Lucy Razzall @lucyrazzall.bsky.social Collections Research at The National Archives, UK
PI, AHRC-funded project *The Many Lives of Cardboard* (2026-27)
literature, material culture, book history, textiles
views my own
Freya Marshall Payne @fmarshallpayne.bsky.social Orwell Prize-winning writer and DPhil researching women's homelessness at Oxford. I am especially interested in oral history and life-writing. I've written for the TLS, Guardian, Prospect etc | she/her
Jane Winters @jfwinters.bsky.social Professor of Digital Humanities,
School of Advanced Study, University of London. From medieval history to web archives, with some stops on the way. Own views.
Michael Eades @drmichaeleades.bsky.social Head of Civic Engagement at Goldsmiths, University of London. Cities, engagement, art, nature, surrealism. Research as practice. Writer and walker www.michaeleades.net
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/
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.
Carry van Lieshout @clieshout.bsky.social Historical geographer @ open university
water, maps, women, mining #envhist #econhist #bizhist
all views my own
Jane Hamlett @janehamlett.bsky.social Professor of Modern British History at RHUL. Research interests: family, home, material and visual culture, mental health and animals. Also keen on catsโฆ
Andrea Kaston Tange @aktange.bsky.social Victorianist & lit professor, gardener, lover of quirky details. Writing sporadically at https://andreakastontange.com
Helen Antrobus @helenantro.bsky.social ๐ Curator & historian working for a big conservation charity, nattering about 20th c women, political and landscape histories (sometimes all at once).
๐ง Presenter and giddy kipper of #BackWhen, the National Trust's history pod: https://shorturl.b
Michelle Staff @michellestaff.bsky.social Feminist historian | Online + outreach manager @ausdictionarybiog.bsky.social | Hazel Rowley Literary Fellow 2025 @writersvictoria.bsky.social | Co-convenor @auswhn.bsky.social | on Ngunnawal/Ngambri land | she/her
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HerStory Maps @herstorymaps.bsky.social NEW WEBSITE LAUNCHING IN 2026
A citizen-science project based at Aix-Marseille Universitรฉ: help us map sites of feminist memory around the world!
https://framacarte.org/fr/map/sites-of-suffrage-memory-a-herstory-maps-project_82076#2/-21.1/130.8
Bloomsbury History @bloomsburyhist.bsky.social Publishing the latest research and news on all aspects and periods of history.
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Dinah Roe @preraphsrule.bsky.social C19th literature. Victorian Poetry. Pre-Raphaelitism. Caregiving / Care. Editing Complete Poems of Christina Rossetti (Longman). Visit the Poetry By Carers project website https://carerspoetry.org/ for poems by caregivers.
Rochelle Rowe @drrochellerowe.bsky.social Author & historian of race, gender, beauty & performance.
Lectures in Black British History at University of Edinburgh
Book: Imagining Caribbean Womanhood: race, nation and beauty competitions
agent: @WatsonLittle
Dr Jenny Woodley @jennywoodley.bsky.social Historian and Lecturer. US History. Race and Memory. Current project: Mourning at the Museum
Dr Katy Barrett FSA @spoonsontrays.bsky.social Deputy Chief Curator & Head of Engagement @UKParliament. Vice Chair of Trustees @OldOpTheatre. #histArt #histSci #sciart. Keeper #MuseumofShadows All opinions my own.
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Vicky Mills @drvickymills.bsky.social Senior Lecturer in Victorian Literature and Culture, Birkbeck, University of London.
London and Cambridge
drvickymills.com
Dr Anna Jamieson @annafranjam.bsky.social Historian. 18/19C women, material culture, mental illness. British Academy Postdoctoral Fellow. University of Birmingham. Book on asylum tourism forthcoming with Manchester University Press. She/Her #womenshist #histpsych #medhum
@nataliethomlinson.bsky.social @nataliethomlinson.bsky.social Historian of gender and feminism in modern Britain; Associate Prof at the University of Reading
James @stroudwater.bsky.social Historical archaeologist, historic preservation, South Carolina
Peter Yeandle @peteryeandle.bsky.social Historian of 19/20thC British history, working on cultural histories of war and empire.
Charlotte Wildman @drcharlottewildman.bsky.social Historian of Modern Britain: cities, especially Liverpool and Manchester, gender and class
INCSA @incsa.bsky.social The International Nineteenth-Century Studies Association (INCSA) is a professional society of scholars from around the globe. #INCSA |
CNCSI Partner | https://linktr.ee/IN_CSA
Helen Esfandiary @helenesfandiary.bsky.social Historian of early modern & long c18th Britain. Bodies, sex, gender, medicine, motherhood & domestic knowledge. Lecturer, Uni of Herts. IHR Fellow. Lead Convenor of IHR seminars: Life-Cycles & British History in the Long c18th. Book forthcoming with MUP.
Emily Brand @emilybrand.bsky.social Historian of the long 18thC, editor, genealogist.
๐ Book: The Fall of the House of Byron
๐ Writing about: Marie Antoinetteโs ladies
Oliver House @oliverhouse.bsky.social Roving Archivist @senatehouselib.bsky.social
Formerly Superintendent, Special Collections Reading Rooms @bodleian.ox.ac.uk
Opinions mine
Petra_Broyl @petra-b.bsky.social Dutch, historian, lecturer HRM. Books, Running, Cycling.
Jimmy James West @ejwestuk.bsky.social I write about media, race, rights, Chicago, other stuff. History prof at UCL. Author of 5 books of varying quality. I like fixed gear bikes and being outside.
Women's History Review @womenshistoryrev.bsky.social This is the official Bluesky account of the Women's History Review journal published by Taylor and Francis
Lily Crowther @lilcrowther.bsky.social Historian, curator, museum trustee, Yiddishe mama.
Museums, craft, design, architecture, making, teaching with objects.
Caroline Arscott @carscott.bsky.social Art historian, Courtauld Emeritus Professor. Victorian art. Botany, physiology, physics, communications technology and Victorian aesthetics. Whistler, Poynter, Moore, Burne-Jones and William Morris.
Urban History @urbanhistory.bsky.social Urban History features articles covering social, economic, political and cultural aspects of the history of towns and cities. We're worldwide in scope.
๐ https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/urban-history
Clare Hickman @drhick.bsky.social Environmental & medical historian at Newcastle University - hospitals, gardens, landscapes, senses, inclusive interpretation, story teller.
Ben Jackson @benltjackson.bsky.social Historian of 18C Britain | British Academy postdoc 'The Georgian Clergyman' at the John Rylands Research Institute UoM | 'Material Masculinities: Men and Goods in Eighteenth-Century England' out now: https://manchesteruniversitypress.co.uk/9781526180605/
Prof Tracey Hill @tracelarkhall.bsky.social Sweary prof, iconoclast, and non-league football nut (Larkhall Athletic FC ๐). Lives in early modern London; citizen & Founder. Bossed by cats. I mean it about the swearing ๐คฌ
The Church of England @churchofengland.org We're a Christian presence in every community across England and in Europe. Learn more about the work we do from churches, cathedrals and Christian communities.
Royal Geographical Society (with IBG) @rgs.org We are the UKโs learned society and professional body for geography, supporting geography and geographers across the world.
Waterstones @waterstones.bsky.social All about the books
Bloomsbury Books UK @bloomsburybooksuk.bsky.social We make books! An independent publishing house with authors who have won the Nobel, Pulitzer and Booker Prizes. โจ๐
British Library @britishlibrary.bsky.social Weโre the national library of the UK.
Nosy Crow | Children's Books @nosycrow.bsky.social Award-winning children's books
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Stanfords Travel @stanfordstravel.bsky.social The world's largest independent Map and Travel Bookshop. In love with adventure, since 1853.
Current Archaeology @currentarchaeology.bsky.social The UK's favourite archaeology magazine. Tweets by Editor Carly and team.
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Gargoyle Press @gargoylepress.bsky.social Gargoyle Press. Supporting the heritage and conservation sector with clear, reliable and well-crafted marketing and publishing services.
Ruth Baker @profruthbaker.bsky.social Professor of Applied Mathematics, doing research in cell and developmental biology. Trying hard to balance academic and family life ๐ณ๏ธโ๐
Lucy Worsley @lucyworsley.bsky.social Hello! I'm Lucy, I'm a historian, I write books like biographies of Agatha Christie and present a VERY GOOD @BBCSounds podcast called #LadyKillers. For ages I was Chief Curator of Historic Royal Palaces, now an Ambassador for the charity.
Tim Harford @timharford.ft.com FT columnist, BBC journalist, author, host of Cautionary Tales, professional nerd.
Ashmolean Museum, Oxford @ashmoleanmuseum.bsky.social ๐ผ ๐บ World famous collections, from Egyptian mummies to contemporary art
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Dan Hicks @profdanhicks.bsky.social Museum Curator and Professor of Contemporary Archaeology, Oxford University โข Fellow of St Cross College, Oxford โข Tutor Art/Anthropology โข https://linktr.ee/danhicks
Corinne Fowler @corinnefowler.bsky.social Prof. of Colonialism & Heritage @ University of Leicester UK.
Penguin author of Our Island Stories. 10 Walks through Rural Britain & its Hidden History of Empire (2024) repd by. Emma Bal @ Madeleine Milburn agency.
@OnlyinBirmingham podcast
On Substack
National Trust @nationaltrust.org.uk All kinds of spaces. All sorts of feelings. All at the National Trust.
Jacqueline Riding @jacriding.bsky.social Film/TV historian; Art Newspaper Lit Ed; Heritage/Exhibition/Curatorial Consultant; Author #Jacobites #Peterloo #Hogarth SundayTimes ArtBook 2021 #HardStreets + Gainsborough & Reynolds: The Art of Rivalry in Georgian London 2027 https://linktr.ee/JacRiding
Historic Buildings & Places @hbap1924.bsky.social We champion historic buildings and places of all ages and all types and work to provide a sustainable future for them.
IHBC @ihbc.bsky.social The Institute Of Historic Building Conservation (IHBC) is a charity and professional accreditation body for the Historic Built Environment based in the United Kingdom.
Diocese of Oxford @oxforddiocese.bsky.social We are more than 1,000 churches, chaplaincies and schools called to be a more Christ-like Church.
@dioceseoflondon.bsky.social @dioceseoflondon.bsky.social
Caring for God's Acre @caringforgodsacre.bsky.social Caring for Godโs Acre works nationally to support groups and individuals to investigate and care for burial grounds
John Vigar FSA @johnevigar.bsky.social Ecclesiastical Historian. Arts Society Accredited Lecturer. Author of 20 books. Trustee of Francis Coales Charitable Foundation. Member of the Advisory Council of the Norfolk Churches Trust. Unashamedly woke. ๐ณ๏ธโ๐
Wigmore Hall @wigmore-hall.org.uk "The leading international home of chamber music" (The Times) ๐ซ
Find out more about us here โก๏ธ https://www.wigmore-hall.org.uk/
New College Oxford @newcollegeoxf.bsky.social Welcome to New College, University of Oxford. Take a little peek inside New College life!
Smith College Libraries @smithlibraries.bsky.social Smith College Libraries include Neilson Library, Hillyer Art Library, Josten Performing Arts Library, and Alumnae Gymnasium.
Petroc Trelawny @petroc.bsky.social Presenter BBC Radio 3, author of Trelawnyโs Cornwall.
Commonplace: the journal of early American life @commonplacejrnl.bsky.social Commonplace: the journal of early American life since 2000. Published by a partnership of the OIEAHC and AAS. Commonplace.online
LRB Bookshop @londonreviewbookshop.co.uk 20,000 titles across two floors in Bloomsbury, plus the best events in town.
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Justin Bengry @justinbengry.bsky.social Historian of Capitalism and the Pink Pound (he/him)
Writer | Speaker | Traveller
Editor: @historyworkshop.org.uk
Founder: @notchesblog.bsky.social
Convenor: @histsex.bsky.social
justinbengry.com
David Olusoga @davidolusoga.bsky.social British-Nigerian Historian - BAFTA Winning Producer/Presenter - Best Selling Author - AGENT cwalker@unitedagents.co.uk
Harare Review of Books @hararereview.com โ๐พ Jacqueline Nyathi, librocubicularist, friendly neighbourhood "You *Must* Read This" person.
https://hararereview.com
๐๐ @thecontinent.org, @strangehorizons.bsky.social etc
(Incidentally, also @shonatiger.hararereview.com)
The Society of Antiquaries of London @antiquaries.bsky.social In the heart of London, we are the centre of antiquarian learning, discovery & community. As a royal learned society, our Fellows have been inspiring scholarship, debate & research for over 300 years. Also own Kelmscott Manor, past home of William Morris.
Robert Macfarlane @robgmacfarlane.bsky.social Books: Is A River Alive? (May โ25), Underland, The Lost Words, The Old Ways etc | Films: River, Mountain, Upstream | Music: The Moon Also Rises, Lost In The Cedar Wood, etc
Nature, climate, people.
Prof at Cambridge.
https://linktr.ee/robmacfarlane
The Queen's College, Oxford @queenscollegeox.bsky.social A down-to-earth college with a mix of undergraduate and postgraduate students; part of Oxford University.
Marsha de Cordova @marshadecordova.bsky.social Labour MP for Battersea, Balham & Wandsworth
marsha.decordova.mp@parliament.uk
https://linktr.ee/marshadecordova1
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Andrew Rumsey @andrewrumsey.bsky.social Incoming Bishop of St Albans. C of E lead for built heritage, writer & musician.
Julia Walworth @juliawalworth.bsky.social Medievalist, book and library historian, lover of all libraries, Fellow Librarian at Merton College Oxford
Guildhall Library @guildhalllibrary.bsky.social The Library of London History.
https://www.cityoflondon.gov.uk/services/libraries/guildhall-library
Joanne Begiato @jbhist.bsky.social Prof of History & Material Culture Studies. Associate Dean for Research @lcflondon.bsky.social. The Victorian Hand Project funded by AHRC. Happily married to @medhistoryman.bsky.social
Roger Bowdler @bowdlerroger.bsky.social Loves a bit of #gravedigging. History of British Cemeteries co-written with Brent Elliott out in March 2026 Liverpool Univ Press
Journal of Victorian Culture @jofvictculture.bsky.social The Journal of Victorian Culture publishes #VictorianStudies articles. We also run JVC Online. We welcome articles & posts on any nineteenth-century topic.
Our linked articles: https://linktr.ee/elly.mccausland
Leonie Hannan @leoniehannan.bsky.social Teaches History/Public History at Queen's University Belfast. 18thC, gender and material culture.
Author of open access: A Culture of Curiosity: Science in the eighteenth-century home https://www.manchesterhive.com/display/9781526153050/9781526153050.xml
SAVE Britain's Heritage @savetoreuse.bsky.social New Life for Remarkable Buildings
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Victorian Web @victorianweb.bsky.social All things Victorian: linking scholarship, teaching, and learning since 1994
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
Charmian Mansell @charmianmansell.bsky.social Historian of work, gender, mobility and court records, 1500-1700.
Assistant Professor in Early Modern British History | University of Warwick
Royal Historical Society @royalhistsoc.org The Royal Historical Society is the UK's foremost society promoting the scholarly and professional study of the past. Our membership is an international community of 7000+ historians - please join us: https://royalhistsoc.org/
Coco Whittaker @cocowhittaker.bsky.social Heritage Consultant at Purcell | Shropshire born & Walthamstow based
Edwin Heathcote @edwinheathcote.bsky.social FT Architecture and Design critic. Author of โOn the Street: In-Between Architectureโ. Jeez. Another platform. @financialtimes.com
Yale University Press London ๐ @yalebooks.bsky.social Yale University Press in London https://yalebooks.co.uk/
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Matthew Lloyd Roberts @matthewlloydr.bsky.social writing about architecture
Hugh Pearman @hughpearman.bsky.social Writer and editor on architecture. Bit of a thing for industrial archaeology and historic modernism. Book "About Architecture: An Essential Guide in 55 Buildings" published by Yale.
Charles Holland @charlesjholland.bsky.social Architect
Professor at UCA, Canterbury
Principal at Charles Holland Architects
Women's History Network @womenshistnet.bsky.social Your go-to place for womenโs history!
The Womenโs History Network is an inclusive UK association for those passionate about womenโs & gender history. Also on LinkedIn.
Learn more about our values: https://womenshistorynetwork.org/about-page/
Emily Cole @emilyvcole.bsky.social Senior architectural historian at Historic England. Expert in early modern country houses, C20 pubs and various things in between. FSA. Book on the Woolwich Rotunda forthcoming. Own views.
Sonia Solicari @soniasolicari.bsky.social Director, Museum of the Home.
Trustee, Bethlem Gallery.
Crystal Palace local.
Steven Robb @stevenrobb.bsky.social Heritage watchdog. Interests in architecture, Edinburgh, inter-war social housing and obscure late Jacobite and nonjuring history. All views my own.
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
Institute of Historical Research @ihr.bsky.social The Institute of Historical Research is the UKโs national home for history. Supporting historians with digital resources, library, seminars & training
https://www.history.ac.uk/ Part of @sasnews.bsky.social
The Society of Architectural Historians of Great Britain @thesahgb.bsky.social Bringing together all those interested in the built environment's history.
All Periods, All Places, All Welcome.
www.sahgb.org.uk
The Victorian Society @thevicsoc.bsky.social The national charity campaigning for Victorian and Edwardian Built Heritage. Join us!
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Non-Governmental & Nonprofit Organization in England and Wales