Walkie Talkie @walkietalkieguides.bsky.social We empower museum interpreters and curators to bring stories to life - simple, multilingual, and human-centric.
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Laura King (she/her) @lauracking.bsky.social Historian, latest book Living with the Dead (open access, OUP, 2025). Interested everyday life, emotional relationships, and how history gets passed on.
Love collaborating with people in and outside the University
Richard Horsman @leedsjourno.bsky.social Former radio news ed. Proud to have *trained* 400+ journos. Reviewer, traveller, observer. Loves #radio. Likes wine, art & sunshine. Needs coffee
Mainly Museums @mainlymuseums.bsky.social A personal take on museums big and small from contributors across the globe.
Leeds Male Voice Choir @leedsmalevoices.bsky.social Innovative & Inclusive. Singing across the North of England. Next concert… Cottingham (Hull)
Clayton Hall Living History Museum @claytonhall.org Historic moated Tudor manor house in Clayton Park. A 15-minute tram ride from Manchester's city centre.
Once the family seat of the Byrons and latterly Humphrey Chetham, now an entirely volunteer-run museum.
🔎 Visit claytonhall.org
The Swan Song Project @swansongproject.bsky.social UK Charity helping Terminally ill and Bereaved People to write and record original songs.
Celebrating lives, Making Memories and Leaving Legacies.
www.swansongproject.co.uk
Becky Bowd @beckybowd.bsky.social University Archivist and Records Manager at Heritage Quay, the archive service of the University of Huddersfield. Lover of all things Georgian, especially book/library related. All views my own.
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.
Heritage Volunteering Group @heritagevols.bsky.social A membership organisaiton, helping you unlock the power of volunteering. Sign up at heritagevolunteeringgroup.org.uk
Heritage Corner Leeds @heritagewalker.bsky.social •Leeds Black History Walk
•talks/research
•creative engagement projects
•African diaspora heritage & representation in Yorkshire✨💫𓋹 ⭐️ heritagecornerleeds@gmail.com
Natalie Walton @natdwalton78.bsky.social Director of HATCH, Community Arts Producer, Arts Education Consultant, and curator of the WOVEN in Kirklees Festival and dog owner #culturedog 
Old Woollen @oldwoollen.bsky.social 500-capacity venue in Farsley, Leeds.
Presenting the finest music, comedy & performance.
Run by Trouble at Mill Events. Within Sunny Bank Mills.
https://oldwoollen.seetickets.com/search/all
West Leeds Dispatch @wldispatch.bsky.social Independent community news for West Leeds. Always on the look out for volunteers and contributors.
ICNN member. Regulated by Impress.
RTs for info - not an endorsement.
Cultural & Social History @cultsochistory.bsky.social Cultural & Social History is the journal of the Social History Society. We emphasize how the social and cultural are mutually constitutive and how studying one enables a deeper understanding of the other.
Emily Quintin @emilyquintin.bsky.social Food enjoyer. Mother of boys. Works in a museum at the bottom of the world telling our stories of the sea ⚓️
📍lutruwita/Tasmania
Graham Rawson @grahamrawson.bsky.social Historian from below; C19th work, poverty, and welfare. Associate Lecturer Open University. PAS recorder S&W Yorkshire & finder of stuff. LUFC. Ex-postie. Views my own.
Emma Canterbury @emmac-panther.bsky.social Museum Director @RoystonMuseum.bsky.social, Trustee at St Neots Museum, Scout Leader, and Mum to 2 amazing boys.
All views my own (she/her)
Ellen Askey @elleaskey.bsky.social ~ currently caring for a collection in a castle ~
Mostly sharing textiles or other weird and wonderful nic knackery
Jon Gomm @jongomm.bsky.social Neuro-weird globe-trotting guitar-slapper
#music #acoustic #guitar #songwriter #fingerstyle
British History Online @bho.bsky.social British History Online is a digital library of primary and secondary sources for the history of the Britain, Ireland and empire. Part of the Institute of Historical Research.
https://www.british-history.ac.uk/
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Dr Alex Fitzpatrick @animalarchaeology.com Zooarchaeologist. 🏺
Museums & Heritage Researcher. 📜
Science Communicator & Writer. 🧪
Chinese-American Immigrant in the UK.
She/Her/她. All views my own. 🏳️🌈♿️
https://dralexfitzpatrick.carrd.co/
Caroline Hall @carolinehistory.bsky.social Exploring Britain’s cultural past through archives, museums and popular entertainment history. Ragtime, seaside spectacle, forgotten stages.
Kate Fellows @katehfellows.bsky.social Head of Learning & Access @leedsmuseums.bsky.social. GEMYH rep, Yorkshire Accessible Museums Network chair, Artsmark moderator, Cultural Learning Alliance advisory panel. Change the world with tea, cake & awesome arts and culture. Own views. She/her.
Bradford District Museums and Galleries @bradfordmuseums.bsky.social Home to some of the best museums in Yorkshire, we are part of Bradford Metropolitan District Council - find out more via our
https://linktr.ee/bradfordmuseums
Tracy Brabin @tracybrabinmayorwy.bsky.social Mayor of West Yorkshire 
Museums + Heritage @museumsandheritage.com Events, awards, insight and news for the museums and heritage sector. #MandHAwards open for entries on 2nd Nov 2026.
https://museumsandheritage.com
Queer Heritage and Collections Network @queerhcn.org Sharing expertise, skills and best practice on LGBTQ+ heritage 🌈 • UK-wide subject specialist network • Supported by National Lottery through Arts Council England
Contact: qhcncomms@gmail.com
Website: queerhcn.org
Newsletter: mailchi.mp/46de0e53f704/qhcn
Cluny Macpherson @clunym.bsky.social Dad. Carer for our Rosie. Chair of Leeds Museums and Galleries Development Trust & Vice-chair of Leeds Conservatoire. Volunteer for British Trust for Ornithology. Latest score: Cluny 2 Cancer 0
Lizzy Wilson @lizzyinthearts.bsky.social Head of Audience Development at Leeds Museums & Galleries @leedsmuseums.bsky.social
Henry Moore Institute @hmileeds.bsky.social We're all about sculpture with exhibitions, library, archive and shop in the centre of Leeds. Part of Henry Moore Foundation, sister venue of Henry Moore Studios & Gardens
Lisa Broadest @lisabroadest.bsky.social Head of Operations & Enterprise for Leeds Museums & Galleries. Sustainability lead. She/her. Views my own.
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.
History Clippings @historyclippings.bsky.social Clippings found during my historical research. Showcasing the awesome primary material from around the web.
DM me for submissions.
Run by @joedragovich.bsky.social
Check out my 📖 on tea-smuggling gangsters: https://lnk.to/Hawkhurst
Dr Anna Reeve @cypriotartleeds.bsky.social Material culture historian, exploring the history of Cypriot archaeology and ancient Cypriot collections in UK museums. Ceramics fan. Research Fellow, Institute of Classical Studies and Associate Lecturer in Classics, Open University. Views my own.
Museums Association @museumsassociation.org Membership organisation and network for everyone working in museums and heritage 🤝 based in the UK 📍 museumsassociation.org
Chris Nickson @chrisnickson2.bsky.social Writer of Leeds historical crime. Lover of my city. Reader. Allotmenteer. Coming April 2025: No Precious Truth
Tony Butler @tonybutler1.bsky.social Director, Derby Museums
Banner “Lo Winter is Past” 1963. Marion Adnams (1898-1995). Derby Museum and Art Gallery
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.
Jack Gann @jackgann.bsky.social Historian and curator. Museums, Victorians, and medicine.
Currently curator at Thackray Museum of Medicine, Leeds
Liz Samways @inkylinkyliz.bsky.social Jeweller, printmaker, local history volunteer and urban enthusiast.
EJR @streborb.bsky.social museum person, history student, monk enthusiast. gloomy when hungry, sad when full.
Elizabeth Carnegie @lizcarnegie.bsky.social Former curator turned museums and heritage academic.
John Donegan @johndonegan.bsky.social TTRPG Fantasy & sci fi geek, semi-retired acupuncturist and tuina therapist, teaches tai chi and talks about food
Rachael Unsworth @leedstours.bsky.social Urban geographer & walking tour guide in Leeds 🌍 - local, in a global setting
https://www.leedscitywalkingtours.co.uk/
Researcher, writer ('Leeds: Cradle of Innovation'), presenter, Leeds Phil & Lit, musician 🎻 European
Professional chat posts only
Jon Sleigh @jonsleigh.bsky.social Arts Educator & Learning Curator working nationally freelance. All views my own. (he/him) Author of ‘What Are Museums For?’ book link https://bristoluniversitypress.co.uk/what-are-museums-for
History and Heritage Yorkshire @handhyorkshire.bsky.social Independent researcher/writer in the history, heritage & culture sectors. Former Editor, History and Heritage Yorkshire Magazine, Bylines Network. Passionate about community and inclusivity Hate ethno & dislike cultural nationalism Servant to a Patterdale,
Merchant Adventurers’ Hall @merchantshallyork.org Discover one of the finest medieval guildhalls in the world. Home to York’s entrepreneurs for 660 years and counting.
merchantshallyork.org
Judith Harris @jud1960.bsky.social Passionate about Classical Music, Politics, General History, Local History (especially Leeds), Family History and English Literature!
Carl Newbould @carlnewbould.bsky.social #museums and #SEND. Passionate about my job. Manage #CareersForAll at Leeds Museums and Galleries. Trustee for Interplay Theatre, chair access group at Discover Creative Careers
Emily Elsworth @emilyautism.bsky.social UK Based Museum Access Consultant,
Public Speaker,
Autism Trainer,
Rep for GEM Yorkshire and Humberside,
Steering Group for Yorkshire Accessible Museums Network,
Actually Autistic,
Passionate about accessibility.
She/Her
Dr Lauren Padgett @drlaurenpadgett.bsky.social Assistant Curator of Collections @ Bradford District Museums and Galleries ⚙🏺🖼 🏛 | PhD 🎓 | Historian 📜 | Proud Bradfordian 💪🐗 | Interested in local heritage; bygone times; people from the past; & dusty old things | 📌 🗺 Bradford, Yorkshire | Views my own.
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 💜
Peg Alexander @tvradiopeg.bsky.social Award winning 🇬🇧Presenter | Interviewer | Journo | Commentator on’t telly, radio, digital & live. Consultant & non profit CEO.
Politics-People-Planet-Music-Smiles. Former Green Party politician/leader. Typo queen
HappyMuseum Project @happymuseum.bsky.social Re-imagining museums for the wellbeing of people, place and planet.
Posts via @hilaryjennings
Stu Robinson @leedsclarkkent.bsky.social Ex journo now doing press for museums and loads of other nice Leeds culture stuff. Also love crisps, LOTR, crisps, dinos, movies and crisps.
Alex Bamji @alexbamji.bsky.social Leeds-based Venetianist. Works on religion, disease and death. Director of @lahri.bsky.social
David Hopes @hopesdavid.bsky.social Head of Leeds Museums and Galleries. Trustee, Robert Burns Ellisland Trust, and Leeds Art Fund. Born in Kilmarnock, now live in Manchester
Culture Jobs @culturejobs.bsky.social The job board for arts, heritage and museums. Visit CultureJobs.org for the latest opportunities.
whiskas @whiskas9.bsky.social Music Local / Music:Leeds / Launchpad Director. Leeds Beckett Music Industries Lecturer. ex-¡Forward, Russia! / Dance To The Radio
https://www.launchpad-music.com/welcome
Kitty Ross @curatorkitty.bsky.social Curator of Leeds History, Leeds Museums and Galleries. Loves material culture, the great outdoors and singing.
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