Tony Cross @lokster71.bsky.social A bear of very little brain who still likes to read a lot, especially non-fiction. Brentford supporter. Doctor Who fan. Old.
https://www.youtube.com/@Lokster71
Tom Chidwick @tomchidwick.bsky.social Historian | Author of "Now or Never! A History of the First Scottish Devolution Referendum" | Manager of @mileendinstitute.bsky.social
nicola @gleanniucha.bsky.social โSpecial engagements or first-class companies onlyโ
Sometimes engineers, sometimes DJs, irregularly bakes stuff
Back in Scotland ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ณ๓ ฃ๓ ด๓ ฟ the long way round
Will discuss anything with anyone so long we all play nicely
#jazzsky #scotsky
๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ณ๓ ฃ๓ ด๓ ฟ ๐ฎ๐น ๐ณ๏ธโโง๏ธ ๐ช๐บ
Andy Watson #MDANT @andywatson8.bsky.social 
Louise Marley @louisemarley.bsky.social Writes: Cozy/Murder Mysteries & RomComs
Reads: Mysteries, romance, historical & romantasy
She/Her.
#BookSky ๐๐
https://ravens-edge.co.uk
NOT the American author with the same name!
Women of 1000 || Meg Hyland @womenof1000.bsky.social Art & research project illustrating the lives of women from around the world 1000 years ago: https://womenof1000ad.weebly.com/
PhD student at Edinburgh Uni in Celtic & Scottish Studies, researching herring gutters & their music.
she/her, disabled ๐ณ๏ธโ๐
Dan Etchells @danetchells.bsky.social Retired civil servant.
Bit of walking & cycling.
Red wine, cherry & white rugby.
Dr Evelyn Koch @evelynkoch.bsky.social Early modern/19th-cent. English literature, science and literature, landscape in literature, fantasy, horror and weird fiction.
roger waldron @throwawayreg.bsky.social a throwaway poet
lives in Sheffield
has never been a lover of slip-on-shoes
writes poetry for people who donโt read poetry
his pamphlet โMy C&A Yearsโ published by Dreich
my best review
โMy husband loves this but he doesnโt know anything about poetryโ
Jane @janeb1234.bsky.social Our garden, bees, flowers, cat* and other stuff I find interesting.
I share pics off Pinterest - indicated with this > ๐ท
The bees in the banner were snapped by me in our garden.
*we've said goodbye to Archie. Gone but never forgotten ๐ฑ๐
@writteninbritain.bsky.social @writteninbritain.bsky.social 
Andy Clark @clarkyandy.bsky.social Genealogist in NW England. Can get a tune out of a guitar, has been known to cook. Twice as old as I actually feel !
David/Trout 2.0 @trout61.bsky.social Fishing, Motoracing (doing it), Music, Movies, Toon, Food, Travel, Dogs, Hedgehogs ๐ฃ ๐ ๐จ โช๏ธ โซ๏ธ ๐ ๐ฆ
Pro-democracy, Anti-Trump, Musk and Farage. From Newcastle, in Yorkshire.
Emily Cock @emilyncock.bsky.social Historian of health and disability c1600-1850 at Cardiff University. Dysgwr Cymraeg. Also keen on our garden, cat, and chickens.
https://profiles.cardiff.ac.uk/staff/cocke
Steve Herbert @steve146.bsky.social Comedy, history, local football, comedy, birding, wildlife, art, new wave of classic rock (NWOCR), spoken-word radio, comedy, church architecture, books, 80s, comics, Doctor Who, nature, film, (did I mention comedy?)
June @tilbuj.bsky.social Socialist, LabourMember, republican (not that kind), Daily Wordle Poet.
Enough Of That Now @andygilder.bsky.social Age Verified by Bluesky and your mum
As seen on BBC Radio Four Extra
Herschel Museum of Astronomy @herschelmuseum.bsky.social The Herschel Museum of Astronomy is the home of William and Caroline Herschel, distinguished astronomers and musicians. Patron: Sir Brian May ๐ญ๐ธ
https://herschelmuseum.org.uk/
Ragged Robin @carolineirwin3.bsky.social Passionate about natural history, environment and conservation, visiting historic buildings, churches and gardens. Love reading and photography.
Danny Gilbert @dannyrgilbert.bsky.social Former newspaper sub-ed. Politics, indy, art, cycling, mountains, music and lots of tea. #MDANT ๐
Dr Claire Markham @culturalclare.bsky.social Senior Lecturer in Sociology & Criminology. Rurality, pubs, communities, social harms, sustainability, co-production. Also๐ history. Views my own. @britbeerwriters.bsky.social
@drinkingstudies.bsky.social
Vivienne Dunstan @vivdunstan.bsky.social Academic historian, genealogist, former computer scientist, Doctor Who fan and accordionist. Scottish Borderer from Hawick now living in Dundee, Scotland. Pronouns she/her. Equality ally. #BLM. https://vivdunstan.co.uk
Mike @mikethegerm.bsky.social #pvfc, real ale, world championship whittling
Robbie Morrison @robbiemorrison.bsky.social Writer. Novels: Edge of the Grave (Bloody Scotland Debut Crime Novel 2021); Cast a Cold Eye (Shortlisted for McIllvanney Prize 2023).
Comics: Nikolai Dante, Doctor Who, Judge Dredd, Drowntown, Heretic, etc. 
Matt Shaw @matthewshaw.bsky.social In a library. Most likely just off Queen's Lane. #PrintHistory #Time #Newspapers
https://uk.bookshop.org/p/books/an-inky-business-a-history-of-newspapers-from-the-english-civil-wars-to-the-american-civil-war-matthew-j-shaw/5911999?ean=9781789143867
@hallrichardjohn.bsky.social @hallrichardjohn.bsky.social 
Paul C @70ot5.bsky.social #NUFC, #DuoIingo 656 day streak; love growing mushrooms and "plants;" I say "lol" a lol; did some time fixing โ๏ธ in the raf; member of the Green Party; stuck on Halo infinite legendary;
Walking stick and proud.
Donald Dunbar @ddunbar.bsky.social Dad, Chief, and Husband in Newburgh; Scientist (Bioinformatician); Scottish Indy, Atheist, Republican, Socialist, Dundonian, Arab
Westcountrybird @racheljs.bsky.social Antifascist. Musician. Vegetarian. Owned by ๐ถ๐ธ๐พ & ๐ฆฆ
Raised in Kernow. Lives in Cymru.
Trying to be part of the solution & not the problem.
Itโs nice to be nice. Make tea, not war.
Rose Teanby @roseteanby.bsky.social Photographic historian advocating for early British women photographers 1839-1861.
Fellow of the Royal Photographic Society.
John Grindrod @grindrod.bsky.social Social historian of modern places. Tales of the Suburbs, on LGBTQ+ history, out now. Wrote Concretopia and Outskirts. Disappointingly unserious. Podcast: Monstrosities Mon Amour
Find out more: https://linktr.ee/johngrindrod
Freebesieged @freebesieged.bsky.social History addict. Former news addict. Occasional politics addict.
BEWARE of my sarcasm and bad language!
Pro-Democratic Socialism and Open Source everything
Anti-Fascist and Anti-Genocide
John Dalton - brain marinated in woke sauce. They/them @johndaledalton.bsky.social The UK has a serious problem with immigration: we need a lot more immigrants.
Stevie Bennett @steviebennett.bsky.social Retired youth worker. 62 yrs old, loving life.
Left politically but no longer seem to have a home in the UK. Still fighting, just about.
Horse racing a huge part of my life, travelled the world for it. Football (all things Arsenal), NFL and Collegeโฆ
Dr Michael John Goodman @mikeygoodman.bsky.social Book History | Shakespeare | Digital | Illustration | Literature | Design | Typography | Public Domain |
www.michaeljohngoodman.com
Andrew Burford @burfoa.bsky.social I have always been fascinated by the power of words and the ability of gifted writers to ignite the imagination, fuel the intellect and feed the soul. Reading is the supreme indulgence and perhaps connects us most intimately with what it is to be human.
Brexit Bin ๐ช๐บ ๐ฌ๐ง ๐ฉ๐ช @brexitbin.bsky.social Veteran Remainer ๐ช๐บ UK & Germany ๐ฌ๐ง ๐ฉ๐ช โข Posts on #Brexit & #Politics โข NON PARTISAN โข ANTI-FASCIST โข PRO FACTS โข PRO WOKE ๐ณ๏ธโ๐ โข (Slightly dyslexic, so sorry about the typos๐) #SlavaUkraini ๐บ๐ฆ๐
Ben Thomas @summers2theb.bsky.social 
Kevin Mc @kevinmac27.bsky.social History, and Politics.
Trump's depravity will destroy him.
The Welsh Hare ~ Michelle Westerman @thewelshhare.bsky.social Lover of tea, cake & countryside. Maker of this & that. Also the renovation journey of a little estate cottage that was scheduled for demolition.
Anna Grey @annamgrey.bsky.social By day data geek and research and innovation management guru. By night, usually asleep. Plus knitting, singing and cat servant. Comments are in a personal capacity.
Mark Byrne @markobroin.bsky.social Dir of External Affairs at Centre for Cities. Irish in London. Politics, policy, books, cats. Yimby. Trustee at Stonewall Housing ๐ณ๏ธโ๐
Adam @adamboal.bsky.social Science, History of Science, Physics, Learning, outreach and public engagement specialist. Organiser and developer of festivals and events of all sizes. Varied interests inc FPL
Pauline Stafford @pstafford.bsky.social Historian of early Middle Ages, Grandmother, Leftwing, Labour, Leeds, British, European. Emerita Prof University of Liverpool
Rob Campbell @robcampbell15959.bsky.social robcampbellmedia.substack.com
Writer of fact & fiction; journalist, historian, tutor. Editor of The Devon Historian. Published in Bath Short Story Anthology. Debut novel CENTURY out now https://tinyurl.com/2f5pyrp9 Usually found in Bristol or on Dartmoor.
@markingall.bsky.social @markingall.bsky.social Twitter quitter. Teacher. Former Labour leader of Harlow Council, Dad and lifetime (sadly of late) follower of THFC.
C.D. Rose @cdrose.bsky.social Writer of stories. 'We Live Here Now.' 'Walter Benjamin Stares at the Sea,' 'The Blind Accordionist,' 'Who's Who When Everyone is Someone Else,' 'The Biographical Dictionary of Literary Failure.' (@melvillehouse.bsky.social)
Dr Nicola Clark @nikkiclark86.bsky.social Writer, occasional talking head, Senior Lecturer in Medieval and Early Modern History at the University of Chichester. Autistic. Views own, etc. She/her.
Bethany Elliott @bethanyaelliott.bsky.social Words in Unherd, Guardian, Politico, New Statesman, The Spectator, New Humanist, The Fence, The Critic, The Daily Mash, Jamestown Foundation. Usually about Russia-Ukraine. Voice/face on BBC radio/TV and Times Radio.
Phil Edwards @philedwards.bsky.social "Research fellow" (i.e. retired) at MMU, still writing. Interests: legal theory, folksong, real ale, the Left, cinema, Bowie, Aickman. Blogs: gapingsilence.wordpress.com & ohgoodale.wordpress.com .
If I was left to my own devices, I possibly would.
Matthew Roberts @matqbritholiday.bsky.social 4th year PhD (part-time). Presenting at Gulliver's Travels at 300. The Global Afterlives of a Bestseller in Print, Transmedial Adaptations, and Material Cultures (Seventh ILLUSTR4TIO International Symposium, London. 23rd-24th Sept 2026.
Sophia Boyd @susansontag.bsky.social WMHP | SFU | Interested in Romantic literary families, orphanhood, book studies, manuscript culture, and the lack of capers in American cuisine
Beth, a Womble @macwomble.bsky.social In no particular orderโฆScotland, cats, books, penguins, Sweep, rugby & travel. ๐๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ณ๓ ฃ๓ ด๓ ฟ๐ช๐บ
Gary @shamrocknroll84.bsky.social Antifascist.
Organiser.
Fundraiser.
Shop steward.
Disillusioned football fan.
Vinyl daft.
MD ANT.
@lghr.bsky.social
Rick B @rickburgess.bsky.social He/They
Dissident. Pondering an anti-social model of disability?!?!
If I ever get the time and energy I like to compose odd music.
Otherwise - Ask me about my initialisms: GMCDP, MDPAC, RITB, CSMH, DBW, CSS, DPHRN.
@ianwinwood.bsky.social @ianwinwood.bsky.social Bodies: Life & Death In Music published by Faber & Faber. Contributing Editor at The New World magazine. Supports Barnsley FC, New York Mets, New Jersey Devils. Lives in Camden Town, London.
@robstripe.bsky.social @robstripe.bsky.social Just another deserter from Muskโs Twitter!
Born & bred in London, England.
Never more worried about corrupt right wing politics than I am now.
Dr Jaime Ashworth @drjaimeashworth.bsky.social Educator and Researcher. Holocaust History, Memory, and Education; Polish History; Photography and Visual Culture; Jewish Studies. Reform Jew. COYS. He/him www.framingthequestion.blog
Society of Genealogists @sogorg.bsky.social ๐ณ A charity with the unique purpose of helping people to discover their place in history.
๐ Preserving the records of everyday lives & promoting family histories.
๐ Explore more: sog.org.uk
#Genealogy #FamilyHistory #HistoryMatters
@jamooremoody.bsky.social @jamooremoody.bsky.social NHS worker, Belfast. Mum. European/Irish ๐ช๐บ โ๏ธHoping for a calmer, kinder world for all. Judge a government on how they look after their poor, sick and elderly. ๐ง #equality #nobillionaires
Claire Archibald-Shepherd @pumpkinclaire.bsky.social I love steam engines, Tudor Queens, Cold War spies & lots in between. Drinker of gin. Owner of many dresses. Jam Tart, Belter, Gooner. I will always like pictures of cats.
Pie Thagoram @piethagoram.bsky.social #RejoinEU #FBPE #FBPR #BushyPark #C4News
#MentalHealthAwareness #TravelPhotography #ProgressiveAlliance
25/3/26 completed 59yrs of supporting #Notts County. Ipcress File's Palmer bests sums it up, "Must we sit through any more of this torture? #COYP
Tony Britton @thewestonmale.bsky.social Retired UK journo and charity PR/fundraiser. Proud dad and grandad. Such an Oddfellow. Soft spots for @MillMedia.bsky.social, @newjournal.bsky.social and @FenlandOF.bsky.social. By the way, I also โค๏ธ #Tasmania
Tim Wildschut @timwildschut.bsky.social Professor of Social and Personality Psychology at University of Southampton. Research on nostalgia.
Ian Hilton ๐ฌ๐ง @whistler360.bsky.social Music Junkie ๐ง - #80s - #VinylCollector - #VinylCommunity - #Rush - #MUFC - #221B - Bibliophile๐ - Humanist - Great Comedy.
Leonardo Costantini @lcostantini89.bsky.social Senior Lecturer in Classics at the University of Bristol. Interested in manuscripts, literature, movies and (good) TV-series. Opinions are my own.
lindsayh @lindsh.bsky.social A Yorkshireman abroadโฆ
Rachel5742 @rachel5742.eurosky.social Countess of the Saxon Shore: Eclectic: Museums Professional: Rusty Archaeologist: History Buff: Poet/Scribe: Rock/Classics chick seeking euphoria!
Biologically Biological.
She/Her/Us
RT not auto-endorse
#FBPE #FBPR #ProgressiveAlliance #Breturn
๐ฌ๐ง๐ช๐บ๐บ๐ฆ๐ฌ๐ช๐ฒ๐ฉ๐จ๐ฆ๐ณ๏ธโ๐๐ณ๏ธโโง๏ธ๐ธ
Kate Davis @katedavispoet.bsky.social Poet. Books- collection - The Girl Who Forgets How to Walk and new verse novel - Flow published by Verve.
Also maker of stories, cake, chutney and interesting things to wear - wild swimmer - very fond of a limestone landscape.
Shirley @shirleyrl.bsky.social Born 1951 Lambeth, London SE11. Now live next to the North Sea, Norfolk UK. Married to Richard since 1970. Mum to Jack (works in space stuff). Archaeology, Art, Star Trek๐ Freedom & equality for all. Imagine.... if you can.
๐ฐ Ben Paites ๐๏ธ @benpaites.bsky.social Senior Curator at Colchester Museums. Mainly Roman archaeology and LGBTQ+ history. Also cat dad to Artemis and enthusiastic Gaymer. He/Him
Author of 50 LGBTQ+ Finds: https://www.amberley-books.com/50-lgbtq-finds.html
Website: www.benpaites.uk
Vivienne @viviennesoton.bsky.social Retired, political activist, volunteer, carer, cat photo to deter nuisance followers. Interested in renters rights, public transport and social care.
Iโm sorry, but I donโt follow back people who donโt post anything at all and never donate via Bluesky.
Ben Rogers @brogers1721.bsky.social Research Fellow at The History Of Parliament Trust | House of Lords (1660-1832)
@johndunn.bsky.social @johndunn.bsky.social Former analytical chemist,
former lawyer,
former trade union member (formerly TGWU, now Unite)
Supporter and, with very many others, part owner of Darlo FC.
Miranda Walker @mirandawriter.bsky.social I write comedy, drama & musicals for TV/ theatre, including Face It, Fly Eddie Fly, Mixmups, Wonderblocks, Playtime Towers, Rafi the Wishing Wizard, The Now Show, The News Quiz. BAFTA Connect. https://fillinghamweston.com/clients/name/miranda-walker-1/
Hannah McCann @hannahmccann.bsky.social hannah-mccann.co.uk
๐ winner of the First Graphic Novel Award 2025!
Tyrone to West Yorkshire ๐๐ณ
they/she
Claire Dunscombe @claire-dunscombe.bsky.social Author, analyst, escaped archaeologist
William Hayes @williamhayes.bsky.social Presbyterian Minister in the Midlands of Ireland. Computer geek, guitarist, hoarder of books and obscure information. Love seeing the bizarre and beautiful in the world.
Heather Milligan @hrmilligan.bsky.social Research Fellow at Loughborough University // contemporary lit, ecocriticism, and American culture // writing a book called Ecogothic America and the Twenty-First-Century Novel (forthcoming Edinburgh University Press) // she/her
Amy Wilcockson @wilcocksonamy.bsky.social MHRA Research Fellow - 'The Letters of Percy Bysshe Shelley', Queen Mary University of London
Communications Officer - BARS
PhD on letters of Thomas Campbell
(she/her)
https://www.amywilcockson.com/
Protests and Suffragettes @scotsuffragette.bsky.social A creative project led by artists, activists, & archivists. Recovering & re-voicing #herstories & Celebrating #Scotland's #Suffragettes
๐ฃ@tsBeall @clarethompson & other P&S team members
https://linktr.ee/protestsandsuffragettes
โจsupport us -> shopP&Sโจ
Dr Jen Baker @jendeavour.bsky.social Lecturer in c19th and c20th Literature. #Gothic #DeathStudies #Childhood
Assoc Editor @ Gothic Studies
Michael Shallcross @michaelshallcross.bsky.social Wrote a book about G.K. Chesterton and literary modernism. Now working in uni admin, but still doing research - see pinned thread for info on my current project, 'Inscribing Pandemonium'. Also posting about music, culture, politics, random nonsense.
Dr Joanna Turner @coppertapestry.bsky.social Visiting Fellow in Victorian Literature at Loughborough University @lboroenglish.bsky.social
#19thcentury & pre-war popular fiction
Author of Marie Corelli - https://www.eerpublishing.com/turner-marie-corelli.html
https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4597-4354
Rob Cave @robcave.bsky.social More books, please.
Cheryl Sonnier @cherylsonnier.com Mothership, wifey, writer. Herder of cats. Working class woman from Yorkshire, fully embracing my hag phase. Member of the AI Hater Brigade. She/Her. All my socials are here: https://linktr.ee/cherylsonnier
Dave Law @davelaw.bsky.social Socialist. Clogher. MDANT.
RandomR @randomr121.bsky.social It's often said, after I've made some comment "that's a bit random" -which is exactly what my interests are on here-so rather than an identity - it's really who I am
For once I make sense to myself!!
Andy Hebb @andyhebb.bsky.social Single Dad of 2 ๐ฆ๐ฝ๐ฉ๐ฝโ๐ฆฑ
Left wing Liberal - Live on the South Coast ๐ Hate Racists and Cats
Man City ๐ ๐ฉต
TheFirstGirlySwotsToJoinBlueSky @thelastgirlyswots.bsky.social ๐งก๐งก๐งก๐งก๐งก #FBPE #RejoinEU #Ukraine #Iran #Gaza #MSDStrong #EndGunViolence @TheLastPersont2 on Twitter.
Dedicated to the memory of the victims of gun violence & terrorism.
Andy @derbyshirelad.bsky.social Left leaning semi retired. Lifelong vegetarian. Occasional drinker of real ale and occasional cyclist. Hate Brexit. Proud member of the Guardian reading tofu eating wokerati.
Dr Rhonda Mayne @drrmayne.bsky.social Modernism | Woolf | Dance & Movement | Womenโs Writing
ECR seeking postdoctoral opportunities
BAMS Steering Committee | Reviewer, Feminist Modernist Studies
sites.google.com/view/drrhondamayne
Off the Shelf Festival of Words @otsfestival.bsky.social Celebrating books, words, and ideas. Weโre one of the UKโs longest-running literary festivals, delivered by @sheffielduni.bsky.social
๐ offtheshelf.org.uk
Talking Northeast @talkingnortheast.bsky.social Interview-based journalist from Northeast England's cultural scene. Check it out at https://talkingnortheast.substack.com/
Bexhill Museum @bexhillmuseum.bsky.social We are an independent museum in Bexhill, East Sussex. Our collections include natural history, clothing and transport. Our opening hours are Tuesday to Sunday from 11-4.
Glenn Quigley @glennquigley.bsky.social Irish Author and Artist
Song of the Wren, Heart of the Wren, Curse of Stag's Eye, Knights of Blackrabbit series, The Moth and Moon trilogy
My shop: https://ko-fi.com/glennquigley/shop
Mybook.to/songofthewren
www.glennquigley.com
Linktr.ee/glennquigley
Claire Cansick @clairecansick.bsky.social Painter
Norfolk, UK
Government Art Collection | Sainsbury Centre for Visual Art | Norwich Castle Museum | Cold Paradise | Jacksons 19&24 | Firstsite | Contemporary & Country
https://linktr.ee/ClaireCansick
Winter02 @winter02.bsky.social Politics, education, music, art and books. 
Vicki Davis @chigster.bsky.social Tofu-eating London dweller - usually knitting, sewing, reading or making something or other
#knitting #sewing #walking #travelling #reading #sci-fi