Adam Chapman @adamchapman.bsky.social Medieval historian interested in Wales, Somerset exile, inept cricketer, General Editor of the longest-running and largest local history project yet devised, the Victoria County History of England. Probably drinking tea.
Dr Anne E Bailey @anneebailey1.bsky.social Oxford medievalist, pilgrimage enthusiast and researcher.
Member of Oxford's Faculty of History and Departmental Tutor @oxlifelonglearning.bsky.social
Posting about saints, relics, shrines, & pilgrims!
Rev-Roger @rev-roger.bsky.social Husband, Father, Grandfather, Friend, Vicar, Music Addict, Bookworm, Dog Lover .... etc.
Andrew Brown @seatrout.bsky.social Writer, journalist, — attempting simultaneous disillusionment and wonder. ex Guardian, ex Independent. Orwell Prize winner. Interested in trout, Christianity, tech, literature, journalism, Sweden, history. Less and less interested in politics of any sort.
Pablo 🎧 @pabloista.bsky.social Trying to make sense of a world that never made sense of me. #Autistic #ADHD #AuDHD
Scotland's Churches Trust @scotchurchestrust.bsky.social Celebrating Scotland's rich culture and built heritage since 1978. We preserve, promote and protect Scotland's unique assemblage of ecclesiastical buildings.
https://www.scotlandschurchestrust.org.uk/
Peter Hardy @peterjhardy.bsky.social Cats and food mostly. Occasional flowers.
Ruskin Society @ruskinsociety.bsky.social Founded in 1997, the Ruskin Society celebrates the life, work and legacy of the Victorian art critic and social thinker John Ruskin. ruskinsociety.uk
Silke Smith @silkesmith.bsky.social Old fashioned lefty with a sense of humour
Hate Tories, injustice and animal abusers but love my crazy hound.
No DMs please. I won't answer
Jon M. Sweeney @jonmsweeney.bsky.social Author The Complete Francis of Assisi, Meister Eckhart's Book of the Heart…etc. Coming Dec. 1, A Year with the Classics. Vermonter. Dad. Cat and dog lover. Catholic married to a rabbi.
Jonathan Freedland @jonathanfreedland.bsky.social Guardian columnist. Presenter: BBC R4's The Long View, the Guardian's Politics Weekly America and Unholy, alongside Yonit Levi. Author: THE TRAITORS CIRCLE
Megan Costilow @megcosti.bsky.social Find me on Substack at: https://megcosti.substack.com/
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
Peter Lloyd @maltapar.bsky.social Enjoys sharing photos; has a labradoodle called Barney; charity trustee;
lives in Scotland (lived for eight years in Malta); Dunfermline Athletic supporter; Iona Community member; all views personal.
Mark M. Turner @markturner25.bsky.social Retired soldier, historical researcher, and college educator. All views and opinions here are my own. Democracy is never finished.
D.P. Mendes-Kelly @dpmendeskelly.bsky.social Writer drawn to the uncanny, the supernatural, and the unsettling mysteries that lurk beneath ordinary life.
https://hyzr.app.link/L0HJZPF8GXb
John White @jcwhite.bsky.social Father, widower, retired rural vicar, NUFC follower, owned by one cat.
WomanWithPen @womanwithpen.bsky.social "History is a nightmare from which I am trying to awake"
English PhD, Joycean at heart
#IamEuropean
#DigitalHumanities
#OpenAccess
#StayHuman
#NoMoreWar
Alex Thomas @alexgathomas.bsky.social Executive Director, Institute for Government. Ex-Cabinet Office, Defra, Dept of Health. Interested in all things good government
Shashank Joshi @shashj.bsky.social Incoming Washington bureau chief at The Economist. Previously defence editor for eight years.
Visiting Fellow at Department of War Studies, KCL. For speaking engagements: https://chartwellspeakers.com/speaker/shashank-joshi
Sarah @goblin5.bsky.social Nearer my coffin than my cot, still trying to make sense of why humans do what they do and when I give up on that, creating a garden fit for wild creatures
Meduza in English @meduza.io Breaking news in Russia, investigative reports, interviews, and opinions. In English. You’re welcome. https://meduza.io/en
Rev Michael Coren @revmichaelcoren.bsky.social Priest and author. 20 books - 12 languages, 7 bestsellers. Writes for Toronto Star, Globe & Mail, The Oldie, Daily Telegraph, Premier Magazine, ipaper, The Times, Church Times, The Spectator. www.michaelcoren.com
Rev Peter W Nimmo @peternimmo.bsky.social #LectionaryPrayers guy. Church of Scotland minister.
https://peterwnimmo.co.uk
https://about.me/peterwnimmo
https://mastodon.scot/@Peternimmo
https://buymeacoffee.com/peterwnimmo
No DMs- use peterwnimmo.co.uk/contact-me/
Signal: PeterNimmo.01
Bobs Rail Relics @bobsrailrelics.co.uk Railways, Industrial History, Canals and the odd bit of strange Wales
Adam Rutherford @adamrutherford.bsky.social I had a marvellous time ruining everything.
Professor of Genetics @UCL, Public Humanities Fellow @SAS. Ex-President of @Humanists_UK Genetics, race, eugenics, books, cricket, +–=÷×
@kbjmanagement
adamrutherford.com
Institute of Criminology, University of Cambridge @cambcriminology.bsky.social An internationally renowned institute for the study of crime and criminal justice.
Blindly Wheeling @handle.invalid Wheelchair using writer, speaker and explorer sharing stories about access, travel and visitor experiences that genuinely work for disabled people. Founder of Disabled Access Day. Powered by curiosity, coffee and occasional stubbornness.
Phil Groom @philgroom.bsky.social Boats, books, canals, chocolate, coffee, church and the South West Coast Path. Previously known as notbovvered on Twitter. Green, trying to be greener. Prostate cancer survivor: men, get yourselves checked, the risk is real!
https://philgroom.wordpress.com
MartynJS @cllrmartynjs.bsky.social Grandfather Anti racist/fascist Marxist Psychotherapist, Cosmology and Astronomy ,Writer Philosopher Pagan European Cllr Eco Socialist United Ireland indy Wales and Scotland free Palestine [he,him, his] Republican political/cultural astrologer
museumsmith @museumsmith.bsky.social Elderly millennial, museum factotum, 🇬🇧 🇪🇺, lay catholic-ish Anglican of non-conformist ancestry, #AuDHD, strolling player, cishet 🏳️🌈/🏳️⚧️/🍉/anti-racist/refugee ally.
Own views (who else would want them?!). He/him.
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
Arthur Seaton #FBPE #Wessex @southsaxon.bsky.social Working class history, photography, railways, skiing, cats, corvids and goats! A sense of humour is essential. Cat butler. Reluctant intellectual. Rare disease survivor. Born at 314.3ppm.
https://railthing.blogspot.com/?m=1- M Marc Pabst @marcpabst.bsky.social Visual neuroscience. Research Assistant at UCL Institute of Ophthalmology and UCL Experimental Psychology.
London 🇬🇧🇪🇺
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/
Dr Keith Wilson 💭 @keithwilson.eu Philosopher of mind, perception and cognitive science at @ucdphilosophy.bsky.social. Father of #LittleHuman. Former programmer and sound engineer. Curates #philosophy feeds, lists and @philosophy.eurosky.social. #LongCOVID
🌐 keithwilson.eu 👤 he/they 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️🇺🇦
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
John Swinney @johnswinney.bsky.social 🏴 First Minister of Scotland and Leader of the SNP.
Promoted by John Swinney, 17-19 Leslie St, Blairgowrie, PH10 6AH
Alex Gallagher @alexgallagher.bsky.social Retired Jack of no trades. UK/Scottish politics, other politics, Football, Cricket (UK), almost any sport, Science, History and other random stuff.
Views my own. Inc the above view from my upstairs window.
Jim Pickard @pickardje.bsky.social Deputy political editor, Financial Times. Also amateur iphone photographer and some-time musician.
Monisha Rajesh @monisharajesh.bsky.social Author of Moonlight Express: Around the World By Night Train, Around the World in 80 Trains and Around India in 80 Trains
Revd Martin Smith @martinsmith14.bsky.social Self supporting minister at ChristChurch, Woking (PTO) and father of two, grandfather to four. Love helping people to make some sense of it all.
NOELREPORTS @noelreports.com Media platform covering global conflict zones. Focus on the Ukraine-Russia war. Consider supporting us once via buymeacoffee.com/noelreports or by becoming a member via patreon.com/NOELREPORTS.
@pfricaud33.bsky.social @pfricaud33.bsky.social
Fr Ian @frianmaher.bsky.social Priest in the Church of England, serving at Sheffield Cathedral. Trying to share a bit of light in an often dark world. All views expressed on here are my own. Welsh, British, European.
Ben Crewe @bencrewe.bsky.social
Tim Bradshaw @timjbradshaw.bsky.social Graduate employability and writing at work. Grandpa. Lewes FC.
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.
Jacqui Hodgson @jacquih.bsky.social Journalist (ex-BBC), music lover - especially at The Glasshouse - book festival chair and sucker for real shaggy dog stories
Paul Bajoria @paulbajoria.bsky.social Producer, writer. Ran Radio 4's quiz shows for 25 years. Northumberland, UK
Gordon Guthrie @foundationsofthedigitalstate.com Just published The Foundations Of The Digital State - a report for the Scottish Government
http://foundationsofthedigitalstate.com/
and blogs at
digitalpolicy.substack.com
Politician manqué, girl group fan, code monkey
Cllr Stephen Jenkinson @stephenjenkinson.bsky.social Edinburgh’s Transport & Environment Convener and Labour’s Councillor for the Pentland Hills Ward 🌹
Andy Arthur💃🏰⚓🦌 Threadinburgh 🧵 @threadinburgh.scot Overlooked tales of Edinburgh, Leith & Scottish local history. Expect the unexpected: people, buildings, transport, maps & occasional attempts to be funny. Stories also published at https://threadinburgh.scot 🐦 ex-Cocteautriplets
Rev Darren Jalland @oldmacharrev.bsky.social Minister at @OldmacharChurch.bsky.social in Bridge of Don, Aberdeen. Lots of football and dog photos He/Him #inclusivechurch
Martin Schwarz @schwarz-martin.bsky.social #Theologian, #Protestant #Pastor, #Diakonia professional, #Facilitator, #ArtOfHosting (er/ihm; he/him)
It all starts with conversations that matter
@schwarz_martin@mastodon.social
Andrew Carter @cartoir.bsky.social Recovering historian, aspiring cleric
Dr Alan Montgomery @classicalalan.bsky.social Historian, artist, tour guide and FSAScot. A lover of legend and folklore.
Buy my art and my books here: https://linktr.ee/classicalalan
Shoveller @shoveller.bsky.social Once upon a time in a land far, far, away.... That's all folks - stay tuned.
NO DMs thank you
Kevin Mort @kevinmortiom.bsky.social Methodist, historian, tenor, melodeonist, eclectic musical tastes and sports nut, rugby,cricket, speedway, ski jumping, biathlon, NFL, MLB. And family. Also keen dahlia grower. Liberal. 🇺🇦🏴🇵🇸🇮🇲🇺🇳🇨🇦🇲🇽🇪🇺
Helen @historywoman.bsky.social Scot down South.
Ceasefire Now.
Your employer is not your friend - join a union!
Helen is not necessarily the name I go by. Just ask if you want to know x
Peter Foster @pmdfoster.bsky.social Brighton-dwelling World Trade Editor at the Financial Times
https://www.ft.com/peter-foster
Sometime Brexit nerd & author of 'What Went Wrong with Brexit' https://t.co/VsIipD7JBr
Andrew Cooper @rickynow.bsky.social Older bloke from Nottingham. Politically closer to the left than the right. Likes (in no particular order) cats; roots reggae; woodworking; dad jokes. I'm very sociable unless you're a fascist. Proud MDant. #NFFC
Edinburgh Trams @edinburghtrams.bsky.social The official home of Edinburgh’s tramway 🚉
Thomas D. Carroll @thomasdcarroll.bsky.social Associate Professor (Teaching) in Philosophy & Religious Studies at CUHK-Shenzhen
I write on Wittgenstein, philosophy of religion, and comparative ethics. Sometimes, I post here about these things and music I like.
Dr Bendor Grosvenor FRHistS @bendorgrosvenor.bsky.social Art historian. New book The Invention of British Art, out now.
James Martin, SJ @jamesmartinsj.bsky.social Jesuit priest, editor at large of America Media, founder of Outreach, consultor for the Dicastery for Communication, author of "Come Forth."
https://linktr.ee/jamesmartinsj
Prof Janina Ramirez @drjaninaramirez.bsky.social Oxford historian, best-selling writer fiction & non-fiction, documentary maker, cat lover, vegetable grower, unrelenting optimist. https://lnk.to/LegendaPB
@faisalislam.bsky.social @faisalislam.bsky.social
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
Ian J Mobsby @ianjmobsby.bsky.social Lefty-european, contemplative, christian, dr in theology, writer, speaker, anglican, missioner, Brit in Canada
Jamie MacDougall Art and Music.. @jamieart2708.bsky.social Artist, scottish independence, singer of soulful songs, occasional poet, animal lover, pescetarian, left of centre and all round good egg....
Not a fan of idiots and scammers..
My blocked list is expanding.
Buseum @buseum.bsky.social
Timothy Bartel @t-w-bartel.bsky.social D.Phil. Oxon. (Theology). Organiser, Shotover Wildlife. Volunteer, Oxford City Farm. Activist, Christian Climate Action. Ahl al-Kitab. Either neo-liberalism goes, or this planet does.
Ian Ebbage @ianebbage.bsky.social The Ancient World & more recent history. Mosaics. And, of course, birds.
East Lothian.
Sonia Sodha @sonia-sodha.bsky.social Columnist & broadcaster. Presenting for BBC Radio 4, news reviews for This Morning & Sky News. Highly commended/shortlisted Society of Editors' Commentator of the Year 2023 & 2024.
soniasodha.com
Gerry Hassan @gerryhassan.bsky.social Writer commentator academic. Books Editor, Bella Caledonia; Co-founder Kirkcudbright Fringe Festival; Co-editor, 'Britain Needs Change: The Politics of Hope & Labour's Challenge', pub. Nov. 28 2024.
Dodgyvictorians @dodgyvictorians.bsky.social Rosemary Vey Jacqueline Hannah. Writer, historian (biographer of 3rd Marquess of Bute, mid to late Victorian currently interested in farming in 1860s East Ayrshire where I live), goat keeper. Cis, her/she. Bi. Married to @Chalcedonyvark.bsky.social
@davidgauke @davidgauke.bsky.social Recovering politician, writes columns, editor of The Case For The Centre Right.
Pippa Crerar @pippacrerar.bsky.social Political Editor, The Guardian
https://www.theguardian.com/profile/pippacrerar
Mark 🏴🏳🌈 @bolshevikbear.bsky.social The bear, redux. Just in time for Christmas.
Law grad: intel analyst to pay the bills. OU '26. Likes lectionaries and old prayerbooks. #FaithfullyLGBT. Working my way through life with ennui.
(I'm not a bolshevik. It's an old joke about a hat...) 🏳️🌈⚓♾️
Timothy Snyder @timothysnyder.bsky.social Temerty Professor of Modern European History, Munk School, University of Toronto; Permanent Fellow, IWM Vienna; Emeritus Levin Professor, Yale. Author of "On Freedom," "On Tyranny," "Our Malady," "Road to Unfreedom," "Black Earth," and "Bloodlands"
Christopher Steele @christophersteele.bsky.social Director Orbis Intelligence | Former British Crown Servant | Intelligence Professional | Russia Specialist |
Joel Pierce @joelpierce.bsky.social Theologian and ethicist in Scotland. Minister's husband. Baker. Librarian.
Fountainbridge @fountainbridge1.bsky.social Council pavement policy is opposite from Council actions
Helene von Bismarck @helenebismarck.bsky.social Historian and Writer, Anglophile and European. Dr. Phil. FRHistS. Senior Associate Fellow, RUSI.
All views strictly my own.
Author FANTASTIC KINGDOM John Murray 2026. www.helenevonbismarck.com
Rachel Mann @revrachelmann.bsky.social Priest. Poet. Writer. Broadcaster. Trans. Tired. Disabled. Autistic. (Private Passions: Military History, Austen, Golden Age Detective Fiction) T.S. Eliot Prize Shortlisted 2024
Retired Archdeacon
16 books. www.rachelmann.co.uk
Secret Edinburgh @secretedinburgh.bsky.social Underemployed flâneuse sharing info about #Edinburgh beyond the castle ie overlooked, neglected, underappreciated, everyday & mundane treasures inc
- Graveyards
- Guerrilla Gardens
- Street Art
- Indie Retail
- Hidden Gems
she/her
Neil Manthorpe @neildm63.bsky.social Trying to be a better ally - progressive Christian - birder - railway geek - among other things
Charlie Bell @charliebelllive.bsky.social priest, psychiatrist. he/him. devotee of John XXIII.
Oldmachar Church @oldmacharchurch.bsky.social A welcoming, inclusive Christian community, sharing the gospel of Jesus Christ in Bridge of Don, Aberdeen, Scotland ✝️🏳️🌈 https://linktr.ee/oldmacharchurch?utm_source=linktree_profile_share<sid=0cce1c0a-cc5c-443 All are welcome and all belong.
Helen Day @lbflyawayhome.bsky.social Devoted to vintage Ladybird books and the other work of their artists. My exhibition The Wonderful World of the Ladybird Artists has been travelling since 2018. Twitter: @lbflyawayhome
Prof Bob Davis @rokewood.bsky.social Prof of Religious & Cultural Education, University of Glasgow. Chair of Philosophy of Education Soc. Religion, Myth, Arts, Humanities, Music, Education, football, birds. We’ve 3 sons—‘the crow makes wing to the rooky wood’—all posts etc personal
@amateursewer.bsky.social @amateursewer.bsky.social
Bishop John Armes @bishopjohnarmes.bsky.social This is an archive of an account used by the Rt Revd Dr John Armes while Bishop of Edinburgh (2012-2025) in the Scottish Episcopal Church (@scottishepiscopal.bsky.social).