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2000 AD Comics @2000ad.bsky.social The Galaxy's Greatest Comic - in orbit every Wednesday! 🛒 Shop: http://shop.2000ad.com 📰 Newsletter: http://2000ad.com/thrillmail 🔊 Podcast: http://2000ad.com/podcast
Rob Williams @robwilliams71.bsky.social Writer of stuff. Representation: Matthew Dench, @DenchArnold / Management: Sarah Arnott, @zerogravitymgmt
PJ Holden @pauljholden.com Comic Artist. Website: www.pauljholden.com Portfolio: www.pauljholden.com/portfolio Eisner & Harvey nominated webcomic: Terran Omega at www.pauljholden.com/patreon/?via=bskybio Absolutely no generative AI🚫 Contact: pjholden at gmail dot com /
Fraser Campbell @fraserc69.bsky.social Comic Writer - Alex Automatic, Nightmare Fuel, The Edge Off, House of Sweets, IND-XED, The Berg. Comics here: cabalcomics.bigcartel.com
Michael Molcher @molcher.bsky.social Eisner Award-winning author. History weirdo with @englishcivilwar.bsky.social Links: https://linktr.ee/molcher
Chloe "KLO-E" Maveal @cuntersthompson.bsky.social Co-host of the official 2000 AD podcast ◦ publisher of the Trash Humper zine ◦ professional deviant ◦ culture critic ◦ a real humdinger https://www.patreon.com/cw/TrashHumper dogwhistleprinting.bigcartel.com
Art Of Coop @artofcoop.bsky.social Artist, photographer ATX kicketh out thee jammes matriarch-fornicators! https://linktr.ee/artofcoop Photo account: https://bsky.app/profile/photosbycoop.bsky.social
The Ghost Monk @theghostmonk.bsky.social Enthusiast of British (mainly) ghostlore, folklore and vintage ghost and weird fiction. Collector of old magazines. Also keen on prehistoric monuments, old churches and suchlike. Am decidedly Q. All scans/photos my own (unless stated). Runs #SpookySunday
Untamed Earth @untamed.earth https://untamed.earth - a global map of magic, mayhem, witches, folklore, history, mystery and more!
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
All In The Telling - The Ghost Story Network @allinthetelling.bsky.social Shining a lantern on the finest ghost story performers. #ghoststories #gothic #horror #storytelling #folklore #folkhorror #weirdfiction
@ghoststoryfest.bsky.social @ghoststoryfest.bsky.social
Katie @katie-thecurator.bsky.social Curator and manager of a social history/ folk museum
Dr Dean Burnett @drdeanburnett.bsky.social "Top egghead neuroscientist" - The Daily Star Author, science communicator/pundit, former psychiatry lecturer, occasional wit, frazzled parent, balding The Idiot Brain 10 Year Anniversary Edition : https://amzn.eu/d/3GVTx02
British Online Archives (BOA) @boapublishing.bsky.social Our skilled team curate and digitise unique collections of primary sources that illuminate key historical concepts, events, and themes.
Vintage Obscura Radio @vintageobscura.net Listen to the station live here: http://vintageobscura.net All tracks are: - More than 25 years old - Have fewer than 30,000 views on YouTube - Curated by community reddit.com/r/vintageobscura
Artwalk Wakefield @artwalk-wakefield.bsky.social Artwalk Wakefield is a collaboration between artists and venues in Wakefield, West Yorkshire co-ordinated by a community led forum
KateW @kateweb.bsky.social Often found in front of a stage or a screen. Shed | Morveren | Play it by ear @BigTellyNI | @CriTheatre New Writing She/her
Beckatron @ridiculousrebecca.bsky.social *out of office response*
Alice Lowe @alicelowetime.bsky.social I'm looking at the big sky I'm looking at the big sky now I'm looking at the big sky You never understood me You never really tried
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.
Dan Schreiber @schreiberland.bsky.social Host of QI’s No Such Thing As A Fish / Author of The Theory Of Everything Else / co-founder of BBC’s The Museum of Curiosity UK TOUR: ‘This Changes Everything’ starts this October
World Bollard Association™️ @worldbollardassoc.bsky.social The official Bluesky account of the World Bollard Association™️. MERCH STORE - https://worldbollardassociation.team-togs.com/shop/storeorderform.php
@just-me123.bsky.social @just-me123.bsky.social Not really here to make original posts, but like reading and learning from others. Wildlife, gardening, the Great War of particular interest and maybe have a chuckle now and again.
Ilkley Manor House @ilkleymanorhouse.bsky.social Explore our museum, art gallery, & venue - a Grade I-listed manor atop Roman fort remains. Open for FREE on weekends, 11am-4pm. Find our events here: linktr.ee/ilkleymanorhouse
Museum of North Craven Life @ The Folly, Settle @thefollysettle.bsky.social 17th Century Grade 1 listed house in the Yorkshire Dales, with collections and galleries celebrating the fascinating tales of the people and landscape of North Craven.
Myth Monsters Podcast @mythmonsters.co.uk A bite sized look into the monsters of global folklore and mythology with Erin, a self-confessed, mythology nerd. On streaming platforms every Thursday! (she/her)
@merylwww.bsky.social @merylwww.bsky.social Playwright, singer, runner
Tim Bolton 🐿 | 🏹 Ranatuor of Meriadoc 💍 (He/Him) @timbolton.bsky.social 🧙‍♂️ Graduate in Art History, #Tolkien fan, explorer of new places and gamer. #LOTRO. Organiser of #TolkienTrewsday. Fan of #TROP #TheRingsOfPower 💍 Runs "The Gathering Hall" community RPG space 🎲 📗✍️ https://greenbookofthewhitedowns.blogspot.com/
Dr Amara Thornton @amalexathorn.bsky.social Historian of archaeology, Co-Investigator of Beyond Notability @beyondnotables.bsky.social, Co-Editor (with Dr Katy Soar), Strange Relics (Handheld Press, 2022). Website: https://www.amarathornton.com/; Agent: @agentbal.bsky.social @mmagency.bsky.social
Beyond Notability @beyondnotables.bsky.social an AHRC funded project (2021-2024) re-evaluating women's work in archaeology, history and heritage in Britain 1870-1950
Michael Rosen @michaelrosenyes.bsky.social Writer, performer, broadcaster, university professor Website: www.michaelrosen.co.uk YouTube Channel: 'Kids' Poems and Stories with Michael Rosen' Radio show: BBC Radio 4 'Word of Mouth' Goldsmiths University of London, Prof Children's Lit., teaching MA
Dr Claire Collins @medpreg.bsky.social Medievalist: pregnancy & childbirth / social history / medicine / magic / folklore | Work: @folkloresociety.bsky.social & @uniofreading.bsky.social | She/they |
Carolyne Larrington @profcarolyne.bsky.social medievalist, medievalism-is, lover of things Norse and northern. #author
Tabitha Stanmore @magicnotwitches.bsky.social Postdoc at Exeter Uni on the Seven County Witch Hunt Project 🧙‍♀️ Author of Cunning Folk: Life in the Era of Practical Magic ✨ First Gen 👩‍🎓 Cats 🐈‍⬛ Trees 🌳 Books 📚She/her https://linktr.ee/tabithastanmore
Katherine Langrish @kathlangrish.bsky.social I write children's & YA fantasy novels, and moonlight as a folklorist. I blog at https://steelthistles.blogspot.com/
The Max Planck Institute for Political and Social Science @mpips.bsky.social The Max Planck Institute for Political & Social Science examines urgent questions of conflict, inequality, democratic erosion & societal transformation – combining political science & sociology in an interdisciplinary framework. ips.mpg.de
The Warburg Institute @warburginstitute.bsky.social Image / Word / Orientation / Action The Warburg Institute is dedicated to the study of global cultural history and the role of images in society. https://warburg.sas.ac.uk/
Prof. Dimitra Fimi @dimitrafimi.bsky.social #Tolkien expert, Professor of #Fantasy and Children’s Literature at the University of Glasgow. Substack: https://dimitrafimi.substack.com Website: http://dimitrafimi.com
Mark O Pilkington @markopilkington.bsky.social Co-director / publisher at Strange Attractor Press. Author of 'Mirage Men' and 'Far Out' – still writing after all these years. Electronic music maker with Teleplasmiste, Luminous Foundation & others. Co-producer, Acid Horse micro music festival.
University College Cork @ucc.ie A world-leading research university, dedicated to securing a sustainable future for all. Find the latest research, news and events here.
Neil Philip @neilphilipmyth.bsky.social I post about folklore, mythology, poetry, children's literature, art, cats, nature and anything else that takes my fancy. Currently working on an absurdly over-ambitious "key to all mythologies", The Hidden Matrix for Unbound.
Lillis Ó Laoire @lillis.bsky.social Gaeilge, ceol, an saol mór.
Adam Grydehøj @grydehoj.com Geography, Folklore, Island Studies. Professor, South China University of Technology. Currently studying spatialisations of deity worship in Guangdong, which is absolutely a real job. Editor of 'Folk, Knowledge, Place'. https://grydehoj.com
WillowWinsham @willowwinsham.bsky.social Author and historian, specialising in witchcraft, folklore and cats. Co-founder of #FolkloreThursday The Story of Witches - Out Now https://bit.ly/3PNy8yC willowwinsham.com
CFRC-Folklore @cfrc-folklore.bsky.social Promoting and supporting research into folklore, vernacular traditions and cultural practices and performances, and expressions of communal identities across all disciplines at The University of Sheffield. Based in the Faculty of Arts and Humanities.
Ian Brodie @avulgarart.bsky.social Folklore daddy. Good at very few things. (he/him)
Ciarán Walsh @ciaranwalsh.bsky.social Artist | Arts Management * Germany & Ireland. Currently working for Bauhaus Dessau Foundation ciaranwalsh.studio
Mikel J Koven @drmikel.bsky.social Academic. Film lover. Folklorist. Pisces.
Tiber F.M. Falzett @ampiobaire.bsky.social Head of #Folklore | #Béaloideas @ UCD (e/sé/he). Co-Ed Folk Life. #Gàidhlig agam. #Bagpiping. #Birding. Ethnographies of communication, the more-than-human, natureculture, endangered languages. 🍁-ach thar lear ag baile san Oileán Epekwitk 🌊
Folkloristan @folkloristan.bsky.social Collecting, curating, translating and visualising everything related to Pakistani history and folklore! Find us @folkloristan on Instagram
Eric🇺🇸🇹🇼🇦🇺🇬🇧🏳️‍🌈 @dinoboy89.bsky.social Former palaeontologist + publisher. Academic at City St George’s. Author with Little Tiger Press + Quarto. @SaintPodcast.bsky.social creator and host. Morbid Anatomy correspondent. https://linktr.ee/Dinoboy89
PA Center for Folklore @pafolklore.bsky.social Committed to studying cultural traditions and communities, especially in Pennsylvania.
46th Cork Folk Festival @cork-folk1979.bsky.social 2nd-5th October 2025 Www.corkfolkfestival.com
Gunnella Þorgeirsdóttir @drgunnella.bsky.social A proud neurosparkly geek, folklorist, grandmother, japanese culture expert, viking reenactor and a connoisseur of runes and madeira wine ;)
Gail de Vos (her/she) @taleteller.bsky.social Storyteller, author, university instructor of comics, storytelling, and Canadian children's literature, and independent researcher of folklore in popular culture. Newest book arriving November 19, 2024: The Watkins Book of Urban Legends.
Anthony Bak Buccitelli @abbuccitelli.bsky.social Associate Professor of American Studies and Communications; Folklorist at Penn State University, Harrisburg. All opinions are my own. https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6112-7756
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.
Lisa Schneidau @lisaschneidau.bsky.social Storyteller, environmentalist, folk tale purveyor, core group member of Dartmoor Nature Alliance. New book 'Tree Folk' published in hardback, ebook and audiobook November 2026 www.lisaschneidau.co.uk
Ethnologia Europaea - Journal of European Ethnology @ethnologiaeuropaea.bsky.social The journal of the International Society for Ethnology and Folklore SIEF, going strong in the fields of European ethnology and cultural anthropology since 1967
Being Human Festival @beinghumanfest.bsky.social The UK's national festival of the humanities. Led by the School of Advanced Study, University of London, in partnership with the Arts and Humanities Research Council and the @britishacademy.bsky.social.
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
Cecil Sharp House @cecilsharphouse.bsky.social Award-winning arts centre at the heart of folk, home to efdss.bsky.social since 1930. linktr.ee/cecilsharphouse
In The Roud - A Folk Song Podcast @intheroud.bsky.social A weekly podcast exploring the world of traditional folk song hosted by @mattquinnmusic.bsky.social. Season 7 out now!! Support us at www.patreon.com/intheroud All links: https://linktr.ee/intheroud
Stephanie S @folksteph.bsky.social anti-fascist, internationalist, no fossil fuels, climate action, science, animal welfare, culture, civil rights, rule of law, kindness, compassion, catmom, dancer, folklorist, tradsong, retired archivist, freelancer, want to move to France, love Scotland.
Helen Cornish @helenhmc.bsky.social PhD. Anthropologist: ethnographies of history, contemporary witchcraft historicities, magic, micromuseums. Co-founder @NAoHH-EASA.bsky.social https://goldsmiths.academia.edu/HelenCornish, Anthropology
Jeff Titon @jefftoddtiton.bsky.social Professor of Music Emeritus, Brown University. Ecomusicology, ethnomusicology, folklore. New book: Sounds, Ecologies, Musics (Oxford U Press 2023). Old book: Toward a Sound Ecology (Indiana U Press 2020). Essays at https://brown.academia.edu/JeffToddTiton
Maria Kennedy @ciderwithmaria.bsky.social Folklorist, cider purist, hat evangelist. Faculty in American Studies, Rutgers University
Emily Hilliard @emhilly.bsky.social Folklorist & writer | MAKING OUR FUTURE: VISIONARY FOLKLORE & EVERYDAY CULTURE IN APPALACHIA (UNC Press 2022) | @spinstersounds.bsky.social co-owner | @thefemalebobdylan.bsky.social podcast |
Linda J. Lee @lindajeanlee.bsky.social Folklorist, educator, instructional designer. Over-educated cat lady who nevertheless persists. She/her. #AskAFolklorist
Debra Occhi is @debraocchi.bsky.social Anthropology and linguistics of Japanese character culture, regionality, Pokémon tourism | qual research | consulting | 日本語OK
Jason Baird Jackson @jasonbairdjackson.bsky.social Bloomington, Indiana-based Folklorist and Cultural Anthropologist (he/him)
Kati Kallio @katikallio.bsky.social Folklore, oral poetry, anthropology, history, environment. Runo-songs, regilaul, Kalevalaic poetry. Research Fellow at the Finnish Literature Society & University of Helsinki: https://researchportal.helsinki.fi/en/persons/kati-kallio. Photo: Emma Suominen.
Hilary R Sparkes @hilaryrsparkes.bsky.social Independent scholar and writer: Caribbean religious history, anthropology, and things folkloric. Fan of The Byrds and the gothic. Posts about Warwickshire folklore at @warksfolklore.bsky.social
Dr Jo Edge 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 @hagenilda.bsky.social historian of medicine & the occult 1200–1700 | FRHistS | palaeography & editing | convenor @ihrlifecycles.bsky.social | neurodivergent | co-chair UCU Anticasualisation Committee | @ucucommons.org | https://joanneedge.co.uk | agent: @knifewitch.bsky.social
Meertens Instituut @meertens-knaw.bsky.social Het Meertens Instituut onderzoekt en documenteert taal en cultuur in Nederland, en Nederlandse taal en cultuur in de wereld. 🌐 meertens.knaw.nl ✉️ Meer updates? Schrijf je in voor de nieuwsbrief! https://tinyurl.com/2s383ar9
Joseph Sciorra @josephsciorra.bsky.social ethnographer folklorist cultural historian: material culture*italian diaspora*religious studies. presepe builder. director of Academic & Cultural Programs at Calandra Institute, a CUNY-wide research institute
David Rotenstein, Curator, Shrouded in Secrecy Archives @davidrotenstein.bsky.social Historian. Writer. Folklorist. | History is my hustle. Opinions here are my own.
It's an Urban Legend @ulskeets.bsky.social Reposting interesting comments on modern folklore. Urban myths, rumors, legends, hoaxes, misconceptions, and apocryphal anecdotes. I’m the friend of your friend. North Carolina, United States
Jan Machielsen @janmachielsen.bsky.social Historian of early modern religion, working on witches and saints. Loves hikes and risotto.
Eusko Ikaskuntza @euskoikaskuntza.bsky.social Euskal Herriko gizarte-erronkei erantzun globalak eta bateratzaileak emateko. Desde la sociedad, para la sociedad. www.eusko-ikaskuntza.eus
Folklore with Marcus @skaldemarcus.bsky.social Major in religious studies. Have a special interest in Nordic folklore. 🧌 Wrote my bachelor’s thesis about Devil lore in Värmland. 😈 Studying to become a teacher of history & religious studies. 📚 Writer, Director and Researcher over at Skildra. 🧙🏼‍♂️🗃️
Stella Wisdom @stellawisdom.bsky.social Curator interested in electronic literature, interactive narratives, comics, web archiving and digital preservation
Food Museum @foodmuseumuk.bsky.social We connect people with where our food comes from, past, present & future, using our large collection, historic buildings and 84 acres of Suffolk countryside.
Steve Dempsey @gbsteve.bsky.social Bilingual gamer, GUMSHOE enthusiast, folklore finder, West Ham supporter, ME/CFS layabout, ex-data scientist.
Wessex Museums @wessexmuseums.bsky.social Regional museum partnership supporting seven museums in Dorset and Wiltshire, dedicated to telling the story of Wessex. Website wessexmuseums.org.uk/ Our museums wessexmuseums.org.uk/our-museums/
Whitby Gothic @whitbygothic.bsky.social #Whitby #Goth #Gothic #GothicRock #Gothcore #GothicHorror #PostPunk #industrial #SynthPop #EBM #darkrock #darkwave #HammerHorror #Dracula V''''V #BramStoker #Folklore #Krampus #FolkHorror #Steampunk #Frankenstein #altrock #newwave : ste@8b-all.com
Musica Popolare Tradizionale @musicapopolare.bsky.social YT: http://bit.ly/3MpFipq FB: https://bit.ly/3YyvulU IG: https://bit.ly/46v1wkJ TIKTOK: https://bit.ly/3yeIz9i folkmusicworld.com
Internet Archive @archive.org Internet Archive is a non-profit research library preserving web pages, books, movies & audio for public access. Explore web history via the Wayback Machine.
Ollie Douglas @olliedouglas.bsky.social Farm boy at @themerl.bsky.social (at Uni of Reading). Looks after old rural stuff in a big shed. On committee of British Agricultural History Society. Active in AIMA, RMN, and Folklore Society. Views own. “Iconic”.
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
Yinka Olusoga @yinkaolusoga.bsky.social Senior Lecturer in Education | Researching histories/practices of childhood, play & education | Views my own | Foucault would dispute this
Archaeoethnologica @archaeoten.bsky.social Archaeologist, historian, sometimes ethnographer .. eventually History & Art History professor. Defintivelly, construtive skeptict, dyslexical & systematical Eclectiic https://archaeoethnologica.blogspot.com/
Folclore BR: Cultura Popular & POP @folclorebr.com Para mentes que buscam imersão no #FolcloreBrasileiro e #CulturaPopular em diálogo com o universo #POP e diversas questões da atualidade. Links: https://linktr.ee/folclorebr SITE: https://folclorebr.com EVENTO: @somandovisoes.com.br ADM: @awvas.com.br
#LegendaryWednesday @legendarywednes1.bsky.social Host of #LegendaryWednesday every #Wednesday. #Folklore enthusiast & Anthropologist, reposting all of your #Legend, #fairytale, #Folklore, #mythology, #traditions, #archeology #quotes, #poetry & #art. (Mt. time)
Sunday Sea Songs @sundayseasongs.bsky.social folkie, weirdo, Morris dancer rants about The Ballad of Baby Doe @babydoepod.bsky.social
The Magic Lantern Society @magiclanternsoc.bsky.social Welcome to the wonderful world of pre-cinema Big Screen Entertainment, via the mysteries of the magic lantern. Join us at www.https://www.magiclantern.org.uk
English Folk Dance and Song Society @efdss.bsky.social The national organisation for folk music, song and dance in England. Based at Cecil Sharp House