Professor Peter Matthews @urbaneprofessor.bsky.social Professor of Social Policy and LGBTQ+ Studies, and Head of Sociology, Social Policy & Criminology, University of Stirling he/him 🏳️🌈
ORCiD: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2014-1241
Mia Farrow @miafarrow.bsky.social ICE OUT
Viking and Medieval Norse Studies Programme @oldnorse.bsky.social International Nordic Master’s programme, offering an interdisciplinary approach to Viking and Medieval Scandinavia.
oldnorse.is
Scarred For Life Books @scarredforlife.bsky.social A trilogy of books about the dark pop culture of the 1970s and 1980s, from public information films to nuclear war!
Buy the books: linktr.ee/scarredforlife
Patreon: bit.ly/3Rfo1Xz
Contact: ste1bro@hotmail.co.uk
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
Carlton Reid @carltonreid.com Associate Fellow of the Royal Historical Society. Specialist journalist: WIRED.com and more. Press Gazette Transport Journalist of the Year 2018. Finalist: Travel Photographer of the Year 2024 https://authory.com/carltonreid Signal: carltonreid.67
Lucy Grig @lucygrig.bsky.social Ancient historian and failed optimist, always looking for somewhere to procrastinate
Jack Wallington @jackwallington.com Habitat-first ecological growing 🌱 🌿 Books: Grower Gatherer (out 3 Sept), A Greener Life & Wild about Weeds 🌳
Newsletter: WildWay.info
(Yorkshire 🇬🇧 H4 / 8b-9a)
Mainly Museums @mainlymuseums.bsky.social A personal take on museums big and small from contributors across the globe.
Isle of Wight Archaeology @iowarchaeology.bsky.social Isle of Wight Council Archaeology & Historic Environment Service. We manage the Isle of Wight HER and provide advice on archaeology and the historic environment
Sidestone Press @sidestone.bsky.social We are a publisher of academic books. We believe our books should be freely available to every one. Buy our printed books, or access them online for free!
Sarah Dempster @dempster2000.bsky.social Writer of nonsenses for “the wireless”, contributor to Private Eye & the Guardian. I like books.
Jane Goodall Institute of Canada @janegoodallcan.bsky.social Official account of the Jane Goodall Institute of Canada and Roots & Shoots Canada. Let’s create a world where animals, people, and the environment thrive.
John Sabapathy @jwwsabapathy.bsky.social Professor of history @uclhistory.bsky.social + co-convenor @anthropoceneucl.bsky.social. Editor at @enghistrev.bsky.social.
Institutions, rationalities, environments, mostly medieval.
https://tinyurl.com/2p8r9yeh + https://www.ucl.ac.uk/anthropocene/.
Alice Hicklin @alicehicklin.bsky.social Historian of medieval Europe, currently researching trouvères through their representation in documentary culture @ MUSLIVE, KCL. Wolves fan 🐺🐺🐺 embroidery enthusiast. She/they 🏳️🌈
Dr. Jeroen W.P. Wijnendaele @drdragases.bsky.social Scholar of Fortune @History Department - Ghent University. Everything you wanted to know about The Fall of Rome but were afraid to ask. Gallivanter extraordinaire. Italophile. Homeric Laughter.
Jason @greedyrunner.bsky.social match it without and your they and two for planets can practical and often cheese
PhD student of Scottish mountaineering history and culture.
He/Him
https://medium.com/@GreedyRunner
Historical Association @histassoc.bsky.social The Historical Association is the voice for history. For over 100 yrs we have brought, teachers, students, academics and enthusiasts together to explore the past and inspire future historians. We provide digital and in-person resources. www.history.org.uk
Count Binface @countbinface.bsky.social Space politician. ‘’Face of the Establishment’. Sane.
Dr Sophie Michell @sophiemhistory.bsky.social Death and crime historian, family researcher, teller of tales.
Visiting fellow at the Open University.
Obsessed with inquests.
Rebecca Wynter @rebeccawynter.bsky.social Historian of Medicine & Mental Health. Research Fellow, NTU-UK. Senior Researcher, UvA-NL. Honorary, UoB-UK. Policy Officer @sshmedicine.bsky.social. Co-convenor Mental Health Humanities Researcher Network https://mhhrn.bham.ac.uk/ She/her 🌈🏳️⚧️ #Skystorian
Skaldic Project @skaldic.org A feed for the Skaldic Project - automatic stanza of the day posts, updates on progress and service interruption information.
The Multicultural Middle Ages Podcast @mmapod.bsky.social An anthology-style podcast sponsored by the Medieval Academy of America and co-produced by Will Beattie, Loren Cantrell, Jonathan Correa Reyes, Reed O'Mara, and Logan Quigley.
http://multiculturalmiddleages.com
Instagram: @multiculturalmiddleagespod
Russty Russ @russtyruss.bsky.social Fancy a trip to celebrate the past filled with #UK based nostalgia. Its mainly Television on here but I chuck other #retro bits in too.
Ulla Rajala @ullamr.bsky.social An archaeologist who loves Eurovision and popular tv. Sharing content on heritage, politics and entertainment.
She/her
My opinions are my own.
Ida Tolgensbakk @idatolgensbakk.bsky.social Folklorist at Norsk Folkemuseum, Oslo, Norway. Migration history, folklore, childlore, netlore. She/her.
ida.tolgensbakk@norskfolkemuseum.no
Mike Hack @mrhack.bsky.social Cycle Speedway fan and Rotarian.
Likes Astley & Tyldesley Cycling Club, Manchester United, Belle Vue Aces, Rotary Club of Astley.
Views expressed on here are personal ones only.
Norfolk & Norwich Naturalists' Society @norfolknats.bsky.social Formed in 1869, NNNS is a charity with a focus on natural history in the county of Norfolk, UK. We carry out and encourage research about local wildlife, produce publications & put on a range of events. Find out more at: https://norfolknaturalists.org.uk
(Dr.) Zack Hinckley @zackhinckley.bsky.social Archaeologist. Scotland. Interest in early medieval Scotland and Europe, landscape, and defended settlement.
Friends of Lister Lane Cemetery (KAVS) @listerlanecem.bsky.social In collaboration with Calderdale Metropolitan Borough Council, the Friends maintain this Grade II listed, significant cemetery; the final resting place of some 20,000 individuals. Location: Halifax, England.
https://www.listerlanecemetery.co.uk
Rebecca Griffiths @yorym-flo.bsky.social Archaeologist, Finds Liaison Officer (FLO) at York Museums Trust.
All thoughts & opinions are my own.
Jón Valur Guðmundsson @jonvalurg.bsky.social We are all Ukrainans. 🇺🇦
We're Here With You All The Way.
Fight Fascism With Everything You Have.
Freedom, Liberty, and
Democracy will Prevail.
Slava Ukraine 🇺🇦
#Freedom #Liberty
#Democracy #Ukraine
Sophie Carr @sophiecarr.bsky.social Iceland-obsessed Landscape Photographer. UK-based.
Newsletter sign-up: https://preview.mailerlite.io/preview/2233713/forms/183477923653617261?fresh=1%2Fpopup
Kevin O'Shea @madformaple.bsky.social Canuck 🇨🇦 living in Asia. Podcaster - host of Supernatural Japan Podcast 🎙️ 👺 - folklore, paranormal, travel, photography 🇯🇵 Currently based in 🇨🇳!
Ugly Reykjavik @uglyreykjavik.bsky.social Exploring the nature of ugliness.
I post all things ugly, old, run-down, worn out, kitsch and tacky. Finding beauty and charm in unusual places.
Located in Reykjavik.
SFennica.bsky.social @sfennica.bsky.social Annual yearbook of the Finnish Society for Celtic Studies/Suomen Keltologinen Seura r.y./Finlands Keltologiska Sällskap r.f. Tweets by @metamedievalist.bsky.social
Old UK Catalogues @oldukcatalogues.bsky.social Random selections of pages from vintage UK catalogues.
Also:
* @OldInCatalogues.bsky.social - International (non-UK) catalogues
* @OldUKCataloguesXm.bsky.social - UK Christmas catalogues, from Sept 16th
* @OldUKPrintAds.bsky.social - UK Print Ads
Dr Sarah Bremner @brummieclassicist.bsky.social Head of History & Politics, LCS | PhD Demosthenes, Ancient Athens, Democracy, Rhetoric, Oratory, Identity | Views My Own
Lena Strid @lenamstrid.bsky.social Zooarchaeologist, medievalist, re-enactor. PhD on the use of parchment in medieval Scandinavia (2026).
@shieldmaidenpdx.bsky.social @shieldmaidenpdx.bsky.social History. Vikings. Iceland. Running. Wine. Seahawks. Christmas tree farming. Smart people. Love. That's it. Oh wait, and I do PhD research at UHI.
Dr. Timothy Liam Waters @liamh2os.bsky.social Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Charles University || Ph.D. in Scandinavian Languages and Literatures & Medieval Studies || Literary Materialist approaches in Old Norse || Professional Kolbítr.
Neil Younger @neilayounger.bsky.social Historian of early modern England at the Open University. Convenor of the IHR Tudor & Stuart Seminar. Live-tweeting the reign of Elizabeth I. New(ish) book on Sir Christopher Hatton: https://manchesteruniversitypress.co.uk/9781526159496/
Current Archaeology @currentarchaeology.bsky.social The UK's favourite archaeology magazine. Tweets by Editor Carly and team.
Subscribe today: https://archaeology.co.uk/subscriptions
Wirral Archaeology CiC @warchaeologycic.bsky.social Our mission is to Investigate, explore and unearth Wirral’s hidden history
Mary Catherine O'Connor @marycoconnor.bsky.social PhD Candidate in Old Norse at Balliol College, University of Oxford | Arthuriana | romance | translations
Thomas Brosset @thomasbrosset.bsky.social ATER in medieval history at the Université de Lorraine
PhD in medieval History.
Crusading and Islamic siege warfare during the twelfth century.
Enricharch @enricharch.bsky.social We are Enrichment Through Archaeology. We provide school workshops, manage community heritage projects and offer guided tours of the Peak District. Interested in Neolithic, museums & religion and rapidly learning about early medieval agriculture!
Early Medievalist @earlymedievalist.bsky.social Tim Clarkson. PhD, FRHistS. Historian and author.
Early medieval history and archaeology.
See my books at http://senchus.wordpress.com/my-books/
Dr Danny Bate @dannybate.com Linguist, writer, broadcaster, language fanatic. Author of 'Why Q Needs U', bestseller and Economist book of 2025. Host of 'ALILI...' podcast. ČR/UK.
Website: dannybate.com
Inquiries: jaime@jpmarshall.co.uk
Pic: J. Kovalík
Abigail Lloyd @abi-on-a-hill.bsky.social 
Daisy Black @daisyeblack.bsky.social Medievalist, English lecturer, storyteller, dramaturg, writer, folk dancer. BBC/AHRC New Generation Thinker. Early drama specialist. she/her.
Emily Robinson @emilyrobinson.bsky.social History, politics. Usually modern Britain. Currently taking a detour to the lost medieval island of Ravenser Odd (and, relatedly, Humberside). Professor at Sussex.
Kyleen @dorisonthet.bsky.social Lurker. Black cats, crows, loons, volcanos, geology, Boston, Berkshires, finance data product owner and lefty politics. Please don’t follow. I won’t follow back.
Hannah @wilderhomestead.bsky.social Creating a wilder smallholding in the Welsh borders. Mostly moths, sometimes butterflies, other inverts + wildflowers
SSE1K @sse1k.bsky.social Science, Society and Environmental Change in the First Millennium CE - ERC Consolidator Grant (2023-2027) at Università Ca’ Foscari Venezia - @helenfoxhallforbes@bsky.social / @dl-arch@bsky.social
https://pric.unive.it/projects/sse1k/home
Caroline O'Doherty @codohertynews.bsky.social Climate and Science Correspondent
Irish Times
caroline.odoherty@irishtimes.com
Or Porath @orporath.bsky.social Assistant Professor of Japanese Religion, Tel Aviv University
Jeffrey Kotyk @jeffreykotyk.bsky.social Historian, translator, writer. Nam studere servire Deo est. 子曰：「學而時習之，不亦說乎？」
Pam Forster @pamelaforster.bsky.social British Academy ECR Network Project Manager (North West & North Wales), PhD student in Linguistics, carer, and cat Mum
Seán Moncrieff @seanmoncrieff.bsky.social Unvetted male Funkateer. Elevated neutrino readings. Talky stuff on
@newstalkFM @IrishTimes columnist. He/Him. 🇮🇪
Ada Palmer @adapalmer.bsky.social Daily #ShareGoodNewsToo
Novelist (SF & fantasy), historian (UChicago Renaissance, censorship, radical thought), composer (filk, Norse myth), disability (chronic pain), manga/anime (Tezuka), pics #SomethingBeautiful Blog exurbe.com Podcast “Beforecast”
pilgrimchick.bsky.social @pilgrimchick.bsky.social Former professional pilgrim, medievalist, museum administrator, cat servant.
Ellen Knight @ellenmjknight.bsky.social Reporter, BBC Shropshire | #CardiffTrained
📧 ellen.knight@bbc.co.uk
Rachel Salvidge @rachelsalvidge.bsky.social Environmental journalist. Founder of investigative journalism non-profit https://watershedinvestigations.com/
Bylines: @guardian @thetimes @bbc @SkyNews @itv
Ex: @TheENDSReport @PenguinUKBooks @independent
Rachel.salvidge@watershedinvestigations.com
Kieran Connell @kieranconnell.bsky.social Historian and Writer at Queen’s University Belfast.
Latest book - MULTICULTURAL BRITAIN: A PEOPLE’S HISTORY (2024) - Shortlisted for the Wolfson History Prize
Agent: Salma Begum/Greyhound Literary
Website: https://www.kieranconnell.com
Laura Cleaver @laurajcleaver.bsky.social 
Umut Guner @umuttgunerr.bsky.social Historian & Academic
Medieval History | Islamic Political Thought | Turk, Arab and Persian Worlds | Social History | Islamic Societies | Sufism
Saavik ‘Careful of the Ankle’ Ford @saavikford.bsky.social CUNY Astro prof, AMNH research assoc, runner, astronomer, crafter, camper, gardener, mom, all opinions completely my own (she/her)
Kitchen Sink Technomystic @bobcluness.bsky.social Scots expat in 🇮🇸. Former record store geek. DJ & host at Repeater Radio. Dilletante Doctoral researcher of esotericism/occultism, technology and /acc. skeets full of spelling errors, BUT I WILL NEVER DELETE THEM.
Karl Galle @karlgalle.bsky.social Historian of science, mostly medieval to early modern astronomy & mathematical arts. Things German, Polish, Egyptian, or hey that looks interesting. Ex public policy + occasional tuba. Copernicus book in progress. Don't get long covid, it sucks.
Medievalist.net @medievalists.bsky.social Hello from Medievalists.net, the leading online resource for the Middle Ages - check out our website at www.medievalists.net
Centre for the Study of the Viking Age @uoncsva.bsky.social The official Bluesky account for the University of Nottingham's Centre for the Study of the Viking Age. Follow us for info on events, seminars and conferences.
Laura Laker @lauralaker.bsky.social Journalist, author of Potholes and Pavements, cohost of @podstreetsahead.bsky.social
https://lauralaker.substack.com
Muted live on Julia Hartley-Brewer's Talk show
Ian Dunt @iandunt.bsky.social Journalist. Author. Podcaster. Liberal extremist.
Dr Zoe Screti @zoescreti.bsky.social Leverhulme Early Career Fellow: Voltaire Foundation, University of Oxford | Research Fellow: Harris Manchester College, Oxford | Historian of c.18th manuscript cultures esp. the intentional destruction of personal papers
Kevin O'Sullivan @kevinkosullivan.bsky.social Author of The NGO Moment (http://cambridge.org/9781108708548). Associate Professor in History at University of Galway. Co-editor @difp-ria.bsky.social. Currently researching climate change and capitalism in c20th & early c21st Ireland
Susie Dent @susiedentwords.bsky.social Always in the Corner
Dr Amy Edwards @somsproject.bsky.social Historian at Uni of Bristol interested in cultures of capitalism, business, and finance.
PI on AHRC project: ‘The Secret of My Success’: Women and Self-Employment 1970-2000.
Book: https://www.ucpress.edu/books/are-we-rich-yet/hardcover
Steven Teasdale @steventeasdale.bsky.social Former Postdoc at UniGenova | alumnus UToronto | First Gen+ASD | studies Mediterranean socioeconomic history 1200–1700, focusing on Genoa, slavery, commerce, networks, notarial contracts, and law | also digital humanities, semantic data and environment.
Native Dialogs in Irish @nativedialogsga.bsky.social Practice your #Gaeilge by chatting to virtual humans.
Chronology Of the Norse TransAtlantic Colonies and Territories @contactproject.bsky.social a 5‑year ERC‑funded project @rug.nl
📜 Re‑examining the earliest Europe ↔ North America connections
🔬 Radiocarbon spike dating | Isotope & DNA analysis | Bayesian modelling | Historical & saga research
🌍 Mapping Norse expansion across the North Atlantic
Richard Purkiss @richardpurkiss.bsky.social Early medievalist. English society, law, landscape c. 600–1100. Book in progress on c10–11 East Anglia.
The Marsh Family @marshfamilysongs.bsky.social Singing family who make original & funny/parody songs & vids since going viral in 2020. Social links & support us on Patreon: https://linktr.ee/marshfamilysongs.
Birmingham UCU @birminghamucu.bsky.social 💥 Join our active, growing branch and be part of the campaign for a safer, fairer university: ucu.org.uk/join · birminghamucu.org
Bastiaan Waagmeester @jbwaagmeester.bsky.social Medieval historian | postdoc @freieuniversitaet.bsky.social | Early medieval manuscripts and religious education
Personal website: libripendis.eu
Carole Cadwalladr @carolecadwalla.bsky.social Investigative journalist. Ex-Guardian/Observer. Now co-founder brand new all-women journalist collective, www.thenerve.news. Tech justice stuff: www.the-citizens.com. Personal newsletter: www.broligarchy.substack.com
Office of Public Works @opwireland.bsky.social Welcome to the official Bluesky account for the Office of Public Works (OPW)
Our remit covers two main areas - Estate Portfolio Management including Heritage Services and Flood Risk Management (all areas are supported by Corporate Services).
Vivaldi Browser @vivaldi.com It’s a web browser. It’s Powerful. It’s Personal. It’s Private. 🇳🇴🇮🇸
🔗 https://vivaldi.com
🔗 https://forum.vivaldi.net (for support)
Prof. Ian Walker @ianwalker.bsky.social Environmental psychologist: transport, energy, water, buildings. "Woke scientist" (Daily Mail). Head of Psychology, Swansea University 🏴. Charity trustee x2. @locastproject.bsky.social My views
World Record-breaking cyclist drianwalker.com
Hannah Booth @hannahbooth.bsky.social Northumbrian in the Netherlands | Writes about connections between Britain & its North Sea neighbours | Historical linguist turned writer & editor
Writing: https://northseanexus.substack.com
Website: https://hannahmarybooth.com
@nrhodgson-hist.bsky.social @nrhodgson-hist.bsky.social 
German Embassy London @uk.diplo.de 
Sean Spencer @cicerocantabridgi.bsky.social Byzantine worlds, aristocratic hegemony, and the rituals of power.
Half my life’s in libraries, the other in coffee queues.
Eternally optimistic Everton fan.
Better Streets for Birmingham @betterstreetsforbirmingham.org We want streets where everyone gets home safely and where there are genuine alternatives to driving.
Account semi-monitored by volunteers trying to cover all bases!
📍 Birmingham, UK
🔗 betterstreetsforbirmingham.org
Pope Francis II @francisgasparini.bsky.social Writer, reader, gardener. Having a good time.
My smart and entertaining newsletter with Karen Duffy is https://www.centiday.com/
Jake Stattel @jakestattel.bsky.social Medieval Historian, Postdoc Fellow at Cambridge | Vikings, the Danelaw, Legal History | https://www.hist.cam.ac.uk/people/dr-jake-stattel
Elizabeth Trueman @etrooms.bsky.social Cats, Anglo-Saxons & Vikings, Gardening & Nature. 🐈🪓🌱
Friends of Friendless Churches @friendlesschurches.bsky.social Our 'A Victorian Revival match-funding campaign' aims to save two historic churches in Lincolnshire and Carmarthenshire. These churches are at risk of being lost forever
Support our match-funding now, and every £ given will be matched by our generous donor
Radio Lento @radiolento.bsky.social #Podcast. Landscape sound postcards in 3D immersive sound. Best with earphones. Listen while reading, resting or being mindful. Launched 2020. #SlowRadio
Listen here > https://radiolento.podbean.com
Support here > https://ko-fi.com/radiolento