Digital Creativity & Cultures Hub @dcch-leeds.bsky.social Supporting research at the University of Leeds, UK that uses digital methods, cultural heritage collections and archives, and explores digital creativity across digital humanities and beyond
Claire L Jones @claireljones.bsky.social Medical historian of modern Britain/curator (thinks/writes about: condoms, toothbrushes & lately, urine; secretary of Society for the Social History of Medicine @sshmedicine.bsky.social); music & horror film fan; singer; runner; mum; find me at the beach ⛱
Mateus Andrade @professormateus.bsky.social Historical archives, digital preservation and open science. Researcher at the Laboratory of History and Digital Technologies (HisTech Lab - UFJF)
UK Archive Sector Leadership @uknatarcsector.bsky.social Archive Sector Leadership department at The National Archives UK. We support archives of all types and sizes across England.
Find out more about the support we offer: https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/archives-sector/
Liz Rees @lizarees.bsky.social Retired archivist & museums professional, based in Newcastle upon Tyne but still Welsh. Luxury views my own 
Peigi MacKillop @peigibheag.bsky.social Heritage, archaeology, cooking, art, fashion, Gaelic, Berneray. Ex-librarian, ex Oracle admin. I have my books, and my poetry to protect me. 💙 NHS
Robert Piggott @rpiggott.bsky.social Historian. Researching a disparate mix of voluntary action, medical, religious, and media histories in modern Britain.
Katie Flanagan @katiedflanagan.bsky.social Group Head of Archives and Libraries at Science Museum Group. Mum, Aunt, Christian, knitter, gardener, York resident, views my own
Jenny Mitcham @jennymitcham.bsky.social Chief Digital Preservation Officer at the Digital Preservation Coalition.
Dr Adam James Smith @elementaladam.bsky.social Chief Reviews Editor, Journal for 18th-Century Studies (JECS).
Interests: #18C Print Culture, esp Satire & Periodicals.
Podcast: http://anchor.fm/satire-no-more (@talkaboutsatire.bsky.com)
Celia Richardson @celiarichardson.bsky.social Tea, scones, independent institutions and why they need looking after. Director of Communications @NationalTrust.bsky.social Trustee, City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra. The posts are just mine.
International Centre for Sports History and Culture @icshc.bsky.social The International Centre for Sports History and Culture (ICSHC) is based at De Montfort University, Leicester, United Kingdom.
We are the world's leading research centre for the study of the history of sport.
Hay Festival @hayfestival.bsky.social ...a world of different...
hayfestival.org 
Humap: the digital humanities map platform @humap.bsky.social 🗺️ Bring your collections, data, and research to life with geospatial storytelling
https://humap.me/
#GLAMA #DigitalHumanities #EdTech #CitizenScience #CitizenHumanities
James Stark @kingtekkers.bsky.social Professor of Medical Humanities (historian of medicine and science) | ageing, germs, advertising, technology | Head of Graduate School | Deputy Pro-Dean for Research
Leeds Centre for the History and Philosophy of Science @hpsleeds.bsky.social Established in 1957 at the University of Leeds. We are a group of researchers exploring the development and meanings of science, technology and medicine.
The London Archives @thelondonarchives.bsky.social The London Archives is a free public archive focusing on the history of London from 1067. Visit today and explore 1000 years of history.
About us - https://www.thelondonarchives.org/
Events - https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/o/the-london-archives-2913691059 
@tanyah1.bsky.social @tanyah1.bsky.social 
University of Huddersfield @huddersfielduni.bsky.social The University of Huddersfield. Yorkshire-rooted, globally connected, and here for every student, at every step.
We believe progress matters most when it improves lives.
It's how we teach, research, and work with our partners every day.
Sound and Music @soundandmusic.bsky.social We are the UK's charity for #newmusic and #sound.
Our mission is to be the base camp for anyone in the UK who wants to make, experience, or support new music.
Visit our website for programmes, funding, opportunities and events ⬇️
soundandmusic.org
Chris Packham @chrisgpackham.bsky.social Broadcaster & environmental campaigner
chrispackh.am/links
Ben Potts @benjaminsteven.bsky.social Local Gov. Archaeology, Books, Art, Mountains. Birmingham City, Post-Punk, Films. Usually found in the Yorks, Worcs, and Pembs Tri-State area. History and Philosophy @ UWL. https://thefastflowingriver.wordpress.com/
Laura Broadbent @laurascupoftea.bsky.social Information seeker, puzzler, dog owner. Business librarian in HE. Past Chair of CILIP YH. I drink too much tea. She/her.
Avert Your Eyes, Pamela Ganache! @pressfuturist.bsky.social Academic, fourth class.
Publishing Lecturer at the University of Stirling. Researcher of smartphone storytelling. Author of books on Paris, London, Scotland, cemeteries, chess, & dragons. Erstwhile doer of other things. Often mediocre. He/Him
Leeds University Library Galleries @lulgalleries.bsky.social Highlights from Cultural Collections & Galleries @universityofleeds.bsky.social
Free and open to all. Visit us at The Stanley & Audrey Burton Gallery, Treasures of the Brotherton, and Brotherton Research Centre.
bit.ly/LULGWebsite
Heritage Quay @heritagequay.bsky.social Archive Service for @huddersfielduni.bsky.social. Home to the archives of @therfl.bsky.social, England Netball, Sound and Music, Labour history, @brassbandsengland.bsky.social and many more
www.heritagequay.org/discover
@davesmithphotos.bsky.social @davesmithphotos.bsky.social 
Dr Elizabeth Gow @ecgow.bsky.social Manuscript curator and archivist in Manchester, UK. 
Elizabeth Gow @gowelizabeth.bsky.social Ornithologist, nature lover
Bill Jenkins 🏴 @billjenkins.bsky.social Historian of science and ideas, with a special interest in Scottish history. Honorary research fellow at the School of History, University of St Andrews.
Sophie Coulombeau @sophiecoulombeau.bsky.social Senior Lecturer in English Literature & Creative Writing. Burneys, book history, 18thc reading habits & naming practices. Novelist. Maker of radio. Mother & carer. Yotam Ottolenghi superfan.
Tracy Brabin, Mayor of West Yorkshire @mayorofwy.bsky.social First elected Mayor of West Yorkshire.
First woman to hold a Metro Mayor role in England.
Building a brighter West Yorkshire that works for all.
Stefanie Archivist @stefarchivist.bsky.social Archivist. Records Manager. Talks nonsense. Over here now. She/her. All views are my own etc.
Lizzy Baker @lizzybarchivist.bsky.social 
David Morris @davidjohnmorris.bsky.social Head of Regions and Networks at The National Archives. Lover of Vimto and Tunnocks! All views are my own.
National Trust Scones @nt-scones.bsky.social I visited 244 National Trust properties, trying a scone wherever one was served! Check www.nationaltrustscones.com for the top performers! Also author of the National Trust Book of Scones!
National Trust @nationaltrust.org.uk All kinds of spaces. All sorts of feelings. All at the National Trust.
David Olusoga @davidolusoga.bsky.social British-Nigerian Historian - BAFTA Winning Producer/Presenter - Best Selling Author - AGENT cwalker@unitedagents.co.uk
Leeds University Libraries @leedsunilibraries.bsky.social Welcome to the University of Leeds Libraries account. Follow us for Library-related updates and feel free to send us your queries!
Layla Bloom @laylabloom.bsky.social Head of Public Programme & Cultural Engagement, University of Leeds Libraries
Dan Pullinger @danpullinger.bsky.social Head of Learning Development at University of Leeds Libraries. SFHEA. University Student Education Fellow. #infolit, academic & digital literacies. Pudsey Pacer.
White Rose Libraries @whiteroselibraries.bsky.social The university libraries of Leeds, Sheffield, and York. Supporting shared repositories, White Rose University Press, and innovating through collaboration.
Visit our website: whiteroselibraries.org
Jen Boyle @jenboyle.bsky.social Professional book lover @leedslibraries
David J Cant @davidcant.bsky.social Interested in local history, old buildings, political action, philosophy, bodily and spiritual health
IHR British History in the Long C18th Seminar @long18thsem.bsky.social Seminar on the history of Britain and associated regions during the long eighteenth century. Join us in London or on Zoom every other Wednesday at 17.30 GMT https://www.history.ac.uk/seminars/british-history-long-18th-century
Rhiannon Markless @c18thgirl.bsky.social Socialist, lawyer, historian, lover of cats, dogs and justice 🏴 🇺🇦 💙
Prof Deborah Sugg Ryan @deborahsuggryan.bsky.social Prof Emerita of Design History & public historian FRHistSoc📙Ideal Homes ✍️ history of the kitchen 📺📻rep by Knight Ayton https://bio.site/deborahsuggryan
House Historian @househistorian.bsky.social Historian • author • speaker • TV consultant • presenter. Specialist in researching the history of houses. Otherwise known as Mel Backe-Hansen. Books incl. #AHouseThroughTime and #HouseHistories Rep #PastPreservers http://www.house-historian.co.uk/
Karen Averby 🌊 @karenaverby.bsky.social karenaverby.co.uk
Buildings Historian/Consultant
Seaside Heritage, House History, Hotels, Architecture, Local History, Archaeology, Other Delights
Director ArchangelHeritage.co.uk
FRHistS ACIfA
Extreme Seagazer/ex-Archivist
Rep PastPreservers
Brum/London
RLUK Research Libraries UK @rluk.ac.uk RLUK's vision is that the UK should have the best research library support in the world. #RLUK26 #RLUKICIL #RLUKDSF #RLUKSPACE #RLUKRSP #librariesXresearch
Dr Elizabeth Bruton (she / her) 🏳️🌈 @lizbruton.bsky.social 🚴♀ #ResearchComm #PublicEngagement #CitizenScience #Research #LGBTQ | Personal a/c | Prev museum curator + historian of tech + women in #STEM
Sophie Cooper @sophcocooper.bsky.social Social historian of gender, migration & public space | Nuns | Ireland & its diaspora | Senior Lecturer @QUBLiberalArts | Forging Identities in the Irish World @EdinburghUP 2022 | She/her.
Alan Akeroyd @alanakeroyd.bsky.social Archivist. Interests include archive theory, store location systems and the history of local government in Cambridgeshire and Huntingdonshire. Archives Manager for Cambridgeshire County Council, UK. Views expressed are my own.
Anna @superteadrinker.bsky.social Librarian. Archivist. Student. Tea drinker. Cat servant. Anglican't. Irritable and irritating. Looking for small amounts of paid work.
Laura Yeoman @lauray-archives.bsky.social Archivist, medievalist, Scot. Access & Digital Engagement Archivist at The Borthwick Institute for Archives, University of York. All views my own. 
(C)aroline Sam(P)son @sampscaroline.bsky.social Chair of Trustees: Archives West Midlands. Coventry City supporter. Interested in the natural world, astronomy, butterflies and moths. Trying to work out what I can do about climate emergency.
Susie Dent @susiedentwords.bsky.social Always in the Corner
Dr Serena Dyer @serenadyer.bsky.social 🎓 Associate Professor of Fashion History
✍️ Author: Material Lives; Labour of the Stitch
🎬 Presenter @englishheritage
📚 Rep’d by @felicitybryanagency
She/her
Jill Dye @jilld17.bsky.social 📚Head of Access at @natlibscot.bsky.social 📖Co-Editor of Library & Information History Journal🧾Hon. Treasurer of CILIP Rare Books & Special Collections Group📓Books, libraries, singing, theatre & food.
Matthew Sangster @mjrsangster.bsky.social Professor of Romantic Studies, Fantasy and Cultural History at the University of Glasgow. President, @bars.bsky.social. New book: https://www.cambridge.org/gb/universitypress/subjects/literature/english-literature-1900-1945/introduction-fantasy.
@books-borrowing.bsky.social @books-borrowing.bsky.social 
Kit Baston @kgbaston.bsky.social Historian of the Long Eighteenth Century | Research Fellow, Books and Borrowing (2020-2023) | www.linkedin.com/in/karen-kit-baston-36998540
Isla H. Macfarlane @bibliophisla.bsky.social ☞ PhD Candidate with Innerpeffray Library and Stirling University. Researching nineteenth-century visitors' books, borrowing records, and library history. Book and cat lover. She/her.
Josh Smith @smithjj.bsky.social Historian of libraries, books and politics in 18th/19thC Britain and US | AHRC/SGSAH PhD from StirUni | Prev RA on Eighteenth-Century Libraries Online and Books and Borrowing (https://borrowing.stir.ac.uk/)| Volunteer guide @ Leighton Library, Dunblane
James Felton @jimmfelton.bsky.social Author/annoyance from The Bird Site
June Diamond @jjwy.bsky.social Victorian buildings, culture and social history. Preservation and repurposing of built Heritage. Local History. Feminist. Yorkshire. Wensleydale cheese. Trade Unionist.
History and Heritage Yorkshire @handhyorkshire.bsky.social Independent researcher/writer in the history, heritage and culture sectors. Former Editor, History and Heritage Yorkshire Magazine, Bylines Network. Passionate about community and inclusivity Hate racism. Servant to a Patterdale,
Rugby Football League @therfl.bsky.social 🏉 #RugbyLeague in the UK! The Rugby Football League’s official Bluesky account. We’re also on Facebook | X | Instagram | Tik Tok. Follow for updates.
Dr Eleanor Shaw @eleanorshaw.bsky.social Historian of medicine (ish). Parent of small monsters. Enthusiastic Yorkshirewoman in Sheffield. Early Career Fellow on Covid Commemoration oral history at the British Library.
MancHSTM @manchstm.bsky.social We are the Centre for the History of Science, Technology & Medicine (CHSTM) at the University of Manchester. Follow us for updates about seminars, events, research, teaching. Currently posting: @ctimmermann.bsky.social
https://www.chstm.manchester.ac.uk
Dr Rita J. Dashwood @rjdashwood.bsky.social Literary Scholar and Historian of the 18th and 19th Centuries | FWO Senior Postdoctoral Fellow at Ghent University, The Heiress: Women, Property and Economics | Author of Women and Property Ownership in Jane Austen + Reading the Romantic Ridiculous
The Media Centre, Huddersfield @themediacentre.org Offering services to businesses in the heart of Huddersfield UK (for 30 years) from offices to virtual offices, co-working to meeting space.
Find out how we can help your business:
01484 483000 / info'themediacentre.org / www.themediacentre.org
Huddersfield Literature Festival @huddlitfest.bsky.social Award-winning annual community festival held in the Spring in venues across Huddersfield and online. Championing accessibility, diversity and under-represented groups and showcasing emerging artists alongside major names https://www.huddlitfest.org.uk
University of Huddersfield Press @hudunipress.bsky.social University of Huddersfield Press, publishing peer reviewed open access journals, monographs and music.
hoot creative arts @hootcreativearts.bsky.social ✍️🎵 Being Creative Makes You Feel Good 🖌️🪘
www.hootcreativearts.co.uk
Arts and mental health charity 📌 Huddersfield, West Yorkshire.
Arts Council Engalnd National Portfolio Organisation (NPO)
Creative Health and Wellbeing
Heidi McIntosh @mcintoshheidi.bsky.social Wolverhampton Archivist
Simon Inglis / Played in Britain @playedinbritain.bsky.social Writer/lecturer/campaigner on sporting heritage/architecture + works of Archibald Leitch; erstwhile editor for Played in Britain + SGSA. Villa fan since 1962. Current professional status: 'semi-required'.
Sporting Heritage CIC @sportingheritage.bsky.social Working to keep your sporting stories alive.Visit our website for support and info, add your collection & join our networks. www.sportingheritage.org.uk
National Sporting Heritage Day, 30th Sept #NSHD2026
Dr Liam Sims @liamsims.bsky.social Rare Books Specialist @theul.bsky.social |
Hon. Secretary @bibsoc.bsky.social | Fellow @antiquaries.bsky.social | Venetophile | Bellringer | PhD on antiquarian networks in 18thC Lincolnshire (thesis linked in pinned post) 🌈
Andrew Walsh @playbrarian.uk Run workshops on Neurodiversity, play(fullness), creative teaching and more. National Teaching Fellow. Journal of Play in Adulthood Editor.
Neurodivergent. https://playbrarian.uk
Yvonne Hardman @museums-yvonne.bsky.social Head of Collections & Programmes at Leeds Museums & Galleries. She/her. Views my own.
Image: Ciara Phillips in British Art Show 8 at Leeds Art Gallery.
Angie Thompson @youthcurator.bsky.social Youth Engagement Curator, Leeds Museums and Galleries. Based at Leeds Art Gallery. Socially engaged practioner, JNC qualified Youth and Community Development worker.
Rep for Engage and Tate 💜
Kitty Ross @curatorkitty.bsky.social Curator of Leeds History, Leeds Museums and Galleries. Loves material culture, the great outdoors and singing.
Michael Brown @medhistoryman.bsky.social Historian at Lancaster University and Co-Investigator on the AHRC-funded @victorianhand.bsky.social project. Blissfully married to my Co-I @jbhist.bsky.social. Author of two books: https://bit.ly/3968wLB & https://bit.ly/3KwWtVS
Dr Sara Barker @sarakbarker.bsky.social Historian of early modern print, news, translation, pamphlets. Scotland/Yorkshire hybrid. Likes old printed things, France, rugby, embroidery. Always stops to talk to cats and dogs. Series editor MUP Studies in Early Modern European History. She/her.
Greg Jenner (Historian) @gregjenner.bsky.social ~Public Historian 📜🤓
~Host & creator BBC YOU’RE DEAD TO ME podcast😆🧐🎙️📻📜🏛️
~ Author of 8 funny books for kids & adults ✍️📚
~ BBC HORRIBLE HISTORIES (2008-19)
📺🤣
~Hon. Dr & Fellow, University of York IPUP 🧑🎓
~Spurs fan #COYS ⚽️
www.gregjenner.com 🧑💻
Gary Brannan @gbrannanarchive.bsky.social Acting Director of Library, Learning Services and Research Collections @uniofyork.
'Makes archives sexy.'
'International Man of History'
'A weird bird, in a good way'
All views my own.
Gary Brannan @garybrannan.bsky.social Apparently, everybody's favourite. Him off Tech Diff. The begrudging second coming of Harry Secombe. Strong wahey energy. Funniest British Man (TM). The middle aisle of the Lidl of Light Entertainment. Professional Wondernaut.
Dr Tasha Kitcher @tashakitcher.bsky.social Digital Researcher at the National Archives, UK
Historian and curator focused on media history, history of science and technology, and digital approaches to the study of history
Annie Jamieson @sonicthecurator.bsky.social Curator of sound technologies. Thwarted FOH engineer. Horror and folklore fan. Stitches a lot.
Academic Libraries North (ALN) @academiclibsnorth.bsky.social A consortium of HE libraries in the North of England. https://www.academiclibrariesnorth.ac.uk/
Mikron @mikrontheatre.bsky.social UK's most prolific #theatre Co.
2025 - 53rd year of touring
Always use actor musicians
#LetsCreate Arts Council England NPO
Pat Bourne (he/him) @curatorpat.bsky.social Assistant Community Curator based at Abbey House Museum & Kirkstall Abbey (since 2014).
All views personal.
Oliver Darkshire @deathbybadger.bsky.social dire homosexual 🏳️🌈 - ONCE UPON A TOME [2022] 📚 - ISABELLA NAGG AND THE POT OF BASIL [2025] 🪴- THE DEVIL AND MRS GOOCH [2026] 😈 - One Page RPGS 🎲 - 🏠 Manchester, UK
https://linktr.ee/oliverdarkshire
Rob Hess @bluerob.bsky.social I'm not a bot, honest.
Anne-Grethe Jensen @daneanne.bsky.social Dane. Archivist. Opinions are my own! Likes books/singing/old stuff. Dislikes mushrooms & celery. Mum to 3 boys, one of them is an angel.
My profile on LinkedIn https://uk.linkedin.com/in/anne-grethe-jensen-85171a4
Alistair Brown @alistairbrown.bsky.social Head of Museums, Libraries and Archives Policy at the National Lottery Heritage Fund