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The Folklore Society @folkloresociety.bsky.social Based in London, The Folklore Society has been collecting, studying, publishing and promoting the study of folklore in all its forms since 1878. Visit our website: https://folklore-society.com
Natural History Museum, London @nhm-london.bsky.social We’re the museum looking deeper into the Earth’s past to shape a new future where both people and planet thrive.
Protecting the planet, it’s in our nature. 🌍
Queer at Last @queeratlast.bsky.social Two pals. One museum artefact. Millennia of queer history unlocked before your very ears 🏳️🌈 Podcast episodes released fortnightly ✨ https://queeratlast.com 🔗
Museums Association @museumsassociation.org Membership organisation and network for everyone working in museums and heritage 🤝 based in the UK 📍 museumsassociation.org
The Old Operating Theatre Museum & Herb Garret @oldoptheatre.bsky.social A medical museum housing the oldest operating theatre in Europe (1822) in the heart of London Bridge. Likes and retweets are not endorsements. #OldOpTheatre
www.oldoperatingtheatre.com
Colchester Museums @colmuseums.bsky.social We're renowned for Romans, cuckoo about clocks and wild for animals! Custodians of Colchester Castle, Hollytrees Museum and Colchester's Natural History Museum.
Merchant Adventurers’ Hall @merchantshallyork.org Discover one of the finest medieval guildhalls in the world. Home to York’s entrepreneurs for 660 years and counting.
merchantshallyork.org
weird medieval guys @weirdmedieval.bsky.social fibre arts enthusiast
https://linktr.ee/weirdmedievalguys
Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County @nhm.org Inspiring wonder, discovery, and responsibility for our natural and cultural worlds. Open 9:30am - 5pm daily.
http://linktr.ee/nhmla
Institute of Historical Research @ihr.bsky.social The Institute of Historical Research is the UK’s national home for history. Supporting historians with digital resources, library, seminars & training
https://www.history.ac.uk/ Part of @sasnews.bsky.social
The Museum of English Rural Life (MERL) @themerl.bsky.social We explore the history of the English countryside and its people. Chaotic Good.
https://merl.reading.ac.uk/
Elizabeth Taylor @elizabethtaylor47.bsky.social I am a marvelous housekeeper. Every time I leave a man, I keep his house.
Scott Bryan @scottygb.bsky.social TV Critic and Broadcaster. Must Watch + Remember Me? podcast. My book "OUT NOW" is out in September. Dyslexic / Autistic.
Alex Andreou @sturdyalex.bsky.social I write, act, sing, broadcast and cook. Occasionally, even for money. One third of the @quietriotpod.bsky.social with @pimlicat.bsky.social and @mrkennycampbell.bsky.social
Support me on https://ko-fi.com/quietriotpod
Nikki McCann Ramírez @nikkimcr.bsky.social politics reporter @ Rolling Stone • host of @americanfric.bsky.social • clipping with @snapstream.com • siempre jodiendo 🇲🇽
send me a book: https://linktr.ee/Nikkimcr
signal: Nikkimcr.70
http://SnapStream.com/nikki
Heather Stewart @guardianheather.bsky.social Economics editor at the Guardian. Former political editor, former Observer economics editor. Londoner, Mum.
heather.stewart@theguardian.com
Prof. Bethan Evans @drbevans.bsky.social Professor of Human Geography at Uni of Liverpool, research on chronic illness, energy limiting conditions, fat embodiment. Feminist, Fat Activist, Spoonie, PwME, Friend, Sister, Daughter, Person. Hobbies: SF, cats, knitting/crochet. she/her or they/their 🏳️⚧️
Eleni Chambers @elenichambers.bsky.social Disabled researcher/activist. Inclusion, access, involvement and co-production (mainly, but also wildlife, gardening, music, modern art, photography...)
Works for different UK H&SC organisations, particularly likes Disabled People’s Organisations (DPOs).
Mentally Millennial🦋💅🏻 @millennialmh.bsky.social European 🇪🇺 | Chats mental & chronic illness 🥄 BPD, suicide survivor ; Fibromyalgia 💜 CFS💙 | Neurodivergent🌈 Dyspraxic Dyscalculia, Rejection Sensitive (RSD)| trying to recover from trauma🌱 rebuilding life after loss | She/Her🏳️🌈| fiancé💍
📍UK (unfortunately)
Kim (They/He) @researchradkim.bsky.social NHS Research Radiographer
Disabled, AuDHD, Queer
Trans Masc 🏳️⚧️
Committee Chair for Leeds Paraclimbing Club
Suzanne Bull MBE @suzannebull71.bsky.social She/Her. I’m a creative consultant & blogger, supporting disability diversity in arts & culture, climate sustainability & cancer patient advocacy. I blog about being disabled & living with a Breast Cancer diagnosis.
Chan (she/her) @chantelle38.bsky.social Black, queer, London.
Educator, historian, woman in tech, AuDHD, elevating POC, queer, women, disabled & neurodiverse entrepreneurs, UK Black Pride team, mum of 2 humans & many plants, passionate about all things equity, education & social justice.
🏳️🌈
Tom Howard @tomhowardasd.bsky.social Gay. Autistic. Socialist. Proud. 2024 Big Issue Changemaker. Advocating for peace, justice, and equality across the UK. Disability Officer & political insider. Fighting for a better future - one step at a time. All views my own.
Georgia Harper @mindtheflap.bsky.social Autistic autism policy wonk. Co-hosts a podcast about Doctor Who: Circuit Breaker. Views my own. She/Her. https://linktr.ee/mindtheflap
Rosemary Frazer @rosemaryfrazer.bsky.social Disability Equality Consultant + Trainer. Politics/History nerd. Wheelchair and chocolate user. First Belfast, now London. Tomorrow...the stars
Emma 💖 @emmalthorley.bsky.social She/Her.
29, Scottish, chronically ill and complains a lot. Dachshund mother, avid reader, gamer and fibre artist.
Dan Dalton-Roberts @dandalton-roberts.bsky.social Welfare Rights Adviser // Disability Rights UK and Unite the Union member
TandemKate @tandemkate.bsky.social Active travel enthusiast, mobility impaired, enjoy outdoors, making stuff, reading, games, music
I work for Wheels for Wellbeing - all views here are my own 
Lucy Series @thesmallplaces.bsky.social Associate Professor of Social Care Law and Policy, University of Bristol, School for Policy Studies. Socio-legal research on: disability, legal capacity, human rights, sovereignty, governmentality and other stuff. Small Places Blog.
WheelieMSAdvocate @wheeliefums.bsky.social She/Her
MS and Disability Rights Advocate
Podcast/YouTube - My Living with MS
#EndSocialCareDisgrace
#KeepOurNHSPublic
#SOSNHS
#EndTheCrisis
Hull FC ⚫⚪
Lucy Webster @lucywebster.bsky.social Disability advocate | Journalist | Author | Public speaker | Community organiser | Rep'd by Curtis Brown | My first book, THE VIEW FROM DOWN HERE, a very personal memoir of ableism and sexism, is out now 👩🦼🏳️🌈
ru 🧚♀️🌸 @rollwithru.bsky.social award winning queer disabled activist & lover of everything pink🌸🧚♀️🎀
csf leaker 🧠💧
🌸collabs: rollwithru@hotmail.com
Campaign for Disability Justice @campaignfdj.bsky.social A UK-wide campaign run by Disabled people, for Disabled people, run by a local charity @inclusionbarnet.bsky.social
Join a growing movement calling for a decent life for Disabled people: https://buff.ly/IZDn3T5
Hoss @hossylass.bsky.social Here for when the other place implodes. Disability rights. Fair society. Animal rescue. Likes spreadsheets, clean air and FFP3 masks. Reads Hansard. Swears. UBI nerd.
Swears - in case you missed it the first time.
Jemma Brown @jemmabrown.bsky.social Blind accessibility advocate and influencer living neurospicy and chronic illness life. https://linktr.ee/jemmabrown
Ian Hamilton @ianhamiltonbbc.bsky.social Journalist, guide dog owner, potter 
Daniel Bennett @dbennettnews.bsky.social Senior Journalist/Producer in Society and Health at BBC Scotland News. Once deemed "not quite Terry Wogan" by a listener. ✉️ : daniel.bennett@bbc.co.uk
BBC journos starter pack:
https://go.bsky.app/8gWbLmD 
Relish_Hendy aka Jen @relishhendy.bsky.social Comedian, Wigs/Hair/Make-Up Historian, Disability Rights Champion, Parent-Carer
As seen on TV/Heard on Radio
#History #SEND #ParentCarer #DisabilityRights #DPAC
Dermot Devlin @mywayaccess.bsky.social Disability rights.
Access warrior.
Ableism’s worst nightmare.
My Way Access | DPAC Northern Ireland | IMTAC
Jaipreet Virdi @jaivirdi.com Award-winning historian #HistSTM & #DisHist. Author of "Hearing Happiness: Deafness Cures in History" (2020) and "Echoes of Care: Deafness in Modern Britain." Associate Professor at University of Victoria. Deaf & forever a radical
Learn more: jaivirdi.com
Aparna Nair @disabilitystor1.bsky.social Historian, occasional anthropologist, working on disability, race and Empire; histories of public health. Eternal immigrant, writer, teacher. Indifferent cook. There will be many dogs on this feed. Luddite, yes, in the best way.
Lives with epilepsy.
Valerie Eliot Smith @valerieeliotsmith.bsky.social Independent researcher living with myalgic encephalomyelitis (ME) since 1981. Barrister (ret'd) #TMTlaw Visiting scholar @QMUL Blog at http://valerieeliotsmith.com
Based in London, UK
Sam Barnett-Cormack @sambc.barnett-cormack.co.uk Liberal Quaker, disabled, neurodivergent (ADHD), interested in most things. Eclectic education. He/him. narco_sam on X.
Lancaster, UK
Writing/speaking on disability, patient experience, Quaker stuff, & whatever I feel like.
https://linktr.ee/quakersambc
Lucy Hobbs @lucykhobbs.bsky.social Founder of The Future is ND, Creative Director, neurodiversity consultant, keynote speaker and proudly AuDHD
Laura Hellfeld of Neurodivergent Nurse Consulting @laurahellfeld.bsky.social Nurse • Author • Speaker | Supporting neurodivergent and disabled people across everyday life, healthcare & education
Snowball @snowballcommunity.bsky.social
What’s is Snowball??…Think TripAdvisor for the disabled community.
Apple https://apps.apple.com/gb/app/snowball-community/id1624679548
Android https://play.google.com/store/search?q=snowball+community&c=apps&hl=en&gl=US
Emily Mae C @maethefourth.bsky.social One hip wonder & chron(iconic)ally sick | working towards being paid to argue (seeking pupillage) | Chair of Neurodiversity in Law 🧠 @ndinlaw.bsky.social
Kieron Andrew 🏳️⚧️👨🏻🦽 @kieron-andrew.bsky.social Bristol, UK
Trans Man 🏳️⚧️
Wheelchair user 👨🏻🦽
#SpinaBifida #Hydrocephalus #ChronicPain
Interests:
🔸 #Wrestlesky 🤼
🔸 #WorldTravel ᯓ ✈︎
🔸 #BristolCityFC ⚽️
🔸 #LasVegasRaiders 🏈
🔸 Making worldwide friends! 🌏(if your profile is BLANK I will NOT add you!)
Ian Hewitt @ianh1978.bsky.social Book lover, stuck loving the bands I grew up with. FND/SFN/EM and Chronic Pain Exister… Veteran fighting for rights of fellow UK Veterans. Studying for BA(Hons) in History.
Maddy Rose @maddyirose.bsky.social Welfare policy research at Citizens Advice
she/her
views my own ✨
RF Hunt♿️ @rfhunt1.bsky.social I’m a journalist, author and columnist and have spinal cord injuries (SCI) plus secondary conditions
Interested in the mental health of those with SCI. Crazy childless cat lady - social justice warrior!
https://authory.com/RuthHunt
Paula Peters @paulapeters19.bsky.social Disability Rights Activist - DPAC
Co founder of Bromley & Croydon DPAC
Disability Rights Advocate
Trade Unionist - Unite
NHS Activist
Flora Renz @florarenz.bsky.social Academic law person at King’s College London. Working on feminist, disability & gender things, also medical ethics. Held hostage by my beagle. All views my own & not peer reviewed.
Keely Lawesome @i-am-lawesome.bsky.social Tiktoker (i_am_lawesome)
and disability rights advocate.
Also disabled myself since 14. ♿️
I have a husband and 2 young daughters 👨👩👧👧
And living in the Northwest UK. 🇬🇧
#dontbechronicallyignorant 
Louise Ting @neuro-observant.bsky.social Neurodivergent. LGBTQ+ 🌈 Passionate about autism advocacy, mental health, and research. Community volunteer. Love 🐈, PPI, art and learning
Creator of this popular PPI resource (used by research orgs & universities globally):
tiny.cc/PPIdiagram
Marjorie Creek @mcreek.bsky.social A solicitor, veteran, charity trustee
law, health, politics
Peter Torres Fremlin @desibility.bsky.social Covering world news with a disability lens. I love languages, questions and places I've lived 🇬🇧🇧🇷🇧🇩🇪🇬
Writing Disability Debrief: https://www.disabilitydebrief.org/signup
Dr Elisabeth Griffiths @egriffiths.bsky.social Associate Prof @NorthumbriaLaw. Research - equality | disability rights | legal ed. | menopause and the workplace | labour/employment law. Big believer in widening participation. Love photography. Solicitor (non-prac). Trustee SLSA. Member Law Society DSN.
Tom Shakespeare @tomshakespeare.bsky.social Talks, writes, teaches. "The Ha-ha" & "The Ends" might make you laugh. Patreon https://patreon.com/Tomtalksdisabillity?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=creatorshare_fan&utm_content=join_link
Carri Swann @carriswann.bsky.social Welfare rights/social security at @cpaguk.bsky.social. Posting in a personal capacity. Repost ≠ endorsement
📍Nottingham
Mark Brown @markoneinfour.bsky.social Mental health/tech stuff. Sell ads for local newspapers, keeping local public interest news alive. Former writer in residence @centreforMH. Ask me to write MH things. Director Social Spider CIC. DMs open. Podcast @BBCOuch
(he/they)
Sarah O'Brien @sarahobrien.bsky.social 👩🏼🏫 autism trainer across North Central London
🎓 inclusive public involvement PhD @kcl.ac.uk
📚 So, I'm Autistic out now
she/her - autistic and disabled
generally funny, views + typos own
@SarahMarieOB on Twitter
Tania Tirraoro @tanialt.bsky.social Founder @spcialndsjungle.bsky.social, writer, #autistic, #SaveOurChildrensRights, #SENDsky #EhlersDanlos #Disability #ChildrensRights, Devoted Grandma #wheelchair user #chronicpain
Disability Rights UK @disrightsuk.bsky.social We one of the UK’s leading Disabled People's Organisation run by and for Disabled people, working for justice and equality for all.
https://linktr.ee/disabilityrightsuk
Disability News Service @johnpring.bsky.social In-depth reporting on issues affecting disabled people in the UK since 2009. www.disabilitynewsservice.com
Anna Landre @annalandre.com Part woman, part machine / Disability justice + more / #DisabilityPower100, Vogue #21Under21 💋🦾
Fmr Washington DC Commissioner, now in London📍
annalandre.com
Alona Ferber @aloner.bsky.social Senior editor, @prospectmagazine.co.uk | Co-host, The Prospect Podcast | Ex: NS, Haaretz, TBI | UK, Israel/Palestine, feminism, politics, Ursula K Le Guin | Sign up to my newsletter: http://thebacklash.substack.com |
Ellen Halliday @ellenhalliday.bsky.social Deputy editor at @prospectmagazine.co.uk
Sarah Collins @sarahelizacollins.bsky.social Commissioning editor and journalist at Prospect Magazine. Writer for The Week, The Guardian, The i paper etc
https://authory.com/SarahCollins
Agent: @annapallai.bsky.social
Signal: sarahcollinswrites.94
Zoë Grünewald @zoegrunewald.bsky.social Political journalist & broadcaster |
Westminster Editor at the Lead UK |
Presenter on Fubar Radio |
Chatting on Oh God What Now |
Find my work and commission me here: https://www.zoegrunewald.com/
Zoë Crowther @zoecrowther.bsky.social • political reporter @politicshome.bsky.social • “internet shepherd” of Bluesky • covering Westminster and where politics meets social media and tech
IG: http://instagram.com/zoe.crowther/ • X: @zoenora6
📍 London via Notts, Newcastle & Bristol
megan kenyon @meganekenyon.bsky.social political correspondent, new statesman
subscribe to the NS: https://secure.newstatesman.com/I5OXMABN?gad_source=1&gad_campaignid=21429525497&gbraid=0AAAAACT-7u5
Tal Lavin @swordsjew.bsky.social journalist, author, reads too much. haggard and unblest. trans guy, he/him. feygeleh & proud 🦩
newsletter:
buttondown.email/theswordandthesandwich
contact: talialavinwrites@gmail.com
Janine Gibson @janinegibson.ft.com Editor of Weekend FT • sinkhole tracker • Do not buy crypto from me or anyone who appears to be me
Charlotte Lydia Riley @lottelydia.bsky.social Imperial Island: A History of Empire in Modern Britain (Penguin 2023)/An Alternative History of the British Empire (HUP 2024). Is Free Speech Under Threat? (2024).
https://linktr.ee/charlottelydiariley
repped by Carrie Plitt @FBA
views are all mine 💫
Dana El Kurd @danaelkurd.bsky.social Associate Professor of Political Science • Author: Polarized & Demobilized, Legacies of Authoritarianism in Palestine • ماسكة السلم بالعرض • Banner by Sara Qaed
danaelkurd.com to contact
Lizzie Dearden @lizziedearden.bsky.social Security correspondent at
@theipaper.com, author of 'Plotters: The UK Terrorists Who Failed'
India Bourke @indiabourke.bsky.social BBC enviro journalist, writing & editing for Future and Earth. Reviews in @resurgencetrust.bsky.social . Prev @newstatesman.com , AFP & others. (Recently returned from mat leave)
Monica Marks @monicamarks.bsky.social Prof of Middle East Politics at NYU Abu Dhabi. Tunisia, Turkey, Gulf. PhD St Antony's College, Oxford. Rhodes, Fulbright, Harvard WCFIA.
Religion & democracy. Tango & bizarre travel enthusiast. Perpetually craving Istanbul. Words in NYT, WaPo, TIME & more
Jessica Studdert @jesstud.bsky.social Always searching for good coffee.
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/
Hannah Jane Parkinson @ladyhaja.bsky.social ✍🏻 Journalist: The Guardian, Observer, elsewhere
📖 Buy: The Joy of Small Things amzn.to/3EBFgqz
🗣️Posting: politics, arts, mental health, media, ⚽️, 🏳️🌈
📧 Your emails can find me well at: hannah.jane.parkinson@theguardian.com
Lisa Goldman @lisang.bsky.social Europe Editor, New Lines Magazine (newlinesmag.com). Also quite a bit about the Middle East.
lgoldman@newlinesmag.com
Josie Glausiusz @josiegz.bsky.social Science journalist writing for Nature, Scientific American, National Geographic, Guardian Books, BBC Future, Washington Post Opinions, Prospect Magazine.
Passionate reader. #PoetryIsMedicine #ClimateCrisis She/Her
Sarah Manavis @sarahmanavis.bsky.social american author of TELL ME ABOUT MYSELF (2027) on the rise and impact of psychotherapy, HarperCollins (UK) + Simon & Schuster (US). writer at the Observer + elsewhere
sarahmanavis.com / she/her
Diyora Shadijanova @thediyora.bsky.social work in progressive comms, occasional journalist and writer 🌿
hothouse bookclub co-organiser
email: diyora.shadijanova@gmail.com
website: diyorashadijanova.xyz
she/they
Rabbi Danya Ruttenberg @theradr.bsky.social Rabbi/award-winning author.
🌱 Ancient tools for healing + justice: LifeIsASacredText.com
(Always! 100% human-authored + NAZI-FREE!):
New 📚 On Repentance and Repair: Making Amends in an Unapologetic World.
💥 Collective liberation or bust.
she/her
Dahlia Lithwick @dahlialithwick.bsky.social Lois Lane for the courts and broken tigger
Slate, Amicus, MSNBC, NYT bestseller Lady Justice
Ariel Edwards-Levy @aedwardslevy.bsky.social Polling editor at CNN, keeping (cross)tabs on public opinion and the news. I like puns.
Prof. Pragya Agarwal @drpragyaagarwal.bsky.social ND Scientist & Writer:SWAY, (M)OTHERHOOD, HYSTERICAL/Writing a new book coming early 2026 and spending a lot of time in libraries and archives. FRSA FRGS. V Prof at Loughborough. Fellow at Newnham College-Cambridge, Fulbright (CUNY), Oxford etc.
Jo Murray @jmurr.bsky.social 
Rebecca Spang @rlspang.bsky.social Professor of History at big public university in Midwest. Writes about money, French Revolution, restaurants. Friend to vert paleo.
ex UCL History; Yale SOM Visiting Fellow; Guggenheim and New America Fellow.
once/future Mainer
Atheist
Annette Dittert @annettedittert.bsky.social Senior Correspondent ARD London 2008- 2025 • previously Warsaw/New York • Loving London • Living on a Narrowboat • Also writing for Prospect/Blaetter and others.
Susanna Crossman @susannacrossman.bsky.social Writing. Teaching. Mentoring. & hospitals...
Books: @penguinrandomhouse.bsky.social @ofmooseandmen.bsky.social @pressassembly.bsky.social @edlacroisee.bsky.social
Words: Guardian, Aeon, Vogue, Paris Review...
https://susanna-crossman.squarespace.com
Helen Kennedy @helenkennedy.com Newspapers 4 life. (Ex NY Daily News, Boston Herald.)
NYC, North Fork. (Amateur watercolors now at @washbuckler.bsky.social)
No substack. No podcast. You're welcome.
Too sarcastic for my own good.
Cat Neilan @catneilan.bsky.social Whitehall Editor for the Observer & chief investigative reporter for BBC R4's The Naked Week. Politics, investigations and taramasalata
Patricia Clarke @paticlarke.bsky.social Technology editor at The Observer | AI Fellow at the Pulitzer Center
Got a story? Email me or message me on Signal: patriciaclarke.19
patricia-clarke.com
Josephine Quinn @josephinequinn.bsky.social Historian at Cambridge. In Search of the Phoenicians (2018) and How the World Made the West (2024). Photos by Sukant Deepak (in Jaipur, 2024) and Carlotta Cardana (at St John's College, Cambridge, 2025).
Caitlin Doherty @caitlindoherty.bsky.social Doing digital things at BBC News