Michelle Gwynn @michgreig.bsky.social Falling off bikes, fighting men in swimming pools, history and rampant imposer syndrome. SGSSS funded PhD at UoGlasgow. Interested in transformations within 20C Britain. Awful spelling all my own. Constantly distracted.
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
Saima Nasar @saimanasar.bsky.social Historian. Senior Lecturer at the University of Bristol working on gender, empire, and welfare activism. She/her. Views own. No access to DMs.
PI: Welfare, Citizenship and Intersectional Feminism @wcifproject.bsky.social
Rebecca Jennings @rebeccajennings.bsky.social Historian of gender and sexuality - Modern British and Australian lesbian history; transnational networks; oral history. Associate Professor at UCL. Cake baker.
Miles Glendinning @milesglendinning.bsky.social historian of mass housing (global + HK). New HK housing history: https://www.routledge.com/Hong-Kong-Public-Housing-An-Architectural-and-Policy-History/Glendinning/p/book/9781138680227. Global housing archive: https://datashare.ed.ac.uk/handle/10283/2927
Lukas Novotny @lukasnovo.bsky.social Illustrator and designer: lukasnovo.com
Architecture prints: http://etsy.me/405Nguo
Events manager at @c20society.bsky.social
Lynton Lees @lyntonlees.bsky.social Senior Policy Manager, Public First. Previously British Academy, PhD history of universities and education in modern Britain, Columbia. Views my own.
Dr Rosamund Lily West @rosamundlilywest.bsky.social Lecturer | Historian | Curator
Lecturing @unioftheartslondon and @westdean | PhD on post-war LCC sculpture and housing @KingstonSchArt | Fellow @RoyalHistSoc (she/her)
Robert Clayton Photographer @robclayton.bsky.social Photographer, London based
www.robclayton.co.uk
www.stayfreepublishing.co.uk
@nataliethomlinson.bsky.social @nataliethomlinson.bsky.social Historian of gender and feminism in modern Britain; Associate Prof at the University of Reading
Radical Housing Journal @radicalhousing.bsky.social An open-access international journal dedicated to radical housing struggles and research | Issue 8.1 is out in June 2026!
https://radicalhousingjournal.org/
Matt Thompson @mattthompson.bsky.social • full-time urban geographer (UCL Bartlett)
• spare-time cyclejographer (London mostly)
• first-time author (*Reconstructing Public Housing: Liverpool’s hidden history of collective alternatives* https://www.jstor.org/stable/j.ctv153k6cx
Sadie Levy Gale @slevygale.bsky.social Fellow in Applied History at the Institute of Historical Research. Research interests in social welfare, urban reform and visual culture in early twentieth-century Britain. Associate editor at @the-polyphony.bsky.social
Andrew Seaton @andrewseaton.bsky.social Historian and writer | politics, social history, medicine, environment, welfare | Author of 'Our NHS: A History of Britain's Best-Loved Institution' (Yale, 2023) | Hallsworth Fellow, University of Manchester
http://andrew-seaton.com
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
Rebecca Goldsmith @beccagold.bsky.social Writing about politics, the ‘vernacular’, selfhood and class. Research Fellow at Jesus College, Cambridge.
PhD on ‘The making of “Labour’s working class” 1931-1951’. She/her
lAwReNcE bLaCk @lawrenceblack.bsky.social https://www.york.ac.uk/history/people/black/ - or the history of where, when and how politics and culture met. Or didn’t. Likes flawed red things.
LEILA MARGUERITE @leilamarguerite.bsky.social RUTHLESS CRITICISM OF ALL THAT EXISTS /
editorial @ serpents tail / profile books
Lynn Abrams @lynncabrams.bsky.social Feminist, gardener, knitter, cyclist. Professor of Modern History Uni of Glasgow, gender history, oral history, textiles esp knit
Elara Shurety @elaraks.bsky.social Urban geography PhD student at King’s College London, researching damp & mouldy housing on regenerating London estates💧🦠 || Member of @radicalhousing.bsky.social Journal editorial collective
Ellie Brown @elliebrown.bsky.social Researcher, writer. Looking at twentieth-century architecture and design (shopping centres, public art, urban space, interior design).
emadeleinebrown.com
Tom Goodwin @tomgoodwin.bsky.social PhD student at the University of Warwick, studying the architectural and urban history of Britain in the 1990s and early 2000s
https://www.midlands4cities.ac.uk/student_profile/tom-goodwin/
Arthur Asseraf @arthurasseraf.bsky.social historian
colonialism | media | Orangina
One of those Jews for a free Palestine you keep hearing about
Stef Dickers @stef-dickers.bsky.social Archives Manager at Bishopsgate Institute. Rather passionate about London, Activist, LGBTQ+ & Fetish Archives. Bass Player.
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/
Mark Kirby @markkirby.bsky.social Architectural historian, C17 church architecture & furnishings. Chairman of Council of the Ecclesiological Society.
David Lawton @davidlawton.bsky.social 
Laura King (she/her) @lauracking.bsky.social Historian, latest book Living with the Dead (open access, OUP, 2025). Interested everyday life, emotional relationships, and how history gets passed on.
Love collaborating with people in and outside the University
Louis Loftus @louisloftus.bsky.social Architectural history at Princeton, dog care at home
National Trust @nationaltrust.org.uk All kinds of spaces. All sorts of feelings. All at the National Trust.
Harry Wilkin$ @hs-wilkins.bsky.social I like wandering around and looking and buildings and cities.
I MIGHT MAKE INANE COMMENTS ABOUT THEM IN CAPS.
Otto Saumarez Smith @osaumarezsmith.bsky.social Historian of shopping precincts, derelict landscapes, leisure centres, power stations, inner cities, housing, the Potteries, Telford new town, & city centre redevelopment. @c20society casework & trustee.
Anna Parker @annaporker.bsky.social Past & Present Fellow, Institute of Historical Research. Writing about central Europe, families, psychology and art + objects in the TLS, Granta, Guardian etc.
Moa Carlsson @moacarlsson.bsky.social Historian of 20th-century Britain, esp. landscape planning and rural modernism. Lecturer at University of Edinburgh. Book on landscape architects and the post-war industrialisation of rural Britain forthcoming with CUP. 
Seth Dresden Wheeler @sethnotes.bsky.social Researching for MayDay Rooms (London) & the Working Class Movement Library (Salford)
Publishing with https://agitpress.net/
Experimental politics & culture
At war with the planetary work machine since 1974 ☭
Slowly writing a book about the ‘Global 1977’
Dissent Magazine @dissentmag.bsky.social Democratic socialist since 1954.
dissentmagazine.org
@whc-grace.bsky.social @whc-grace.bsky.social Historian of work, psychiatry and psychoanalysis in mid c20th Britain
Associate member of the NewBridge Project
https://thenewbridgeproject.com/artists/
Cambridge Cultural History Workshop @camculturalhist.bsky.social Graduate Students' Workshop @camhistory.bsky.social
🗓 Meet Wednesdays, 5pm 👥
Convenors Syeda (sufa2), Vic (vrm1000), Piers (ph551) & Alex (atr34)
Political Quarterly @politicalquarterly.bsky.social Analysis, insight and informed opinion on politics and public policy. https://politicalquarterly.org.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.
George Morris @gbmorris.bsky.social 
George Severs @georgesevers.bsky.social Historian of health, violence and activism in modern Britain. Postdoc at the Geneva Graduate Institute in Switzerland. Usually found reading or swimming.
Cambridge University Library @theul.bsky.social Cambridge University Library
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
Joanna Bourke @joannabourke.bsky.social Historian curious about violence, the emotions, and what it means to be human. Currently writing a book on Women and Wine! See joannabourke.com
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez @aoc.bsky.social Waitress turned Congresswoman for the Bronx and Queens. Grassroots elected, small-dollar supported. A better world is possible.
ocasiocortez.com
Gillian Malpass @gillianmalpass.bsky.social Art publisher, cat lover, very amateur gardener
Sara Caputo @saracaputo.bsky.social History Assistant Prof. & Director of Studies at Magdalene College, University of Cambridge. Histories of maritime labour, mapping, and medicine (Britain, France, Spain, & Italy).
https://www.hist.cam.ac.uk/people/dr-sara-caputo
Ellie Munro @elmunro.bsky.social Researcher. Voluntary & community action: history, policy, theory. @cdjplus.bsky.social board. Former trade union bureaucrat & policy wonk. Brand: charity archives, institutional theory, campaigning, communities, disability, Godzilla. All snark mine.
Happy Being 🌿 @happybeing.bsky.social Your daily dose of mental peace ✨ | Tips, affirmations & tools for anxiety, stress & self-care 🧠💛 | 10K+ minds healing together | all you need is below 👇
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Isokon Gallery @isokongallery.bsky.social This iconic 1934 apartment block was once home to emigré Bauhaus masters, Agatha Christie, Soviet spies, and more. Open from March to the end of November, 11 am - 4 pm, Saturdays and Sundays, and on the last Friday of each month. https://isokongallery.org/
Timothy Hyde @hydetimothy.bsky.social Historian of architecture, urbanism, modernity / MIT / Author of Ugliness & Judgment / research: architecture & law, building sites, ugliness, Antarctica
Apollo @apollo-magazine.com The International Art Magazine. Published monthly since 1925, we cover everything from antiquities to contemporary work | London | https://www.apollo-magazine.com/
British Library @britishlibrary.bsky.social We’re the national library of the UK.
Present & Correct @presentcorrect.bsky.social New & vintage stationery from around the world, since 2009. Our shop is at 12 Bury Place, London WC1A 2JL. https://www.presentandcorrect.com
derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social Menswear writer. Editor at Put This On. Words at The New York Times, The Washington Post, The Financial Times, Esquire, and Mr. Porter.
If you have a style question, search:
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Tricia Lockwood @tricialockwood.bsky.social https://www.prhspeakers.com/speaker/patricia-lockwood
Ben Tarnoff @bentarnoff.com my latest book is MUSKISM, co-authored with Quinn Slobodian: https://bookshop.org/p/books/muskism-a-guide-for-the-perplexed-ben-tarnoff/3d177fb9349a79ff
The Point Magazine @thepointmag.bsky.social A magazine founded on the suspicion that modern life is worth examining.
thepointmag.com 
Thea Hawlin @theodorahawlin.bsky.social English Writer in Italy. Recent words in The Financial Times, AnOther, Apollo and Frieze.
Hawlin pronounced Ha-V-lin.
✍🏼 theahawlin@gmail.com
Ben Wiedel-Kaufmann @benwwk.bsky.social Dr of London's murals & 'the Left', 1975-86; Lecturer; Socialist; OU PSG; UCU; Lambeth TUC
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https://profiles.open.ac.uk/ben-wiedel-kaufmann
https://www.ucl.ac.uk/institute-of-advanced-studies/early-career-network/reading-groups/marxism-culture
The Quietus @thequietus.com Black Sky Thinking since 2008.
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Frances Ryan @francesryan.bsky.social Guardian columnist and journalist. Commentator of the Year 2024. Author of Who Wants Normal? (paperback out now) and Crippled.
E: frances.ryan.freelance@guardian.co.uk
Danny Dorling @dannydorling.bsky.social Latest news about Danny Dorling, Professor of Geography, University of Oxford, author of books and other publications:
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Granta @grantamag.bsky.social The Magazine of New Writing.
https://granta.com/
Laura Beers @fieryparticle.bsky.social Historian. Occasional podcaster. Author of Your Britain; Red Ellen; and Orwell’s Ghosts. Runner. 🤓📚🏃♀️
Agent: David Higham, https://rb.gy/t8twa
https://linktr.ee/lbeers
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/
Camb British History @cammodbrit.bsky.social News and events in modern British history @camhistory.bsky.social
Patrick Zamarian @pzamarian.bsky.social Senior Lecturer in Architectural Design and Humanities @LivUniArch
Author: 'The Architectural Association in the Postwar Years' (Lund Humphries 2020)
Contemporary British History seminar @cont-brit-hist.bsky.social The account for the Contemporary British History seminar at @ihr.bsky.social
Fortnightly seminars, alternating between in-person and online. Follow us for details of our programme and other related talks and events that may be of interest. 
Mile End Institute @mileendinstitute.bsky.social The Mile End Institute at Queen Mary University of London brings together politicians, policymakers, researchers, students and the public to discuss the major challenges facing British politics, policymaking and public life.
Voluntary Action History Society @vahs.bsky.social VAHS aims to promote the study of voluntary action history and to develop an understanding of this history for the public, for academics, and for people working in the voluntary sector.
Yale University Press London 📖 @yalebooks.bsky.social Yale University Press in London https://yalebooks.co.uk/
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Construction History Society @constructionhist.bsky.social Construction history worldwide. Materials, technologies, systems and people relating to construction in the past. Journal, members' magazine, conferences etc
To get a follow-back tell us your construction interests.
https://www.constructionhistory.co.uk
The New York Times @nytimes.com We seek the truth and help people understand the world. Not a subscriber? Your first month is now free in our app. https://nytimes.onelink.me/Xpht/zbx4nci9
Joe Moran @joemoransblog.bsky.social Professor of English @LJMU and author of If You Should Fail, First You Write a Sentence, Shrinking Violets, Armchair Nation, On Roads etc. Website: joemoran.net
Common Wealth @cmmonwealth.bsky.social We design ownership models for a democratic and sustainable economy.
http://common-wealth.org
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Colm Murphy @colmpm.bsky.social Historian of UK and ROI politics and political economy. Senior Lecturer at QMUL and Deputy Director of Mile End Institute (https://www.qmul.ac.uk/politics/staff/profiles/murphycolm.html). Book on Labour and 'modernisation' (https://tinyurl.com/37tzatvk).
Paul Mellon Centre for Studies in British Art @paulmelloncentr.bsky.social 
Sanjana Varghese @sanjanamv.bsky.social visual investigations @nytimes / sanjana.varghese@nytimes.com
Ben Campkin @bencampkin.bsky.social Professor of Urbanism and Urban History and Vice-Dean, Public and City Engagement, The Bartlett, UCL. Author of Queer Premises (Bloomsbury, 2023) and Remaking London (2013). Researching night-time cities and night work
Repeater Books @repeaterbooks.bsky.social We are alive and we don't agree.
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Adam Coleman @adam-coleman.bsky.social PhD candidate at @uni-of-warwick exploring postwar British seaside towns | policy at @artscouncilengland | trustee at @c20society & folkestone’s leas lift | neurodiverse & queer (he/him) 🌈
Sally Watson @salawatson.bsky.social Cities, cycling, planning and play. Often on a bike or in a museum.
Co-host - activetravelcafe.org.uk
Trustee - historictownstrust.uk
Vittles Magazine @vittles.bsky.social A food and culture magazine.
https://www.vittlesmagazine.com/
Jonathan Nunn @jonathandnunn.bsky.social 
Professor Loretta Lees @lorettaclees.bsky.social Director Boston University Initiative on Cities. Urbanist, Geographer, Public Scholar, Mum. Lives Boston USA and London UK.
CHRISTIAN LORENTZEN @xlo.bsky.social FREELANCE WRITER
Chloë J. A. Pieters @cjapieters.bsky.social River Farm Foundation Early Career Teaching and Research Fellow, St Edmund Hall, Oxford. Comparative Belgian and British history of the FWW (and beyond). She/her. History, history, it is a mystery. https://www.seh.ox.ac.uk/people/chloe-pieters
Forensic Architecture @forensicarchi.bsky.social Investigating state and corporate violence globally, presenting our findings from the courtroom to the gallery. Based at Goldsmiths, University of London.
Jewish Currents @jewishcurrents.bsky.social Founded in 1946, Jewish Currents is a magazine committed to the rich tradition of thought, activism, and culture of the Jewish left.
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abi karas @abikaras.bsky.social likes roofs 𓆏 leverhulme ECF uni of st andrews. (post-)soviet urban space, local politics + identity. she/her/она
New Left Review @newleftreview.bsky.social Left-wing journal of ideas covering world politics, global economy, movements, theory, history, culture and more.
Website: https://newleftreview.org
The Guardian @theguardian.com The need for independent journalism has never been greater. Become a Guardian supporter https://support.theguardian.com
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Dr David Lund @davidjohnlund.bsky.social Historian of models and modelmaking. Senior Lecturer at Arts University Bournemouth. Opinions all my own.
MichaelLondonSF @michaellondonsf.bsky.social semi-retired / activist on London housing and planning / UCL Bartlett / grandfather JustSpace.org.uk michaeledwards.org.uk
I don't follow people with empty bios.
IHR Britain @ Home and Abroad seminar @ihrbritainseminar.bsky.social Find our programme here: https://www.history.ac.uk/seminars/britain-home-and-abroad 
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
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dominique routhier @routhier.bsky.social Starter pack marxist
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