Paul Kindred @paulkindred.bsky.social European. Beatles/solo, Stones, Brian W, Tom, Kate, Bob, Bruce, David, Debbie, Marc, Chrissie, Alex, TFC. Dad/singer/guitar/songwriter/veggie/Labour/Humanism/science.
https://thecloudminders.bandcamp.com/follow_me
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/
The National Archives Trust @natarchivestrust.bsky.social Supporting education and engagement projects to share the stories held at The National Archives and beyond.
Liz White @lizcwhite.bsky.social Book lover. Tea drinker. Incorrigibly plural.
@beamishmuseum.bsky.social @beamishmuseum.bsky.social
Open Up Music 🎵 @openupmusic.bsky.social Working alongside young disabled musicians to bring about musical inclusion. We're the charity behind the National Open Youth Orchestra noyo.org.uk, openorchestras.org and the Clarion accessible instrument theclarion.uk. UK Bristol based. openupmusic.org
Howard Davies @howdavies.bsky.social Husband, father, archivist, information manager, cricket umpire, sunny optimist. Not necessarily in that order...
@micheledeeks.bsky.social @micheledeeks.bsky.social
Dr Susan Jones @susandrjonesarts.bsky.social Independent arts researcher and commentator on artists’ livelihoods and arts policy interrelations www.padwickjonesarts.co.uk
Laura Van Broekhoven @prmlaurita.bsky.social Director Pitt Rivers Museum. Prof Museum Studies and Ethics, University of Oxford. New to Blsk
National Museum Directors' Council @nmdcnews.bsky.social The National Museum Directors' Council represents the leaders of the UK's national collections and major regional museums.
Our Newsletter updates you on what's happening in museums and cultural policy in the UK.
https://www.nationalmuseums.org.uk/
Rebecca Blackman @rebeccablackman.bsky.social National Director Engagement and Communities - and the Midlands at Arts Council England. Lover of art, museums, libraries, heritage, science, nature and all that stuff. Personal views expressed here.
Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra @bournemouthso.bsky.social One of the UK’s best-loved orchestras, the BSO is known for championing the role of culture in people’s lives. Chief Conductor: Mark Wigglesworth. bsolive.com
Campaign for the Arts @campaignforthearts.org We believe the arts make life better, and everyone should have opportunities to experience and take part in them. 🎶💃🎭🎨✍️📸🎥🧵🏛️
https://www.campaignforthearts.org/join/
Julie's Bicycle @juliesbicycle.bsky.social A pioneering non-profit mobilising the arts and culture to take action on the climate, nature and justice crisis. https://juliesbicycle.org #CreativeClimateAction
ArtWorks Alliance @artworksalliance.uk ArtWorks Alliance: a UK-wide cross-sectoral body collaborating on the strategic development of the participatory arts sector. https://artworksalliance.uk
Janet Dugdale @janetdugdale.bsky.social Consultant working with and for museums, heritage & culture.
Darren Henley @henleydarren.bsky.social CEO Arts Council England. New book ‘The Arts Dividend: How Investment in Culture Creates Happier Lives’ out 30th January.
The National Youth Orchestra @nyogb.bsky.social We are the UK’s leading organisation championing orchestral music as a powerful agent for teenage development.
The CBSO @thecbso.bsky.social
Leah Roseman @leahroseman.bsky.social My podcast strives to inspire you through the personal stories of a diversity of musicians, with in-depth conversations and great music, that reveal the depth and breadth to a life in music. Conversations with Musicians: leahroseman.com
British Records Association @britrecs.bsky.social The British Records Association is a UK charity, working for archives since 1932. Please become a member and support our work https://www.britishrecordsassociation.org.uk/
Arts Council England @artscouncilengland.bsky.social Your national development agency for creativity and culture
• Awarding @dcmsgovuk & @tnluk funds
• Got a question? ☎️ artscouncil.org.uk/contact
Led By Donkeys @ledbydonkeys.org Art, Activism and Accountability
https://linktr.ee/ledbydonkeys?utm_source=linktree_admin_share
theartsdesk @theartsdesk.bsky.social theartsdesk.com - a daily serving of incisive, well-informed arts coverage. Enjoy criticism at its best.
Sign up for our newsletter: bit.ly/guVVH9
Ex Cathedra @excathedrachoir.bsky.social Inspiring singing. Through live performances, by expanding the choral repertoire, by nurturing talent, and through outstanding participatory experiences- A Anna @annamelville.bsky.social
@tenebraechoir.bsky.social @tenebraechoir.bsky.social
Patrick McDermott @sibelian62.bsky.social OAP. Not a musician. Enjoy music, CBSO/HALLE, plus eclectic tastes. RT's not endorsements! Typos normal :-) Living in N. Shropshire UK.
Esther Fox @appleyardfox.bsky.social Passionate about Museums and Galleries; particularly in making them more porous and representative of the diverse and vibrant communities they serve. Currently leading Screen South's Accentuate programme, heading up ACE funded Curating Visibility.
Stephen Barlow @stephenbarlow.bsky.social Culture | Heritage | Governance | Funding | Fundraising | Trustee | Social Justice
Love a musical, good food, wine and friendships.
Views all my own. Favourites sometimes simply a bookmark.
Association of Performing Arts Collections @apac-ssn.bsky.social Est. 1979 we champion UK & Irish performing arts collections & heritage. Charity (no. 1180988).
www.performingartscollections.org.uk
Phil Boot @philboot.bsky.social Archivist at #Glyndebourne | Trustee for APAC | FRSA | Art history & theatre design | Views my own 🏳️🌈🇪🇺
Black Country Living Museum @bclivingmuseum.bsky.social An award-winning open-air museum bringing 250 years of Black Country history to life. https://linktr.ee/bclivingmuseum
Pierrette Squires ACR @museumpierrette.bsky.social Conservator managing Conservation for Glasgow Museums.
Sharing my Cat, Books 📚(often Queer fantasy 🏳️🌈), Museums, Suede 🎶, beautiful & interesting science.
I read a lot. Deaf 🧏♀️ with Endometriosis
🩷💜💙 She/Her 🇪🇺
Carole Souter @carolelsouter.bsky.social Supposedly retired. Heritage Trustee. Gran. Gardens. Historic and beautiful places.
Historic Environment Forum (HEF) @histenvforum.bsky.social The forum for the historic environment sector in England, supported by Historic England. http://www.historicenvironmentforum.org.uk
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
Charlie Gregson @charliegregson.bsky.social Senior Lecturer in Museum Studies & freelance arts business & grants coach. Currently working with botanical gardens to diversify narratives
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra @royalphilorchestra.bsky.social A symphony orchestra on a journey to bring people together through the power of orchestral music, wherever they are and whatever they do.
rpo.co.uk
London Philharmonic Orchestra @lporchestra.bsky.social Sharing the wonder of classical music 🌟
Discover what we’re all about and where to find us on our website ➡ lpo.org.uk
Bachtrack @bachtrack.com Welcome to the world’s largest site for classical music, opera and dance: events, articles & reviews. Subscribe to our weekly newsletter. https://bachtrack.com/
Libraries Connected @librariesconnected.org.uk We are an independent charity that supports, promotes and represents public libraries. Our work is driven and led by our membership, which includes almost every library service in England, Wales, Northern Ireland and the Crown Dependencies.
Modern Records Centre, University of Warwick @mrcwarwick.bsky.social Archives rich in social and political history from the late 19th century onwards.
Follow the MRC for highlights from our collections, details of our online resources and more!
https://warwick.ac.uk/services/library/mrc
British History Online @bho.bsky.social British History Online is a digital library of primary and secondary sources for the history of the Britain, Ireland and empire. Part of the Institute of Historical Research.
https://www.british-history.ac.uk/
@jacktshaw.bsky.social @jacktshaw.bsky.social Director of Groundwork Research and Policy Fellow, The Productivity Institute. 'Veteran local government advisor'.
Read my Notes on Local Government Substack: https://substack.com/@notesonlocalgovernment
Linda Spurdle @lspurdle.bsky.social Freelance consultant and producer working in the creative, cultural and digital industries. Long career in museums leading on all things digital. Based in Birmingham UK, works everywhere. Loves collaborating on creative stuff!
Sacha Coward @sachacoward.bsky.social LGBTQ+ history dude (He/Him) 🌈 Research, Tours & Escape Rooms. Mermaid lover. Lifts heavy things for attention.
Jim Richardson @museumjim.bsky.social Art, Culture, Running, Travel
David Prosser @davidprosser.bsky.social Executive Director of Research Libraries UK, supporting research libraries in the UK and Ireland. Chair of the Board for the Directory of Open Access Journals. He/him
Matthew Mckeague @memckeague.bsky.social CEO @archhfund.bsky.social | communities, built environment & social infrastructure | interested in all kinds of places | music and running most of the rest of the time
Sarah Gee @tartanhornplayer.bsky.social Warning: may contain humour, music & arty-fartiness, mild political stances, f’raising & mktg stuff, Scots & gin. Own views, obvs. She/her, please. #adoptee
Petroc Trelawny @petroc.bsky.social Presenter BBC Radio 3, author of Trelawny’s Cornwall.
Helen Featherstone @hjfeathers.bsky.social Director, England North @heritagefund.org.uk Trustee @henrymoorefoundation Passionate about Art, Nature & Heritage
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
Kenneth Woods @kennethwoods.net Conductor, writer, cellist, guitarist, composer. Artistic Director English Symphony Orchestra, Elgar Festival, Colorado MahlerFest. Bandleader and songwriter. Views my own.
https://linktr.ee/kennethwoods
Louis Coiffait-Gunn @louiscoiffait-gunn.bsky.social Director of Business @icaew.bsky.social, supporting our 65/170k+ members working across businesses of all shapes, sizes, and sectors https://www.icaew.com/
CILIP @cilip.bsky.social We are the leading professional body for librarians, information specialists and knowledge managers. Our purpose is to unite, support and empower information professionals across all sectors. cilip.org.uk
Dr Lynda Kelly @lyndakelly61.bsky.social Research Expert. Audience Advocate. Digital Specialist. Tech tragic.
Blog about #GLAM #museums #digital #musetech #museumed #museumeval
👉 https://musdigi.wordpress.com/
🧄 Garlic grower
🚜 Farmer
🍀 Irish and Gundungurra land
Fiona Talbott @fitalbott.bsky.social Londoner but Sunderland by birth. Enjoying life after forty years of work, still interested in museums but also politics/social affairs and Sunderland AFC
Courtney Johnston @auchmill.bsky.social Tumu Whakarae | Chief Executive Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa. She / her.
Fran Jeens @franjeens.bsky.social Head of Education and Engagement at @UKParlEducation |Trustee for @gem_heritage | co-chair of @alva_uk Heads of Learning Forum |Former Director @JewishMuseumLDN | Former curator in Alderney 🏳️🌈
Queer Heritage and Collections Network @queerhcn.org Sharing expertise, skills and best practice on LGBTQ+ heritage 🌈 • UK-wide subject specialist network • Supported by National Lottery through Arts Council England
Contact: qhcncomms@gmail.com
Website: queerhcn.org
Newsletter: mailchi.mp/46de0e53f704/qhcn
Corinne Fowler @corinnefowler.bsky.social Prof. of Colonialism & Heritage @ University of Leicester UK.
Penguin author of Our Island Stories. 10 Walks through Rural Britain & its Hidden History of Empire (2024) repd by. Emma Bal @ Madeleine Milburn agency.
@OnlyinBirmingham podcast
On Substack
Dan Hicks @profdanhicks.bsky.social Museum Curator and Professor of Contemporary Archaeology, Oxford University • Fellow of St Cross College, Oxford • Tutor Art/Anthropology • https://linktr.ee/danhicks
Luke Burton @biblioluke.bsky.social Director, Libraries at Arts Council England. Data, emerging tech, literacies, reading for pleasure and the joy of libraries. ‘Libraries gave us power.’ Personal views only.
Charlotte Connelly @curatorconnelly.bsky.social Head Curator at the National Science and Media Museum. Historian of science and technology. Nerdy about media tech, the history of electricity, the polar regions and the history of exploration #histsci #histtech #museums 📜
Reporting History @reporting-history.com Historical journalism, thoughtfully curated & brought to you from the archives.
Read all the articles at https://www.reporting-history.com/
Support the project: https://www.patreon.com/c/ReportingHistory
Katie Flanagan @katiedflanagan.bsky.social Group Head of Archives and Libraries at Science Museum Group. Mum, Aunt, Christian, knitter, gardener, York resident, views my own
Adam Koszary @adamkoszary.bsky.social Talking about museums and galleries and archives and museums and culture and my dog Keith and sometimes other stuff. Did absolute unit sheep. Accept money for labour etc.
https://www.adamkoszary.co.uk/
Tom Hopkins @tmphopkins1.bsky.social Curator of Aircraft and Exhibits, Royal Air Force Museum. Also likes classics, ancient and medieval history, books, cheese, and making heritage careers more inclusive. Views my Own.
Chris Bryant @chrisbryant1962.bsky.social Labour MP for Rhondda and Ogmore and Minister for Creative Industries Arts and Tourism; and Telecoms, Space, Dats and Digital Inclusion
PoliticsHome @politicshome.bsky.social Exclusive stories and insight from Westminster via PoliticsHome and The House magazine. Read our reporting at https://www.politicshome.com and subscribe to The Rundown podcast: http://bit.ly/3M8d963
Paul Beard @beardivist.bsky.social Archivist and Records Manager in the voluntary sector. Currently researching record-keeping in voluntary, non-profit and civil society organisations (he/him)
Helena Smart @helenasmart.bsky.social Works at The National Archives, lives in Liverpool. Love/hate relationship with allotments.
Mr. Symphonist @deeplyclassical.bsky.social Passionate symphony lover. Other music is good too.
British Library @britishlibrary.bsky.social We’re the national library of the UK.
Bodleian Libraries @bodleian.ox.ac.uk Amazing collections and breath-taking libraries. Facilitating research at the University of Oxford.
Readers: www.bodleian.ox.ac.uk
Visitors: visit.bodleian.ox.ac.uk
Scottish Council on Archives @scotsarchives.bsky.social We provide leadership for the archives and records management sector in Scotland. Lead. Inform. Inspire.
Website: https://www.scottisharchives.org.uk/
Archives West Midlands @archiveswm.bsky.social Archives West Midlands is a Non-Profit Organization that exists to protect and conserve the regions rich and diverse archives for now and for the future.
https://www.archiveswestmidlands.org.uk/
Christopher Hilton @chilton-bb.bsky.social Head of Archive & Library at The Red House, http://brittenpearsarts.org. Archives, music, metadata; side orders of architecture, landscape history & electronic noise.
Tim Powell @tepowell.bsky.social Places of Deposit Manager at UK National Archives. Interests in archives, aircraft, hillforts, Warwickshire CCC and AFC Wimbledon.
Dorian Lynskey @dorianlynskey.bsky.social Journalist, podcaster (Origin Story) and author (33 Revolutions Per Minute, The Ministry of Truth, Everything Must Go, Origin Story books). Anti-doomer despite everything. www.dorianlynskey.com
David McMullin @mcmullin.bsky.social Composer of music in search of a spirit of wonder. Exploring here for creative community and conversation. (I'll get my news and outrage elsewhere.)
https://david-mcmullin.com
musicians.today/@mcmullin
Jasper Dommett @jasperdommett.bsky.social PhD Composer at the Royal College of Music | Upcoming Work with Hebrides Ensemble, Buxton International Festival, BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra & BBC Radio 3
https://hopp.bio/jasper-dommett
Classical Music @classicalmusicgen.bsky.social Classical Music Lover
Carolyn Sampson OBE @carolynsampson.bsky.social Soprano, mum, Gramophone Artist of the Year 2024
100th album: ‘But I like to sing…’ available here https://www.prestomusic.com/classical/products/9538029--but-i-like-to-sing
www.carolynsampson.com
Katy Raines @katyraines.bsky.social CEO of Indigo-Ltd. Audience specialist for the Arts, Culture and Heritage. U.K.
Michael Price @michael--price.bsky.social Composer
Film&TV: Unforgotten, Sherlock, This Time Next Year, Dracula, Sister Boniface Mysteries ...
Albums: Diary 2, Entanglement, Tender Symmetry ...
Write to me: PO Box 1709, Berkhamsted, HP4 9FN, UK
www.michaelpricemusic.com
Richard Baker @rchrdbkr.bsky.social Composer based in Ceredigion, Wales, UK. Research Fellow @guildhallschool.bsky.social. Weithiau yn Gymraeg.
Profile photo: Claire Shovelton
Artist website: https://rchrdbkr.com/
@nancyevans.bsky.social @nancyevans.bsky.social Director of Learning, Birmingham Contemporary Music Group, passionate about children’s composing, creativity & pedagogy. Mum. Foodie. Happiest when walking in the countryside. From North Yorkshire, now in Brum. 🍉
Phil Castang MBE @philcastang.bsky.social CEO at Music for Youth. Showcasing the brilliance of young musicians. MFY Proms|National Festival
WWW.MFY.ORG.UK
Guitarist made in Camden. Former sound engineer. Cultural manager.
Live music, vinyl, art, cooking and quantum mechanics. Writing a book 📖
Louise A Ray @louisearay.bsky.social The A is for Archivist
Anne-Grethe Jensen @daneanne.bsky.social Dane. Archivist. Opinions are my own! Likes books/singing/old stuff. Dislikes mushrooms & celery. Mum to 3 boys, one of them is an angel.
My profile on LinkedIn https://uk.linkedin.com/in/anne-grethe-jensen-85171a4
Andrew R Nicoll @andrewrnicoll.bsky.social Archivist. Head of Archives and Libraries, Historic Environment Scotland
Janice Tullock @jtullock.bsky.social Archivist, consultant, genealogist, mentor. If you want to understand today, you have to search yesterday. ~Pearl Buck
Jo Cornish @jocornish.bsky.social "Knowledge is justice, and all should be welcome in the temples of taxonomies". Fellow of CILIP, FRSA.
Bridges, baseball, cheese.
That's me.
Andrew Janes @cartivist.bsky.social archives | maps | stammering | cake | he/him