Dr David Clarke @davidwclarke.bsky.social Folklorist and Journalist. Associate Professor, Sheffield Hallam University. Project lead, AHRC National Folklore Survey. Views expressed entirely my own. http://www.drdavidclarke.co.uk/
Blog: https://drclarke.substack.com/
@cornwallhistory.bsky.social @cornwallhistory.bsky.social
Dr Meaghan Allen @morbidmae.bsky.social Doctorate: ‘Buffy the Vampire Slayer’, blood & the (crypto)medieval | Medieval(ism) | History of Science & Medicine | History of Crime | House ghoul | damesmacabre.com
@louisebrangan.bsky.social @louisebrangan.bsky.social LSE, Magdalene laundries, sociology of punishment & Irish history. BBC/AHRC New Gen Thinker. Speaks fast. 888 for subtitles. https://pureportal.strath.ac.uk/en/persons/louise-brangan
Ash Paley @ashpaley.bsky.social PhD student at IMS - University of Leeds. Neuroqueering medieval mystics.
Mostly trans stuff.
Trans masc. Autistic 🏳️⚧️🇵🇸
He/they
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 🪡✍️🌱📚
Andy Mitchell @andymitchellmedia.bsky.social Scottish football historian. Edinburgh. www.scottishsporthistory.com
Wiltshire Museum @wiltshiremuseum.bsky.social The Best Bronze Age collection in Britain
featuring gold from the time of Stonehenge
Petra @yorkhobbit.bsky.social Desk-based archaeologist (with some added data science), Steampunk Border Morris musician and fan of beagles.
Avid Archers listener.
Duncan Brack @duncanbrack.bsky.social Environmental policy analyst, mainly on forest-related issues, Associate, Green Alliance. Liberal Democrat policy-maker, Editor, Journal of Liberal History. www.dbrack.org.uk.
Cerys Matthews @cerysmatthews.bsky.social Food.Action.Music.Books. Happy on the end of a rope.
Programme BBC radio shows -write books, make music and get out and about.
Monty Lit Fest @montylitfest.bsky.social Montgomeryshire Literary Festival. 12-24 June 2026 in historic town of Montgomery. Celebrating writing from Wales, the Borders and beyond (no self-publishing). With music, art and cake #FriendlyFestival
Oriel Colwyn @orielcolwyn.bsky.social The North Wales Photography Gallery.
Photographic Gallery based in Colwyn Bay.
Founder/host of the biennial Northern Eye International Photography Festival.
www.orielcolwyn.org
www.northerneyefestival.co.uk
Deganwy History Group @deganwy.bsky.social Local history group offering monthly talks throughout the year.
Belgian Refugees in Rhyl @refugeesinrhyl.bsky.social All about the Belgian Refugees who came to North Wales during the First World War. Find us at:
www.refugeesinrhyl.wordpress.com
Heneb: The Trust for Welsh Archaeology @henebtwa.bsky.social Heneb is an independent organisation dedicated to the conservation, investigation, recording and promotion of the historic environment of Wales and beyond. heneb.org.uk
Aberystwyth University Archives @aberuniarchives.bsky.social Home to records of the University from its foundation (and before!) in 1872 to the present day + range of other archive collections.
Cymraeg 🏴 @archifprifaber.bsky.social
Folding Rock Magazine @foldingrockmag.bsky.social New Writing from Wales and Beyond.
A bold magazine for writers and readers of the best creative prose | Issue 001: Roots out now | Eds. @kathryntann.bsky.social & @rjph91.bsky.social
https://linktr.ee/foldingrock
Ian Taylor @wellhopper.bsky.social Exploring the holy wells and healing wells of North Wales - Fforio'r ffynhonnau sanctaidd a ffynhonnau iachaol Gogledd Cymru
Folklore & history / llên gwerin & hanes
More at www.wellhopper.wales
Heritage Network @heritagenetwork.bsky.social The Heritage Network (formerly Heritage Trust Network) is the UK's umbrella body for organisations that are rescuing, restoring and re-using historic buildings, structures and spaces.
https://heritagetrustnetwork.org.uk
Bobs Rail Relics @bobsrailrelics.co.uk Railways, Industrial History, Canals and the odd bit of strange Wales
Jenni Phillips @jenniph.bsky.social Qualified genealogist (RQG member) based in Cardiff. MSc Genealogical, Palaeographic & Heraldic Studies (University of Strathclyde). Member: Royal Historical Society.
Ystradgynlais History @ystradgynlaishisty.bsky.social The history of Ystradgynlais and the surrounding area, in the Swansea Valley. Ex part of Breconshire, now Powys. South Wales. This includes the neighbouring town of Ystalyfera, and we also cover the war dead of both areas, as well as the Gough squires
Iestyn Jones @driestynjones.bsky.social Archaeologist, early medievalist working in Wales - Archeolegydd, canol oeswr cynnar, yn gweithio yng Nghymru
Slava Ukraini 🇺🇦
LiberalHistoryToday @libhistorytoday.bsky.social Discussion and research on histories of the Lib Dems and predecessors, Liberal Party and SDP, and of Liberalism. Publish quarterly Journal of Liberal History. www.liberalhistory.org.uk.
Economic History Society @echistsoc.bsky.social ehs.org.uk
C. Buckthorn @cbuckthorn.bsky.social Sub-editor of Lær!, the Norwegian leather industry's most esteemed organ. Immerse your soul in love.
Dr Claire Millington ✍🏻🏺 @clairemillington.bsky.social Archaeologist and writer. Once-upon-a-time a diplomat. Rural.
https://clairemillington.com
(She/her)
Curious about Welsh? with JenX 🏴🇺🇸 @jenxofficial.bsky.social https://curiousaboutwelsh.wordpress.com/
Cyfweliad BBC Cymru Fyw: https://www.bbc.com/cymrufyw/erthyglau/c5y4z8wd9epo
#Cymraeg explainers: https://www.youtube.com/@JenXisCuriousAboutWelsh
Chief Moron Wrangler: MoronicArts.com
Author for Bylines.Cymru
Dr Victoria Dawson @vsdawson.bsky.social Freelance historian and interdisciplinary researcher for hire. Working class. Radical materialist feminist. Socialist. Anti-fascist. Northern powerhouse. Learning German. PhD: Women and Rugby League: Gender, Class and Community 1880-1970.
Tamsin Wilson @tamsinwilson.bsky.social She paints, she draws, she rarely talks about herself in the third person. Stone botherer. Oil painter. Costume maker. No Gen AI. No DMs.
Lucy Janes @lucyjanes.bsky.social Swimming in Glasgow 1850-1950 PhD http://stir.ac.uk/people/1844166 Archives, heritage, history, books, Mongolia, China, movies. She/her http://lucyjanes.blog
Justin Carville @justinmcarville.bsky.social Photography Historian | Researcher | Writer | Academic | Public Sector Worker | The Ungovernable Eye | Currently writing on photography, racialization and Ireland | Values and Opinions my own
Alice Vernon @alicevernon10.bsky.social Lecturer in Creative Writing at Aberystwyth University. NIGHT TERRORS (Icon 2022). GHOSTED (Bloomsbury Sigma 2025). Writes about ghosts, the paranormal and spooky sleep. Represented by Donald Winchester at Watson, Little.
Gawen Jenkin @gawenjenkin.bsky.social Prof of Applied Geology, Middle England university. Sustainable mineral resources for the green transition. Geology, life, Kernow 〓〓.
Views personal and do not represent my employers.
Dr Siân Robyns @drsian.bsky.social PhD Literary Translation Studies; freelance editor; reader; occasional writer; translator, A Tale of Love/ Conte de l'amour bifrons by Linda Lê (Mākaro Press); knitter, mad, mad knitter.
Roath Local History Society @roathlocalhistory.bsky.social Encouraging people to learn about the history of the old parish of Roath in Cardiff.
This encompasses the suburbs of Adamsdown, Cathays, Cyncoed, Pengam, Penylan, Plasnewydd, Splott, Tremorfa as well as Roath itself.
www.roathlocalhistorysociety.org
Sarah Jones @sarahjonestoo.bsky.social Transgender Anglican Priest. Public Speaker. Singer-Songwriter. Real life is stranger than fiction.
Melissa Glass @melissa-glass.bsky.social PhD candidate studying early modern English history at the University of Calgary. Working on the intersection of property law and social status in the 17th century.
melissaglasshistory.com
Beth Fuller @bee79.bsky.social Historian (19th century gender & crime) teacher (HOD History NPQSL) food & wine. CCF Royal Navy. Reader. Italy is life. Support teams with bird mascots 🏉🦆 ⚽️🦉🏏🦅. Made in Sheffield. Married a Californian. Now an Essex girl. Wednesday til I die. She/Her
Richard Bell @richardbell.bsky.social Historian of imprisonment, abolition, debt, and radicalism in early modern England. He/him.
Cardiff French Hub @cardifffrenchhub.bsky.social Public events linked to the French-speaking community in and around Cardiff, Wales. Updated every Friday.
cardifffrenchhub.com
Aux armes contre Meta et X !
Join us on Signal!
Bibliothèque nomade
https://www.meetup.com/cardiff-french-language-meetup/
Findmypast @findmypast.bsky.social Findmypast helps you understand your family history. Delve deeper into your family tree by getting to know the world your ancestors lived in — their triumphs, setbacks, and heartbreaks — to uncover your family’s unique story. Here 9-5 weekdays.
Prof. Ian Walker @ianwalker.bsky.social Environmental psychologist: transport, energy, water, buildings. "Woke scientist" (Daily Mail). Head of Psychology, Swansea University 🏴. Charity trustee x2. @locastproject.bsky.social My views
World Record-breaking cyclist drianwalker.com
🖤 The Teaches of Breaches 🖤 @sparkletights.bsky.social Welcome to the kakisto-kleptocracy.
Left of Left. Ruminator of all things.
Unlucky American wealthcare cog.
PALESTINE ACTION & ANTIFA are not terrorist organizations but AIPAC & ICE are.
Be accountable. Have integrity. Team Oppressed. 🌻🍉
Lesley A Hall @erinacean.bsky.social Archivist, historian, reader, Londoner, feminist
@erinacean
@erinacean@h-net.social
www.lesleyahall.net
https://lesleyahall.blogspot.com/
BJPIR @bjpir.bsky.social 🖋️British Journal of Politics and International Relations.
📍A Political Studies Association journal edited by a team at POLIS, University of Leeds.
Follow us to find out about latest publications and submitting to the journal.
Political Studies Association @polstudiesassoc.bsky.social The home of Political Studies since 1950. We advance, support & promote the global study of Politics & International Relations. psa.ac.uk
Become a PSA member http://psa.ac.uk/members
Iker Erdocia @ikererdocia.bsky.social Assistant Professor, Dublin City University. Funded Investigator, Science Foundation Ireland ADAPT Centre. Researching language, policy & politics
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 🏳️🌈
Liz Saville Roberts AS / MP @lsrplaid.bsky.social AS Dwyfor Meirionnydd MP | Arweinydd Seneddol Plaid Cymru Westminster Leader 🏴
Owen Staton - Time between Times @owenstaton.bsky.social Storyteller , Performer Voice artist and the Host of the Time between Times Podcast
Niall Herron @niallherron.bsky.social PhD anthropology student @ Queen’s University Belfast. Interests: social movements, assemblage, queer oral history, the everyday, space, and my cats and bees. Researching queer experiences in the north of Ireland during the Troubles.
Daniel Gallen 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️ @gallenator85.bsky.social History PhD student in University of Galway. Irish LGBTQ+ history. Coffee nerd. Husband to a wonderful wife, dad to a wonderful corgi. I don't like to brag, but I've gotten several 5-pointers in Only Connect. He/they
Lisa | Regency Relatives @regencyrelatives.bsky.social Hello, I'm Lisa. Family historian with a love of the Regency era, strong tea, and research rabbit holes. Honest about the chaos of genealogy. Founder of Regency Relatives: regencyrelatives.co.uk
Lost Glasgow @lostglasgow.bsky.social Trying to make sense of my surroundings, and myself, in an ever-changing city. Dreamer and imagineer.
Memorial Device: Alternative National Treasure
UWTSDlib @uwtsdlib.bsky.social Croeso // Welcome 📚
Cyfrif swyddogol tîm y Llyfrgell ac Adnoddau Dysgu o Brifysgol Cymru Y Drindod Dewi Sant @PCYDDS // The official account of the Library and Learning Resources team from the University of Wales Trinity Saint David @UWTSD
Will Davies @will-davies.bsky.social Contributing Editor @lrb.co.uk
Substack https://substack.com/@willd10
Williamdavies.blog
LFG - Lime Finishes Group @limefinishesgroup1.bsky.social A collective, advocating for the use and reintroduction of a range of lime finishes.
Dr Tim Meek @limefinishes.bsky.social
Women’s History Association of Ireland @whaireland.bsky.social The Women's History Association of Ireland (WHAI) has been promoting research into women's history in Ireland since 1989.
Dr Hazel Perry @historyhaze1.bsky.social Historian of trades union councils. Other interests folklore, prehistory, archaeology, cats. Also researching 84 Sanitary Section (WWI). East Anglia,UK. #skystorian ❤️
Lux Mentis, Booksellers @luxmentis.bsky.social Niche bookseller with a focus on design bindings, artist books, and esoterica (challenging material of all sorts…occult to fetishism to hate speech). Recovering attorney. Cat owner. Mostly human.
Personal blather: @dominussomes.bsky.social
Daniel F Gosling @thegozfather.bsky.social Archivist and Historian. Principal Legal Records Specialist at The National Archives. Dr of Late Medieval/Early Modern Legal History. FRHistS. Big fan of archives and original records. Views my own.
@capelicymru.bsky.social @capelicymru.bsky.social Capeli Cymru: Gwarchod Treftadaeth Anghydffurfiol Cymru |
Capeli Cymru: Preserving the Nonconformist Heritage of Wales @rcahmwales.bsky.social @heritagefunduk.bsky.social
Centre for Open Thanatology @openthanatology.bsky.social The Centre for Open Thanatology is the Open University’s interdisciplinary research centre dedicated to the study & education of death, dying, loss, & grief across the life course & in diverse contexts. Directors: Prof Erica Borgstrom & Dr Joanne Jordan.
Dr Kathryn Ferry @seasideferry.bsky.social Historian specialising in seaside, architecture & design. I write books, give talks and do a bit of telly.
Chair @seasidenetwork.bsky.social
Fellow @royalhistsoc.bsky.social
Media agent @pastpreservers.bsky.social
https://linktr.ee/kathrynferry
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
Mick Antoniw @mickantoniw.bsky.social Ex Member of Senedd / Welsh Parliament for Pontypridd Constituency
Cyn-Aelod Senedd dros Etholaeth Pontypridd 🏴🇺🇦Lawyer/Cyfreithiwr
bit.ly/ukrainehelp2025
Cyhoeddi Cymru / Publishing Wales @publishingwales.bsky.social Cynrychioli a hyrwyddo cyhoeddwyr o Gymru
Represents and promotes publishers in Wales
www.cyhoeddi.cymru 📚🏴
Dr Stephanie Brown @drstephaniebrown.bsky.social BBC / AHRC New Generation Thinker | Historical Criminologist | History of Crime, Punishment, & Policing | Medieval to Modern | Expertise in legal & social reactions to homicide, suicide & abortion | https://substack.com/@drstephaniebrown
Three Ravens Podcast @threeravenspod.bsky.social An independent history, mythology and folklore podcast hosted by Eleanor Conlon and Martin Vaux.
Gather round the campfire and listen in!
https://linktr.ee/threeravenspodcast
Manchester University Press @manchesterup.bsky.social We believe in books that promote positive change and enrich culture.
Sign up to the MUP newsletter & receive 30% off all orders.
https://linktr.ee/ManchesterUniversityPress
RCN History of Nursing Forum @rcnhistory.bsky.social #HistNursing for and by #Nursing in the UK
Find out more: https://www.rcn.org.uk/Get-Involved/Forums/History-of-Nursing-Forum
RMZ @rmzhbc.bsky.social Dead Man’s Hand, Rebels and Patriots, Pikeman’s Lament, Frostgrave, Rangers of Shadowdeep, Devilry Afoot and board-game player.
More than a passing interest in historic buildings and landscape.
Occasional wildlife photos when it stands still.
Graham Mooney @histgeoghealth.bsky.social Historian of public health at Johns Hopkins University. Manc. Homebrew. Native American plants. Bees. Geography.
Alana Harris @dralanagharris.bsky.social Historian of religion, gender, sexuality, and ethnicity@KCL. Coffee lover, diasporic Melbournian, feminist, LGBTQ+ and CSA ally, and apologetic workaholic. https://www.thehortonninethousand.org/
The Dead Sleuth Ancestral Researcher and Storyteller @deadsleuth.com Tee Bylo Hitching. Sleuthing Hawkshaw. Research Fiend, Obit Crafter. Ancestral Storyteller. Writer. TEE TALK Speaker.
Grave Hunter @graveyardsquirrel.com
True Crime Scribe @politetourist.com
Founder @teebylo.com
Dead Botherer - deadsleuth.com
Peter Finch @pedrfinch.bsky.social Poet writer publisher book maker psychogeographer Cardiffian
Aðav ap Iago @coelbrennewydd1.bsky.social Dwi'n mwydro am y Gymraeg🏴
I ramble about the Welsh language🏴
Hartley Special Collections @hartleyspecialc.bsky.social southampton.ac.uk/archives
Based in the University of Southampton Hartley Library.
With around 7 million manuscript items and 50,000 printed books, the Special Collections provide a resource of remarkable richness and depth.
Bournemouth University Archaeology and Anthropology @buarchanth.bsky.social Archaeology at Bournemouth University
Jac Larner @jaclarner.bsky.social Associate Prof in Politics at Cardiff University & Fellow Edinburgh University.
Political Psychology 🧠 & Public Opinion.
https://jaclarner.github.io/jaclarner/
Fiona Ainsworth @fionaainsworth.bsky.social Head of Library and Archives at Kew Gardens. Interested in libraries, archives, botanical illustration, gardens, plants, fungi, botany, and mycology.
Alan Godfrey Maps (3,900+ publications and counting!) @alangodfreymaps.bsky.social Reprinted Old Ordnance Survey Maps across Britain & Ireland introduced by specialist authors.
https://www.alangodfreymaps.co.uk/
USA sales - https://www.ebay.co.uk/str/alangodfreymaps?_trksid=p2334524.m570.l113337
#CombatCartography #MatchMap
Dr James Peate @jamesepeate.bsky.social Social/Cultural Historian.
Press/populism/Romani history.
Views are my own
Melissa🏳️🌈 @melis-willis.bsky.social 📚 Book Lover + Soil Tender
🌀 Family Historian + GenX Resister
📷 Writer + Photographer
👩🏻💻 Documenting life on the threshold of all that’s been & has yet to come, on the blog @ undertheelderberrytree.com
🥰 Skeet comms > 👎🏻 DMs
📍New Mexico, USA
Beth Wyatt @wyattbeth.bsky.social Cultural historian of modern Britain. PhD researcher in First World War studies. Interests including film and TV, gender, emotions, country houses. Also interested in Korean history and culture.
Conor Brockbank @conorbrockbank.bsky.social PhD History researcher @QUB | Irish migration in England, Wales and Zimbabwe | Migration within transnational networks | Previously at Aberystwyth University
Odd This Day @oddthisday.bsky.social Chris Coates, purveyor of niche drivel: https://substack.com/@oddthisday
stone cold steve autism @jamtone.bsky.social The sum of every person I've ever met, and a few I haven't.
Cymro. Amateur Epistemologist. Oldskool Junglist. Ex-journo, digital/social media wonk. Subs > Dubs. #AuDHD #ChaoticGood
🏴🏳️🌈🇪🇺🇺🇦🇵🇸
Bodleian Humanities Library @bodhumslib.bsky.social The Bodleian Humanities Library, part of the Bodleian Libraries, covering English, Music, Philosophy, Theology, Film Studies, History of Medicine, and Internet Studies
Headline of the Day @headlineoftheday.bsky.social The antidote to current affairs, sharing the sillier side of the news.
Seen a great story? Send it my way!
UK Archive Sector Leadership @uknatarcsector.bsky.social Archive Sector Leadership department at The National Archives UK. We support archives of all types and sizes across England.
Find out more about the support we offer: https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/archives-sector/
Glamorgan / Morgannwg @glamorganuk.bsky.social News and updates from Glamorgan / Newyddion a diweddariadau o Forgannwg
Ahana (she/her) @antisanitygirl.bsky.social insane transsexual borderline bunnygirl, essayist, Mad studies, transMad/crip studies, Foucauldian-Butlerian anarchocommunist, advocate for personality disorder liberation
Essays: https://tenderlyborderline.substack.com
Ko-fi: https://ko-fi.com/ahana16698
Women's History Scotland @womenshistscot.bsky.social Women's History Scotland exists to promote study and research in women's and gender history, particularly for those working in Scotland or on Scottish themes.
https://womenshistoryscotland.org/
Flitcraft @flitcraft.bsky.social Scottish history generalist with early modern tendencies. She/her. AuDHD
Llinos Anwyl @llinosanwyl.bsky.social Sgwennwr. Welsh writer.
Llinos.substack.com