Plashing Vole @plashingvole.bsky.social Mild-mannered lecturer by day…mild-mannered lecturer by night. Welsh lit, politicians’ fictions. Fencer, cyclist, UCU. Dysgwr Cymraeg; tá gaeilge agam. Barnau fy hun.
Read books; join unions; block cookies.
University of Mordor.
Willow @willow-knowes.bsky.social Fond of coffee, getting lost, water, learning stuff, music, art, and books 📚 ♥️
...when it is quite clearly Ocean
Matt Howden @matthowden.wsocial.eu Musical artist. Disturbed by the Modern Age, but has a violin called Kev who loves it.
Catherine Fletcher @catherinefletcher.info Writing history, usually in Manchester, when possible in Italy. 'Renaissance skulduggery' - The Guardian. THE FIREARM REVOLUTION out now. Previous books include THE BEAUTY AND THE TERROR; ROADS TO ROME.
Cats of Yore @catsofyore.bsky.social Hi! I’m Molly Hodgdon. I live in Vermont with my beautiful FIV+ cats Francie and Marcel. Banner photo by W. Eugene Smith. Profile pic is a postcard from my collection mailed 1908.
Not a bot. Not selling anything. Just a keeper of forgotten cats.
CERN @cern.bsky.social CERN is the European laboratory for particle physics, home to the Large Hadron Collider.
linktr.ee/CERN_official
Musée Carnavalet - Histoire de Paris @museecarnavalet.bsky.social Le musée de l'histoire de #Paris, de la Préhistoire à nos jours.
Kate North @curatorkate.bsky.social Heritage & conservation professional & enthusiast, usually found exploring old places 😃
Curator of Properties for English Heritage, & freelance heritage consultant.
Studying p/t for PhD in lime finishes.
Jonathan Hatfull @jonathanhatfull.bsky.social Former professional writer on film/TV/books, now just talking about them and my cat whenever someone lets me. Horror person. Half of Dundee’s Bizarro Video Club, Minnesota Wild fan, writing things. He/him
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 🧑💻
Folk London magazine @folklondon.co.uk Features, reviews and listings for folk and roots music in and around London. Contributions and review CDs welcome – see http://folklondon.co.uk
James Barr @jamesbarr.bsky.social I write history. Last book: LORDS OF THE DESERT; before that: A LINE IN THE SAND. In the seventh year of my four year project, THE ARENA.
More at/contact me via https://www.historythatmatters.org
Currently reading Geoff Dyer / Homework
Jenn Scott @jennscott1485.bsky.social Historian, writer, re-enactor. Interested in Scots clothing and sometimes battles from 1450-1750.
https://www.helion.co.uk/military-history-books/the-men-of-warre-the-clothes-weapons-and-accoutrements-of-the-scots-at-war-1460-1600.php
@ertruitt.bsky.social @ertruitt.bsky.social she/they • professor • person • MEDIEVAL ROBOTS & NECESSARY INVENTIONS (coming out soon)
Robots & AI • Roger Bacon • Medieval Science • Medievalisms • “Unbearably scholarly”
Florian Louis @florianlouis.bsky.social Historien.
Veille bibliographique.
Chris and his farmily of forever farm friends @caenhillcc.bsky.social Caenhill countryside centre, a charity supporting young people & rescuing animals in the south west of England. My name is Chris (Quish) I work with artist Caroline, singer Kirsty Clinch, Lorna, Kate & daughter Kara https://www.caenhillcc.org.uk/support/
For the Love of Missy @missybbbobtail.bsky.social 11 year old American Bobtail rescue who fought lymphoma bravely. Her family will continue to raise money for rescues and to try to help cats and pups find their forever homes
Chloe Fairbanks @fairbanc.bsky.social Early modernist. Leverhulme Early Career Fellow at Coventry University. Honorary Research Fellow at the Centre for the Study of the Renaissance, University of Warwick. Views own. She/her.
@meloniesch.bsky.social @meloniesch.bsky.social 
Rosemary Griggs @ragriggsauthor.bsky.social Author and speaker who spends a lot of time in the sixteenth century. I make and wear historical clothing. Love old buildings , churches, needlework and Devon. Ever hopeful gardener #history #tudor #HistoricalFiction #devon #Books #needlework 🪡✍️🌱📚
Birds Are Dinosaurs @birdsaredinosaurs.bsky.social "Thou shalt not make a machine in the likeness of a human mind."
🦢=🦖 She/her
Emoji Aquarium @emojiaquarium.bsky.social Every few hours I show you a tiny aquarium with interesting fish. Please do not tap the glass.
By @JoeSondow.bsky.social
Paintings of London @paintingsoflondon.bsky.social London depicted by artists past and present.
“By seeing London, I have seen as much of life as the world can show.” Samuel Johnson.
Curated by @jamadden.bsky.social
https://linktr.ee/paintingsoflondon
Gil Durán @gilduran.com California writer. Ida Tarbell stan.
Author: NYT Bestselling “The Nerd Reich: Silicon Valley Fascism and the War on Democracy.” https://www.simonandschuster.com/books/The-Nerd-Reich/Gil-Duran/9781668221402
Newsletter: http://www.thenerdreich.com
morrismummer @morrismummer.bsky.social History, folklore, music, archaeology, books, Guardian reader. Castle botherer and humanist church crawler. Retired railwayman. Morris dancer and Mummers player. And trees. Lots of trees.
The International Society for the Study of Egyptomania @issegyptomania.bsky.social The International Society for the Study of #Egyptomania. ISSE is dedicated to the ethical study and research of the historic & modern day fascination with Egypt
Issegyptomania.com
Robin James @robinjames.bsky.social editor & scholar. Pop music, gender, philosophy. Books: GOOD VIBES ONLY; THE FUTURE OF ROCK & ROLL; THE SONIC EPISTEME; RESILIENCE & MELANCHOLY. Writing a 33 1/3 on The Breeders. Bylines all over, views could only be mine lol. its-her-factory.com
Matthew J Kuiper @matthewjkuiper.bsky.social Religion Prof. Islam, South Asia, Middle East. Fascinated by religious actors & movements in modernity. Two books on Islamic da'wa (mission, propagation). Other words in sundry other places. Opinions my own; not speaking for my employer.
13.1🏃🏼♂️✅, 26.2🏃♂️✅
Pauline Stafford @pstafford.bsky.social Historian of early Middle Ages, Grandmother, Leftwing, Labour, Leeds, British, European. Emerita Prof University of Liverpool
Continuo Connect @continuoconnect.bsky.social 𝗗𝗜𝗦𝗖𝗢𝗩𝗘𝗥 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗪𝗢𝗥𝗟𝗗 𝗢𝗙 𝗘𝗔𝗥𝗟𝗬 𝗠𝗨𝗦𝗜𝗖
🎻 Event listings | festivals | artists | features
💡 A Continuo Foundation initiative
🔗 https://www.continuoconnect.com
Liz Hanks @lizhankscello.bsky.social Cellist + composer, debut album ‘Land’ out now on Hudson Records. Touring with Cara Dillon and Martin Simpson / co-director Up North Session Orchestra / remote cello sessions
Mappa Dan @mappadan.bsky.social Archaic maps and mappae mundi, reconstructions and snaps people have taken of them, and my own redrawings. Mostly.
Hugo Burge Foundation @hugobfoundation.bsky.social An arts charity based in the Scottish Borders dedicated to supporting and inspiring creativity in everyone. 
Picard Tips @picardtips.bsky.social Wishing for a thing does not make it so.
By @JoeSondow.bsky.social
Julian Thomas @julianthomas2.bsky.social Archaeologist, works on the Neolithic and archaeological theory. Keen on music, novels, modern art, politics, philosophy and travel.
Dr Wendy Morrison @hillfortian.bsky.social Director of CHAP CIC; prehistorian, flyfisher, ferroequinologist. Jack of some trades, master of none. FSA
Opinions are all my own...
www.heritageCHAP.co.uk
Paul Whitewick @paulwhitewick.bsky.social I make videos about landscape history and.... stuff. (He/him). http://youtube.com/pwhitewick1
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.
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 🏳️🌈
Ursula K. Le Guin @ursulakleguin.com Ursula K. Le Guin (1929-2018) was a celebrated author of novels, children’s books, poetry and essays. This account is managed by her estate.
https://www.ursulakleguin.com/
Pigeon Mornings @pigeon-mornings.bsky.social The pigeons of my garden
Wil Eelsing @wileelsing.bsky.social Dutch. History, lit, art and animal lover, especially cats.
Not particularly woke, just a decent upbringing which apparently is the same as woke.
This is my DetoX space. No DMs.
@madden1826.bsky.social @madden1826.bsky.social 
Count Binface @countbinface.bsky.social Space politician. ‘’Face of the Establishment’. Sane.
Miranda Rainbow @mirandarainbow.bsky.social Doctoral researcher at the Institute of English Studies and the British Museum.
I work on the Bayeux Tapestry, 11th century English embroidery and also its reception in the 19th century.
Jon Carling @joncarling.bsky.social Pen & Pencil
www.joncarling.com
Cat Gower @catherinegower.bsky.social PhD student at Nottingham Trent University. Genealogical chronicles under Henry VI. 15thC history, cats, crochet and now roller derby. (she/they)
Dr Ellie Mackin Roberts @elliemackinroberts.net I play running. Historian of Ancient Greek religion. Amateur sewist. Free Palestine. #ActuallyAutistic. 🏳️🌈 🇦🇺in🇬🇧: Immigrant, not expat.
https://www.elliemackinroberts.net/links.html
Jeremy C. Shipp @jeremycshipp.bsky.social Bram Stoker and Shirley Jackson Award nominated author of THE MERRY DREDGERS and BEDFELLOW and THE ATROCITIES. FAMILIAR out now! Fabric artist. Butler for cats. They/them
https://jeremycreature.bigcartel.com/
https://www.patreon.com/jeremycreature
Open Culture @openculture.bsky.social A culture and education website that tries to make the web a more intelligent place. Features free courses, movies, audio books, ebooks & thought-provoking daily posts.
Find us at: https://www.openculture.com/
Mike Flaherty @mflah.bsky.social The Boy With The Greyhound Tattoo
Save Ferric Fanzine
∆ North Wales ∆
www.mikeflaherty.co.uk
Music • Cassettes • Animals • Tea
Le peuple des mots @lepeupledesmots.bsky.social 📚 ✍️ 🎨 Le peuple des mots rassemble toutes et tous les passionnés des mots à travers le monde : #écriture #lecture et #art vous attendent. Rejoignez-nous, c’est totalement gratuit : https://lepeupledesmots.com/
Centre for the History of People, Place & Community @chppc.bsky.social Based in @ihr.bsky.social, @sasnews.bsky.social. Engaged, outward-facing and co-produced research into place and history: rural to urban & parish to metropolis. Home to Victoria County History & Layers of London. Posts by team.
HG2G Scrapbook @hg2g-scrapbook.bsky.social Cover Art, newsclippings and really wild things from every version of The Hitchhiker's Guide To the Galaxy since 1978. Share and enjoy!
Durba Mitra @durba.bsky.social Author of Indian Sex Life (Princeton University Press, 2020) &
The Future That Was: A History of Third World Feminism Against Authoritarianism (Princeton University Press, 2026). writing gender history in the time of gender ideology.
Josh Mayfield @bean525.bsky.social Hey, I'm Josh, and among other things, I made the Star Trek Title Generator at trek.epicrandomness.com, and I run the Trans Rights Screenshot Generator.
Be excellent to each other!
Drivelsieve @drivelsieve.bsky.social I once put a stick in a non-stick pan
https://www.youtube.com/@drivelsieve
Dr Matt Pope @mattpope.bsky.social Archaeologist & Associate Professor in Palaeolithic Archaeology at UCL, where we run the PaPa MSc programme.
Researching Neanderthal archaeology in La Mancheland & Western Doggerland, from Boxgrove to La Cotte.
Provide Geoarch expertise to ASE.
He/Him 🏺
Will Clement @historywill.bsky.social Historian of Modern Europe
| poverty & inequality, centre & periphery, health & housing in c19 France🏠🏚️🇫🇷 | Tired dad | posts represent my views | He/him
https://research.manchester.ac.uk/en/persons/will-clement
Odd This Day @oddthisday.bsky.social Chris Coates, purveyor of niche drivel: https://substack.com/@oddthisday
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/
Musée des Arts et Métiers @museeartsetmetiers.bsky.social Bienvenue sur le compte officiel du Musée des Arts et Métiers
BnF - Bibliothèque nationale de France @labnf.bsky.social L'actualité de la Bibliothèque nationale de France : salles de lecture, collections, agenda culturel, expos et musée sur le site Richelieu.
www.bnf.fr
Stephen Johnston @stephenaj.bsky.social Curator Emeritus at Oxford's History of Science Museum, with interests in instruments and material culture. Current research focus on armillary spheres and astrolabes in medieval Europe. (Disclaimer: focus known to wander.)
Anthony Majanlahti @anthonymajanlahti.bsky.social Historian living in Rome. 🏳️🌈 Author of "The Families who Made Rome, a history and a guide" (Chatto, 2004). Currently writing a single-volume urban history of Rome for OUP.
Only by knowledge of history can we know our context. Plus, it's fun!
Julia Hillner @writinghelena.bsky.social Writing about imperial women to understand late antiquity:
history - ideology - dynasty - violence - agency - memory
And about: crime, punishment, imprisonment, prosopography, namelessness, digital humanities, and 👆 THE CITY OF ROME
@dependencybonn.de
Emmaeli @emmaelie.bsky.social The more clearly we can focus our attention on the wonders and realities of the universe about us the less taste we shall have for destruction. - Rachel Carson 🌿 she/her
Gerhard Richter (Lake, 1997) #sober
don't post the monster's image
Skulls and Sheets @skullsandsheets.bsky.social I am the flogger of undead horses. Specifically Welsh, undead, yuletide ones that eat cake, toast and cider. Otherwise known as the mari lwyd! Everyone is welcome here!
Alice Marples @alicemarples.bsky.social Research & Postgraduate Development Manager @britishlibrary.bsky.social. Historian of early modern science, communication & collections. She/her with 'Big North Energy'. Very personal.
Subcommander Tal @subcommandertal.bsky.social Mostly here to riff on Original Series Star Trek.
AskHistorians @askhistorians.bsky.social Answers about history, from historians | Biweekly podcast | "Good history eggs on the internet"| Ask questions at https://www.reddit.com/r/AskHistorians/
@crusadinghistory.bsky.social @crusadinghistory.bsky.social 
Queen Mary University of London @qmul.bsky.social Queen Mary University of London is one of the UK's leading research universities, a place where difference leads to greatness.
Archaeologists Against Apartheid and Genocide @archagainstaparth.bsky.social An international and decentralised organisation of archaeologists committed to taking action against apartheid worldwide.
Open letter to EAA: https://forms.gle/En38n5ccH4YHjFjY7
https://linktr.ee/archaeosagainstapartheid
Mic Wright @brokenbottleboy.bsky.social I write and report things, and I have a newsletter that some people like. “Do you know what the sad part is…? I’m a very good tailor.” brokenbottleboy.substack.com
Dr Kathleen Cronie @kathleencronie.bsky.social Singing teacher & Choral Conductor (PhD)
Singing Through and Beyond Menopause - Lead
Gender affirming voice coach
Loud & Proud, Scotland's First LGBTQ+ Choir - MD
Gàidhlig 🏴
https://linktr.ee/kathleencronie
www.kathleencronie.com
The Dobson Family and Colin the Dalek @dobbersw.bsky.social A Doctor Who obsessive, his long-suffering wife, their sons and our House Dalek, Colin.
None of our Dalek/family photos use AI
Victorian Turkish Baths @victurk.bsky.social Malcolm Shifrin FRHistS—"Victorian Turkish Baths": 'a major act of historical recovery', 'readable', 'scholarly', 'something in it for everyone'. Profusely illustrated. worldcat.org/title/931082056. Complementary website http://www.victorianturkishbath.org
Admirable Women @admirablewomen.bsky.social Celebrating admirable women and girls (historical & contemporary). Their courage, resilience, perseverance, triumphs. Highlighting "firsts." Raising awareness of injustices and our struggles, obstacles, erasure, and more. #WomenInSTEM & in everything else!
David Bryant @23daves.bsky.social "I don't mean half the things I say/ So just ignore the half that you don't like"
All views expressed are personal, not those of my employer.
Writer of "Everybody's Number 1 to Someone", about NME Indie Chart toppers: https://indienumber1s.blogspot.com
Independent Historians Network (UK) @indyhistnetwork.bsky.social Set up by Emma Bastin, Lucy Jane Santos, Karen Averby and Kathryn Ferry the Independent Historians Network is for exactly what the name suggests! A network for those historians working outside academia. Join up now.
https://independenthistorians.org
Ted Vallance @tedvallance.bsky.social Historian writing a book about regicide. Occasional and enthusiastic scuba diver and guitar player. Accomplished chef. Personal account, own views etc. https://pure.roehampton.ac.uk/portal/en/persons/ted-vallance
Retro Dream @retrodream.bsky.social Artistic Shots of Retro Computers and Games. Only Real Stuff, No Emulation. Apple, Atari, Commodore, PC-DOS, MSX, Nintendo, Sega... https://youtube.com/c/RetroDream
Freedom Press @freedompress.bsky.social Britain's oldest anarchist publication and bookshop, founded in 1886. Occasionally disreputable.
freedomnews.org.uk for news, freedompress.org.uk for books
editor@ or shop@freedompress.org.uk to contact
https://linktr.ee/f_p
Carnyx Press @carnyxpress.co.uk Northern speculative fiction micropress • Northumberland, UK • Human made • Our first anthology: carnyxpress.co.uk/products/oaths-and-offerings
—>realhackhistory.org @bsky.realhackhistory.org O͖̺͊̕͡ͅfficial bluesky for realhackhistory YouTube channel & blog, skeeting the #history of phreaks, #hacking & #hacktivism as well as portrayal of hackers in media. I do some threat intel & OSINT. No AI used. Hobbyist #skystorian.
https://realhackhistory.org/
Mythical Britain @mythicalbritain.bsky.social Michael Smith. Author, printmaker, translator & illustrator of medieval romances. Whimsy, art. Published by Wilton Square Books. PhD research University of York. Follows the Blackburn Rovers. All photos mine unless on shared posts www.mythicalbritain.co.uk
Mayhem Film Festival @mayhemfilmfestival.bsky.social 15-18 October 2026
Horror, Sci-Fi and Cult Film Festival based at Broadway Cinema in Nottingham, UK.
Dr. Holly Walters @manigarm.bsky.social Anthropologist 👣 • Ethnographer of Shaligrams 🐚 and Robot Religion 🤖 • Novelist of "The Way By" 🦄 • TTRPG Storyteller ✨ • (Genderqueer 🤷♀️ She/They)
https://ko-fi.com/manigarm
The Crusader Project @crusaderproject.bsky.social “Breaking Rommel” is now available for purchase.
“That's an impressive array of sources, but what are your credentials?"
Long-running research project on the desert war 1940-43, with a specific focus on Operation CRUSADER.
www.rommelsriposte.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
Mark Walters @mark-walters.bsky.social Archaeologist in Wales, UK. Into: Sound & Music, Photography, Botany, Birds, Dragonflies, Palaeontology, Astronomy, Art, Ancient History, Numismatics, Gaming, Border Collies & walks in the hills
Carin Ruff @carinr.bsky.social Medievalist, Latinist, paleographer, Episcopalian, with novel in progress. DC-based, with beagle. Web: ruffnotes.org
Cover image is from the Reichenau Gospels, Walters Art Museum MS W7 fol. 7r.
Dominik Waßenhoven @domwass.bsky.social Historian (Early Medieval) ❧ Bishops ❧ Church History ❧ Female Power ❧ England ❧ Scandinavia ❧ ‘Germany’ ❧ University of Cologne ❧ @fobim.bsky.social ❧ @hist4dem.bsky.social ❧ Header: Bamberg Msc.Lit.53, fol.2v ❧ opinions my own ❧ he/him
Isabelle Marie @isabellemarie.bsky.social #Histoire et #Archéologie
#Géographie, #Cartographie et #Urbanisme
#SciencesHumaines #Environnement
#Art, #Patrimoine et #Expositions #SFFF
Compte Instagram : https://www.instagram.com/isabelle.marie.75/
Daily Tom Baker @dailytombaker.bsky.social Daily pictures and some clips of the iconic actor known as Tom Baker! :D
The Black Country Dying Museum @bcdyingmuseum.bsky.social The BCDM is a virtual museum enjoying history, art and the natural world in the Midlands . All photos by the BCDM.
http://thebcdyingmuseum.blog
Trekmods (Jody Leroy) @trekmods.bsky.social Artist, and Trek enthusiast trying to see everything Trek. https://linktr.ee/Trekmods https://youtube.com/@trekmods?si=Lx0iXaPJNhzfuG8a
Animation Obsessive @ani-obsessive.bsky.social Animation tidbits from around the world, including rare and underappreciated material you won't find elsewhere.
Newsletter: http://animationobsessive.substack.com
The Daily Titanic @titanic1912.bsky.social My name's Paul and I've been studying and researching the Titanic for over 40 years. My website is http://www.paullee.com/titanic
If you like my work and would like to help fund future research, please buy me a coffee: www.buymeacoffee.com/drpaullee