction/contemporary/commc fiction
also 🏁🪴
House of Lords @houseoflords.parliament.uk News & information from the UK Parliament’s second chamber. Produced by its staff to show how the Lords checks and challenges the UK government.
https://www.parliament.uk/business/lords/
ALDC @assoclibdemcllrs.bsky.social We support Liberal Democrat councillors and local campaigners across Great Britain! We provide our members with advice, resources, and training.
Joseph Rowntree Foundation @jrf-uk.bsky.social We work to speed up and support the transition to a future free from poverty, in which people and planet can flourish.
https://www.jrf.org.uk/
London Centric @londoncentric.media A modern news outlet for London, covering the city in the old-fashioned way. Edited by @jim.londoncentric.media. Subscribe now for a 25% discount: www.londoncentric.media
Richard Gadsden @po8crg.gadsden.online Three-time Lib Dem Parliamentary Candidate, Man Utd and Red Sox fan, cis man, he/him/his, 83 protons, not a werelabradoodle, in spite of my appearance
Will Hayward - Wales Journo @willhaycardiff.bsky.social Multi-award winning journalist and author based in Cardiff.
I conduct investigative journalism and help people better understand Wales/Cymru.
You sign up to my newsletter here: willhaywardwales.substack.com
Columnist at The Guardian.
Manchester History @mcrhistory.bsky.social Manchester and Salford anniversaries, memories and photos. Also RTs relating to history and events.
Jon Sopel @jonsopel1.bsky.social Host of daily podcast The News Agents. And author of Strangeland. Available at all good bookshops….
Create Streets @createstreets.bsky.social 
Duncan Stott 🏗️🇺🇦 @duncanstott.bsky.social Geeky YIMBY liberal
Housing, politics, liberalism and growth
Oxford UK
Only lurking here for now
Adrian Hyyrylainen-Trett @juvelad.bsky.social Non-Binary
LGBTI Liberals of Europe Elected Board Member
LGBTQ+ Spokesperson for Liberal International Human Rights Committee
Honorary Vice President of LGBT+ Liberal Democrat’s
Anne Applebaum @anneapplebaum.wsocial.eu staff writer @theatlantic.com and senior fellow @snfagora.bsky.social. author of GULAG, IRON CURTAIN, RED FAMINE, TWILIGHT OF DEMOCRACY and AUTOCRACY INC
https://linktr.ee/anneapplebaum
Victoria Derbyshire @vicderbyshire.bsky.social Journalist, broadcaster, Mum of 2 boys, owner of 2 cocker spaniels
Unbelievable Britain - YouTube 🎧
BBC Newsnight 🎥 📱
And Then Came Breast Cancer 🎧
BAFTA RTS Sony Pink News AIB British Podcast Award winner
Bishopsgate Institute @bishopsgateinst.bsky.social Proudly independent since 1895. Dive into our archives and learn with us online. https://www.bishopsgate.org.uk/
Martin Gelin @martingelin.bsky.social American in Paris, formerly a Swede in New York.
I write for The Guardian & Dagens Nyheter and regularly speak on democracy and soft power across Europe.
Forthcoming book: Why Soft Power Matters in Hard Times (2027)
https://linktr.ee/martingelin
Stuart Turnbull-Dugarte @turnbulldugarte.com [trying to spend less time on social media]
#ihadablackdog
https://youtu.be/XiCrniLQGYc?si=q-gQTNXfScmgtl4k
𝙅𝙖𝙘🍩𝙗 𝙉𝙮𝙧𝙪𝙥 @jacobnyrup.bsky.social I (try to) advance our knowledge on the politics of dictatorships, political elites, comparative politics, and 💵🏠 as Professor of Political Science at University of Oslo. I also collect loads of data on governments: https://whogov.net/.
James Savage @jamessavage.bsky.social British journalist in Sweden. Publisher & CEO of The Local, Chairman of Sveriges Tidskrifter. 
The Local Sweden @thelocalsweden.bsky.social Sweden's news in English 👋
https://www.thelocal.se/
JANUSZCZAK @januszczak.bsky.social I’m the Polish art critic of The Sunday Times whose name nobody can pronounce. Unless they’re Polish too. I also make loads of films about art. My favourite artists are 1/Michelangelo 2/Manet 3/Pontormo 4/Lynette Yiadom-Boakye 5/Reading FC
Dr Bendor Grosvenor FRHistS @bendorgrosvenor.bsky.social Art historian. New book The Invention of British Art, out now.
David Lawrence @davidlawrenceuk.bsky.social Shooting for UK growth & progress with @britishprogress.org
Previously: Chatham House research fellow and Labour parliamentary candidate.
Britain could have the highest living standards in the world!
LiberalHistoryToday @libhistorytoday.bsky.social Discussion and research on histories of the Lib Dems and predecessors, Liberal Party and SDP, and of Liberalism. Publish quarterly Journal of Liberal History. www.liberalhistory.org.uk.
Steve Rosenberg @bbcstever.bsky.social BBC Russia Editor, Moscow
Julian Huppert @julianhuppert.bsky.social Former MP for Cambridge
Now running an interdisciplinary centre at @jesuscollegecam
Scientist, Liberal, Environmentalist, Cyclist, and much more.
Simon Kuestenmacher @simongerman600.bsky.social German #geographer and #demographer in #Melbourne. I love and share #maps and #data that explain how the #world works.
madeline odent @oldenoughtosay.com chaos feed. heritage, history, old buildings, social justice. 🏴🇺🇸🏳️🌈. sea witch, professional gargoyle, teller of tales. (she/her)(Oxford, England)
Scott Bryan @scottygb.bsky.social TV Critic and Broadcaster. Must Watch + Remember Me? podcast. My book "OUT NOW" is out in September. Dyslexic / Autistic.
Raven Crime Reads @ravencrime.bsky.social Bookseller. Blogger. 💙📚 🇺🇦 🇬🇱
TBR pile that can be seen from space.
#BookSky
Petrona Award 2026
Wildlife/ conservation 🐺
Slava Ukraini 🇺🇦
http://linktr.ee/ravencrimereads
Royal Society of Literature @rsliterature.bsky.social The RSL celebrates and nurtures reading and writing of all kinds. We're a charity that believes literature is for everyone. ✨ 200 years young. 🌟
Mike Hall @thisismikehall.com Award-winning mapmaker and illustrator in Valencia, Spain | My first book THE BOROUGHS OF LONDON is now available! https://www.batsfordbooks.com/book/the-boroughs-of-london | More info: linktr.ee/thisismikehall
Uni of Sheffield Special Collections, Heritage and Archives SCHA @uoscollections.bsky.social 🎪National Fairground and Circus Archive
📜Special Collections and Archives
🖼️University Heritage Collection
📚University Archives
tinyurl.com/unisheffSCHA
Now Then magazine @nowthenmag.bsky.social A magazine for #Sheffield by Opus. Local news and culture. Online only (for now). Got a tip-off or want to write? Get in touch.
👉 nowthenmagazine.com
Sheffield Tribune @sheffieldtribune.bsky.social Sheffield's new quality newspaper — sent via email to over 34,000 readers. Join for free at the link below. Always looking for new writers and new stories — DM us.
www.sheffieldtribune.co.uk
The University of Sheffield @sheffielduni.bsky.social We're a QS World Ranking Top 100 University changing lives through education and research since 1905.
linktr.ee/sheffield
Local Government Association (LGA) @local.gov.uk We are the national voice of local government, working with councils to support, promote and improve #LocalGov
Visit our website: https://www.local.gov.uk/
Liberal Democrats @libdems.org.uk For a Fair Deal 🔶 Leader: @EdDavey.libdems.org.uk 🔶 Deputy Leader: @libdemdaisy.bsky.social
Promoted by Liberal Democrats, 66 Buckingham Gate, SW1E 6AU.
www.libdems.org.uk
Josh Babarinde OBE MP @joshbabarinde.bsky.social ☀️Proud MP for #Eastbourne 🚀@ForbesUnder30 Entrepreneur 👮🏾♂️Ex-youth justice worker
🏄🏾♂️SUP-er 🔶 josh4president.co.uk
Tim Farron @timfarron.bsky.social Proud to be the MP for Westmorland & Lonsdale. Former leader of the Lib Dems.
Promoted by M Barwise on behalf of T Farron both at Acland House Yard 2 Stricklandgate Kendal LA9 4ND
Poll Tracker 📊 @polltracker.bsky.social Tracking the latest polls in US politics 
Twentieth Century Posters @c20thposters.bsky.social Dealer in original C20th posters. Gallery at 40 Cross Street, Islington (closed Sun/Mon). Website: www.twentiethcenturyposters.com. AKA David Bownes. Former curator & astoundingly tall person
Harvington Hall @harvingtonhall.bsky.social A unique Elizabethan house with 7 remaining priest hides! Enthralling tales of devotion and Catholic persecution. Discover the House of Secrets!
Kat 💥 @katstark.bsky.social Liberal leftie UK geek, sci fi, fantasy, gaming, reading, wrestling, 40k, gardening when i remember. Described as "frighteningly northern". Unfunny miseryguts. I swear too much. She/her.
Lewis Baston @lewisbaston.bsky.social Author of ‘Borderlines’ (Hodder, 2024) and previously Reggie Maudling, John Major. Psephologist, cat ‘owner’, flâneur. Against cruelty, which used to be a consensus position. https://www.hodder.co.uk/titles/lewis-baston/borderlines/9781399723763/
Barnsley Museums @barnsleymuseums.bsky.social We are Barnsley Museums. Sharing stories from our collections and our five free to visit venues across Barnsley; Cannon Hall Museum, The Cooper Gallery, Experience Barnsley Museum, Worsbrough Mill & Elsecar Heritage Centre
www.barnsley-museums.com
The Museum of English Rural Life (MERL) @themerl.bsky.social We explore the history of the English countryside and its people. Chaotic Good.
https://merl.reading.ac.uk/
Arts Council England @artscouncilengland.bsky.social Your national development agency for creativity and culture
• Awarding @dcmsgovuk & @tnluk funds
• Got a question? ☎️ artscouncil.org.uk/contact
Sam Freedman @samfr.bsky.social Writes the most popular UK Substack (samf.substack.com)
Author of Sunday Times bestselling book "Failed State". (An Economist and Financial Times Book of the Year for 2024). Working on book two.
Senior fellow: Institute for Government