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Historic Towns Trust @historictownstrust.bsky.social An educational charity working to map the urban histories of 🏴🏴🏴 in partnership with local historians & communities.
Robert Saunders @robertsaunders.bsky.social Historian of modern Britain, singer and political nerd. Author of "Yes to Europe! The 1975 Referendum & Seventies Britain". "A jaw-dislocating page turner"(Andrew Marr). Deputy-director @mileendinstitute.bsky.social, Reader @QMHistory
Sun-Headed Deity of Tamgaly @oscarfranklin.bsky.social Bloody do-gooder. Pro-Europe, anti-Reform, anti-Tory, tofu-eating wokerati.
Church Monuments Society @churchmonuments.bsky.social We offer a focus for those with an interest in church monuments of all types and periods. Posts by @heritagepilgrim.bsky.social
Tim Daw @timdaw.bsky.social Worked at Stonehenge, built a Long Barrow. Peasant farmer in Wiltshire.
Sue Reeve @suereeve.bsky.social MrsVeryPicky over on the dark side.
Londoner living in Glasgow via Cotswolds & Manchester.
Channel 4 news devotee.
Childless cat lady.
Middle class woman of a certain age.
Rebellious Catholic
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Andy Scollick @andyscollick.bsky.social Strategic defence planning and foresight | security and defence policy | interactions between climate change, energy, security, defence | former adviser to Ukraine's military | marine environmental policy | PhD in sustainability science | Ireland/Europe
Dr Ian McCormick @wokestudies.bsky.social English Language & Literature. Quondam Prof. PhD: Monstrosity. Queer history. Gothic. 𝔄𝔯𝔠𝔥𝔞𝔦𝔠 𝔈𝔫𝔤𝔩𝔦𝔰𝔥. Editor, Shakespeare: New Voices. https://linktr.ee/drianmccormick
Tasting History with Max Miller @tastinghistory.bsky.social 
Jim Lauder @mrjlauder.bsky.social Work at Dixons Academies. Schools as civic institutions - ensuring our communities have a voice and power. Building place based partnerships. Views my own.
https://open.substack.com/pub/jimlauder
RG Poulussen @rgpoulussen.bsky.social Keeping the memory of #WW2 alive by means of #OTDs.
Arnhem author of two *good* books about operation Market Garden, Lost At Nijmegen & Little Sense Of Urgency (Order 😉 via https://pre-jump.nl). Can be hired as Battlefield Guide.
Atsushi Uchida @atsushi-uchida.bsky.social Ancient Japan, read with data.
Historian at Kyushu University | Text mining & Buddhist ritual
Developing Quantitative Historical Source Studies.
Substack👉🏻 https://substack.com/@atsushiuchida
Roger Protz @rogerprotz.bsky.social Edited 24 editions of CAMRA Good Beer Guide. Founder British Guild of Beer Writers. Twice winner Glenfiddich Drink Writer of the Year. 20 plus books including Family Brewers of Britain. West Ham fan
protzonbeer.co.uk
Pauline @highpeakhiker.bsky.social Labour Councillor, retired teacher. Keen hiker, skier, gardener. 
The Kernel Brewery London @kernelbrewery.bsky.social Brewing Beer in Bermondsey, London, since 2009
Visit our venue at 132 Spa Road, Bermondsey, London
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Neil Brand @neilkbrand.bsky.social Composer, writer, broadcaster, musician, into film, theatre, and all things entertainment - touring regularly. www.neilbrand.com #composer #filmmusic #writer #broadcast #PODCAST - ALL ABOUT THE MUSIC - on allaboutthemusicpod.com
Alan chaplin @alanchaplin.bsky.social Long time pensions professional. Trying to make them better; usually failing. This time it’s different
Patricius Bikinius, Magister Edictum @actually-patricius.bsky.social Catch me outside with my kataphraktoi
Comms guy (he/him). Former news producer. Presumptive winner of the 2026 FIFA Peace Prize. News sufferer and history enjoyer. Vintage Lego castle appreciator. Accomplished Total War cavalry commander
Mark Thompson @markreckons.bsky.social Politics (mainly UK and a bit of US), comedy and popular culture more generally.
Hear me on a radio near you blathering about Burnham or Farage. Probably.
Political Sandbox here: https://substack.com/@politicalsandboxmark
Louise @charlottedearling.bsky.social North Londoner now living in the countryside. Not a nimby.
Roland Smith @rolandmcs.bsky.social Tracking the Right's journey after Brexit and also the culture war's highly charged boundaries. Once a Fellow of the Adam Smith Institute, now centrist. Telegraph watcher.
https://open.substack.com/pub/rolandmcs
buymeacoffee.com/rolandsmith
Ellin Stein @ellinst.bsky.social Arts journo (now mostly Slate and Byline Times),
MA Screenwriting lecturer @Goldsmiths UoL, authorina https://wwnorton.com/books/9780393074093, tech fumbler
Heidi The History Mouse @thehistorymouse.bsky.social A mainly medieval mouse with a passion for history and architecture.
Historia, Caseus, Somnum!
Lizzie Dearden @lizziedearden.bsky.social Security correspondent at
@theipaper.com, author of 'Plotters: The UK Terrorists Who Failed'
Currently on maternity leave
Dave @davetheginge.bsky.social Is a little blind faith too much to ask?
Sorry if I blocked you (generative AI or not being nice, probably)
Jessica Elgot @jessicaelgot.bsky.social I'm the Guardian's deputy political editor in Westminster.
Story? Email - jessica.elgot@theguardian.com
Signal - jessicaelgot.51
Always #lufc
https://www.theguardian.com/profile/jessica-elgot
Ruth Fox @ruthfox.bsky.social Director of the Hansard Society, working to make Parliament more effective.
🎧 Co-host of the Parliament Matters podcast | https://hansardsociety.start.page/
Cath Haddon @cathhaddon.bsky.social Senior Fellow @instituteforgov.bsky.social
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Jim Higham @jimhigham.bsky.social Photographer. Love wildlife. Climate change is our biggest existential threat.
Joe Egerton @joeegg.bsky.social 
Vatican Observatory Foundation @vofoundation.bsky.social The Vatican Observatory Foundation, founded in 1987, supports the research, educational, and outreach efforts of the Vatican Observatory.
The Vatican Observatory stands at the forefront of scientific research.
@matt-eagles.bsky.social @matt-eagles.bsky.social I'm here for my own amusement.
Ray Roberts @rayroberts.bsky.social Retired
Pre-Historian (everything I learned is now out of date) also some Romano British by default
Political/Environmental Activist once
Aviation once
Veteran
Jags Fan
ME/CFS
Older than I look
Dr Russell Glasson @russellglasson.com Interests: digital things and real things, books and eTexts - Dyslexic academic - more nuance please - #UBI to support creativity in all- solar/wind/wave/water to sustain life. russellglasson.com
Chris Dillow @chrisdillow.bsky.social Bourgeois interests, proletarian instincts.
SpinningHugo @spinninghugo.bsky.social Always ask yourself, what would Lord Diplock think?
https://spinninghugo.wordpress.com/
Sarah Chapman @sinurata.bsky.social Loves: cats, politics, music, GOOD chocolate. Do not think that giving me chocolate kittens as a gift is in any way acceptable. especially if they are made of inferior chocolate. That's about it really.
Natalie Haynes @nataliehaynes.bsky.social NYT bestselling author, broadcaster, classicist ✍️ 'Rock star mythologist' (Washington Post) IRRESISTIBLE MONSTERS, March 2027 🪶 Posts by N and team.
https://linktr.ee/nataliehaynesauthor
Dylan Difford @dylandifford.bsky.social YouGov data journalist • Elections, polls, voting systems • "I like people, places and things" • dylan.difford@yougov.com
Alex Proctor @alexproeu.bsky.social Novelist in progress
DMers will probably be ignored or unfollowed
Count Binface @countbinface.bsky.social Space politician. ‘’Face of the Establishment’. Sane.
@theangelofhistory.bsky.social @theangelofhistory.bsky.social 
James Donald @stirlingfellow.bsky.social NHS Communications at University Hospitals Dorset @uhdnhs.bsky.social
www.linkedin.com/in/jamesiandonald
Carausius @carausius286.bsky.social Hello, classics graduate - I’m interested in classics, the middle ages, history in general and art. Also, rabbits. Finished the Aeneid, Heroides, Catullus, Georgics, Suetonius in Latin. Now on Silius Italicus’ Punica.
“Sarcastic Brit” - the Guardian
Helen Shin @h-x-s.bsky.social She/her.
Formerly @H_X_S on Twitter.
The Puntastic Mr Miller @bastardacademic.bsky.social Gentleman academic. Cynical misanthrope. Lover of coffee, alcohol, cheese & infosec. Doomed. Hater of Tinsel Drinkers.
The weirdo other weirdos call weirdo. Occasional carer of causes. This is not the apocalypse I was promised - do better.
English Civil War @englishcivilwar.bsky.social We're passionate about the English Civil Wars and 17th Century history! We're also reenactors - step into history and have an incredible weekend for just £10! www.earlofmanchesters.co.uk
Folk 'n' Hell @folknhell.bsky.social Three chums, one microphone, and a whole world of folk horror. The Folk n Hell podcast unearths delights from around the world and tries to agree if they're worth our (and your) time.
www.folknhell.com or wherever you get your podcasts
Susannah Walker @susannahwalker.bsky.social Author + campaigner for gender equality and safety in public space + post-war graphics + other stuff.
Rants about stately homes here:
https://susannahwalker.substack.com
Co-founder of @makespaceforgirls and formerly @QuadRoyal
Mark Freedman @markfreed.bsky.social Music, Sport (especially football), cats, politics in small doses. Work in a library. No DMs. No Farage, Trump or Corbyn supporters. After being insulted, I will go with Centrist Dad/soft left. And keep away from political morons. Father of an Autistic son
Bill Hall @artboy.bsky.social Artist, art teacher (semi-retired!) and, printmaker.
Interests: Art, design, architecture, music, gardening, Latin & ballroom dancing, and politics.
Nick Fraser @nicholasfraser.bsky.social Urban Transport, Air Pollution, Tropical Birds, Cycling, Plov.
Netherton Foundry @nethertonfoundry.bsky.social Proudly making classic cookware, using sustainable materials and traditional skills and crafts in our rural Shropshire workshops
www.netherton-foundry.co.uk
Saul Staniforth @saulstaniforth.bsky.social The land it is the landlord's, the trader's is the sea, the ore the usurer's coffer fills, but what remains for me? 
Mrs Quent @quarkquent.bsky.social 
Hannah Keenan @hannahkeenan.bsky.social Associate Director at Institute for Government, and former civil servant (cabinet office, dfid).
Jeffrey Hartmann @jephmann.bsky.social Classic/cult film buff; folk rocker at heart #TCMParty #Svengoolie | #Chicago #Illinois | I just want a normal life for a chnge. | 🚫 Please, no gofundme requests; I'm out of work.
Sharon @sharonsmith1.bsky.social Probable ADHD, definite bipolar.
Queen of the North (Leeds)
and Mother of Cats (4).
I read, paint, sew, cook, and play JRPGs.
Politically to the left. She / her.
Proud ally - love is love, protect the trans community. 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️🇪🇺🇬🇧
Springy @formerspring.bsky.social Lives in UK, ex-techie, travelled widely for work, mountain biker - slowly on level, likes trees, open spaces, & Chalk Downs, also Scotland.
Luke Tryl @luketryl.bsky.social Lover of finding out what people think. Director @moreincommonuk.bsky.social
https://www.moreincommon.org.uk/
Trudy @trudymm.bsky.social Family law attorney. Lover of dogs, Dems, bad jokes, and Dr. Martens. Firmly believes that gummy bears constitute a food group.
Emma Monk @monkemma.bsky.social Molecular Biologist. Debunker of myths. Proud European. 🇩🇰🇪🇺🇬🇧
www.emmamonk.co.uk
https://monkdebunks.substack.com
www.linkedin.com/in/emma-monk-780686190
https://medium.com/@info_28174
Pete Buttigieg @petebuttigieg.bsky.social Husband, dad, veteran, writer, and proud Midwesterner. 19th US Secretary of Transportation and former Mayor of South Bend.
Hugo Rifkind @hugorifkind.bsky.social Writing in The Times Thursday and Saturday, talking on Times Radio Monday-Thursday. Also, other things. Latest novel, Rabbits, found here: https://amzn.eu/d/hUQTsSW
Emily Bell @emilybell.bsky.social Prof Columbia J School. Director Tow Center . Writes Guardian + elsewhere. Lives in airports…views are my own, thank goodness
@garethd.bsky.social @garethd.bsky.social Rugby, dog lover, 💚, #FBPE, Tory hater,🏴,solicitor advocate (r’td), Councillor, Garden of England these days. No profile from you = no follow
Emily Truelove @originalemily.bsky.social A mixture of lovely things that other people have posted, plus news I think is important, and little thoughts I have, or photos I take for my own pleasure. If you don't like it, please feel free to jog on.
Annoné Butler @bookishwgc.bsky.social Retired Government lawyer; reader of books; Opera aficionado; fair weather gardener; still practising Tai Chi Ch’uan. Toujours Européen.
The Empty City @davidallengreen.bsky.social Writes about law, history, and policy.
At The Empty City blog and elsewhere.
Birmingham/London. Janeite. #AVFC
www.theemptycity.com
Edward Luce @edwardluce.bsky.social FT's US columnist/commentator. Author of several books including NYT best selling biography of Zbigniew Brzezinski (Simon & Schuster 2025). People lacking a sense of humour might get muted.
Matt Ashby @mattashby.com I help people use data to reduce crime. Associate Professor, Crime Science, UCL. Former police officer.
🌐: mattashby.com
Paul Newton - Beer Prime @beerprimeuk.bsky.social Fortnightly craft beer podcast with guest from around the industry. Find it on your podcast platform of choice under “Beer Prime”.
The History Files @historyfiles.bsky.social An extensive collection of information covering all historical states, with comprehensive features, detailed maps, and lists of rulers for each state. Contributors welcomed with fevered enthusiasm.
Located in Europe and North America.
Rick @flipchartrick.bsky.social Nottingham-born West Londoner. Author of Flip Chart Fairy Tales blog. Patient #NFFC supporter.
https://flipchartfairytales.wordpress.com/
Jorge @antartica81.bsky.social Turnip shepherd (job share) and volunteer soothsayer. Post alot on social justice issues. May contain traces of fruit.
#HumanityUK
GGmaJoy @ggmajoyc.bsky.social 40+ yr. retired paralegal in ATL, now in rural TN. Worked on 2 of 45²'s cases prior to 2016-1 for his lawyers, 1 against him. Told folks then he could not be trusted. Cat mom, great-grandma. 🚫 dating, DMs unless I know/invite you, or MAGA.
Tim Thomas @timofnewbury.bsky.social European 🇪🇺
Newbury, Berkshire based - previously Lichfield, South London, Sheffield, Kent, Sussex.
Likes: travel eg Belgium; railways; art; music eg Americana; film eg Noir & beer.
🔸
Elsewhere: @timofnewbury
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Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social Green Party Leader (England & Wales)
London Assembly Member.
🏳️🌈
Promoted by Elfrede Brambley-Cranshaw on behalf of the Green Party of England and Wales. c/I po box 78066, London. SE16 9GQ
Clare King @clareking.bsky.social I am an archaeologist, fencer and martial artist. I probably won't post much, but will lurk a lot.
Yale University Press London 📖 @yalebooks.bsky.social Yale University Press in London https://yalebooks.co.uk/
Publishing books that champion arts & humanities 🏰 home of history!
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Phil Harrison @mrpmharrison.bsky.social Journalism, constructive moaning, weird music, telly, LUFC, all the usual shit.
Andrew Cutting @andrewcutting.coe.int Media and comms advisor @ the 46-nation Council of Europe
@coe.int + #ECHR = "The most effective human rights protection mechanism in world history" (Shami Chakrabarti)
🔎 https://www.linkedin.com/in/andrew-cutting-coe/
⚠️ CoE/ECHR ≠ EU
Andrew Thatcher @andythatcher1.bsky.social Love theatre, #LFC, music, plus ranting randomly may happen along with slow running (#wattbikeproton) #bowelcancer #chemotherapy Words purely my own. Reskeet not necessarily endorsement.
IrishBeerHistory @beerfoodtravel.bsky.social Despite the handle, I research and write about Ireland's brewing history and recreate Irish historical(ish) beers. Also posting food, and nonsense. Seemingly, I'm a 'gloomy beer drinker' who's 'lost in the froth on his pint.'
beerfoodtravel.blogspot.com
Andy Zaltzman @zaltzcricket.bsky.social Comedian, Cricket Statistician, Podcaster. Host of The Bugle podcast and BBC Radio 4's The News Quiz. Taskmaster champion. Test Match Special statsmonger. Live shows: andyzaltzman.co.uk
Rebecca Radnor @rebeccaradnor.bsky.social ‘Oh I guess that I just don’t know.' Hard line pragmatist. Yes to romance, no to magical thinking. Velvet Underground, The Fall, Lee Perry, Beefheart, Can, Sly. Labour social democrat. Sixty-two.
Near a mountain in Wales, United Kingdom
Peter Horne @peterhorne.bsky.social Born the year WWII ended. Lived through an era of optimism when you could wake up in the morning and be hopeful about the day.
Now saddened by the gratuitous acts of self harm inflicted upon future generations by the gross incompetence of our Politicians
Dr Ella Hawkins @ellamchawk.bsky.social Design, Shakespeare, biscuit art. Senior Lecturer in Research & Innovation at the Royal Welsh College of Music & Drama. Book: Shakespeare in Elizabethan Costume (Bloomsbury Arden Shakespeare). She/her.
Brian Groom @groomb.bsky.social Ex-Financial Times Assistant Editor. Ex-editor Scotland on Sunday. Author of 'Made in Manchester' and 'Northerners: A History'. 'These Isles' due Feb 2026.
Rosalind Franklin @odagar.bsky.social Rosalind Franklin discovered DNA;as a crystallographer, her picture of the double helix DNA was stolen:James Watson +2 (incl 1 who stole the picture) won the Noble Prize for being the first to identify the structure of DNA 🧬—Stealngresearch ends solutions
Sam Maclaine @sammaclaine.bsky.social I post Pro the environment and Renewable energy.
I comment on whatever I like, hopefully being polite and occasionally amusing.
I block anyone who doesn't allow responses 🙂
Jonathan Portes @jdportes.bsky.social Professor of Economics and Public Policy, King's College London; Senior Fellow, UKICE. Immigration, economics, public policy. Personal views only; usual disclaimers apply. https://jonathandportes.github.io/
MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com The fastest growing independent news network in the world. We cover breaking news, politics, law and more. We are unapologetically pro-democracy.
Alan Barnes @senrabnala.bsky.social Post boom, second doom. Stealing cake to eat the moon. Writes and edits - Doctor Who, Hammer horror, Sherlock Holmes, Judge Dredd (etc). Available for hire.
Prof Christina Pagel @chrischirp.bsky.social Prof Operational Research , @UCL_CORU, passionate about health care, women in STEMs, defending liberal democracy (!). Member of @independentsage, posts personal. https://www.trumpactiontracker.info/
Olga Nesterova @onestpress.onestnetwork.com Founder of ONEST | Global Affairs Analyst
Fact-first reporting on diplomacy, geopolitics & global affairs.
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The Man in Seat 61 @seatsixtyone.bsky.social Mark Smith, the Man in Seat 61, the chap who runs that train travel site http://seat61.com. YouTube: http://youtube.com/c/seat61.
John Oxley @joxley.jmoxley.co.uk Commentator, writer, corporate/political strategy. Undertaking an MSc in International Security and Global Governance at Birkbeck.
The only Tory on Bluesky, but that's why you love me.
Newsletter at: www.joxleywrites.jmoxley.co.uk
Stephen Bush @stephenkb.bsky.social Associate editor and columnist @financialtimes.com. Post too often about culture, public policy, management, politics, nerd stuff, Arsenal the champions, wosoc. Wow! (center) Try my UK politics newsletter for free here: www.ft.com/tryinsidepolitics