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Hedley Thorne @hedleythorne.bsky.social Historic site photographer, podcaster, wild camping YouTuber, Heathrow's IT Operations Manager. Scared of fish.
Annalisa Nicholson @apuddleofmuddle.bsky.social Early modernist and Research Fellow in French at KCL Writes on salons, exiles, libertinism, queer women, Huguenots ~ she/her https://www.kcl.ac.uk/people/annalisa-nicholson
Anna Silva @silvareader.bsky.social Publicity Manager for books and the Oxford English Dictionary at Oxford University Press. South African/British. Wife of historian, mother of daughters, keeper of cats.
Jonathan Fennell @jonathanfennell.bsky.social Professor of the History of War and Society, King’s College London. Co-Director of the Sir Michael Howard Centre for the History of War. President of the Second World War Research Group. FRHistS.
Rachel Delman @racheldelman.bsky.social Heritage type and historian. Writes about medieval and Tudor women and their buildings. Fellow of the Royal Historical Society and the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland.
Sam Wilson @samwilson.bsky.social Posting about Church & State
Sara Wolfson @sjwolfson.bsky.social Early modern historian, The Open University, formerly Canterbury, who specialises in the court of Charles I, Queen Henrietta Maria, queenship, gender, exile and diplomacy. Proponent of innovative teaching methodologies within the Humanities at HE Level.
WHAT A FUCKING RECORD @whatafuckingrecord.bsky.social A safe, fun space for pop enthusiasts to celebrate anniversaries of fucking records.
UK HE News @ukhenews.bsky.social Watching the slow-motion suicide of UK universities evolve into its next phase: fast-motion suicide.
@leedsu1.bsky.social @leedsu1.bsky.social Wandering Australia, supports #LUFC #SydneySwans #Canberraraiders #MOT casual gamer #Nintendo #PS4 #Zelda
Charles West @pseudo-isidore.bsky.social Edinburgh, dragged along by a spaniel 🐕 Latest book: https://global.oup.com/academic/product/europe-in-the-eleventh-century-9780198860235?cc=gb&lang=en& Univ. website: https://edwebprofiles.ed.ac.uk/profile/charles-west
Katherine Weikert @kateweikert.bsky.social Medievalist 900-1200ish England and Normandy most of the time. Immigrant and misplaced Hoosier in the south of England when not in Wales. Usually tired. Trustee @castlestudies.bsky.social. She/her. Insta @katherineweikert
Jade Jesty @jadejesty.bsky.social History PhD at Pembroke College, Cambridge. Specialising in siege warfare during the British Civil Wars. ⚔️
Royal Historical Society @royalhistsoc.org The Royal Historical Society is the UK's foremost society promoting the scholarly and professional study of the past. Our membership is an international community of 7000+ historians - please join us: https://royalhistsoc.org/
Ellie Wittle @ellescribbles.bsky.social Book-loving mum of two, writing historical fiction set in the 17th century.
Medieval Manuscripts @blmedieval.bsky.social Posting about The British Library's marvellous medieval manuscripts. https://www.bl.uk/stories/blogs
Ben Mechen @benmechen.bsky.social Historian of 20thC Britain, London: liberalism, capitalism, media and sexuality, 1960s-90s / + new things on political ecology and psychoanalysis. Precariously employed 🫠 https://www.ucl.ac.uk/history/people/academic-staff/dr-ben-mechen
Sam Kaislaniemi @samklai.bsky.social Locker no. 50 at the British Library.
Financial Times @financialtimes.com The best of FT journalism, including breaking news and analysis. https://www.ft.com The users this account follows are verified FT staff or contributors.
Jewish Historical Society of England @jewishhistorical.bsky.social Founded in 1893, the JHSE is the oldest learned society of its kind in Europe. Today, we support a vibrant, global community of people interested in the rich history of Jewish life throughout the English-speaking world.
Dr Dean Irwin @medievaljews.bsky.social Does what it says on the tin: medieval and Jews (often at the same time). Medieval Anglo-Jewry generally. Dyslexic. Visiting Fellow at University of Lincoln; Visiting Fellow at the Oxford Centre for Hebrew and Jewish Studies.
Tom H @nomist.bsky.social History teacher, parent. “Sings enthusiastically, if not always tunefully” (Year 2 school report).
Edward Kershaw @edwardkershaw.bsky.social Musician. Music editor. Sailor
Duncan Weldon @duncanweldon.bsky.social Economics writer. Author. Expect history, economics, finance and other stuff. Some cricket. Wrote Two Hundred Years of Muddling Through. Blood and Treasure, on the economics of war, out now.
Jayaprakash has a mastertape @jayaprakash777.bsky.social Can't not write. Not seeking publication. Plays bass guitar. Writes doom metal songs. He/him. AI-free. Lives in Bangalore, India.
KateW @kateweb.bsky.social Often found in front of a stage or a screen. Shed | Morveren | Play it by ear @BigTellyNI | @CriTheatre New Writing She/her
Tamara Atkin @tamarajatkin.bsky.social Medieval and early modern English literature at Queen’s College, Oxford. Mostly old books. All opinions my own. She/her
S Susan Wilkin @susanwilkin.bsky.social Oxford-based linguist/early modernist into (horti/cultural history of late Stuart England, works on fruit/vegetable cultivation). Reviving Dutch language skills to extend research across North Sea.
Dr Chiara Bullen @chiarab.bsky.social ✨🏔️ THE INN AT THE FOOT OF MOUNT VENGEANCE IS OUT NOW 🏔️✨ sometimes author, sometimes academic. always anxious. glasgow. rep: Jessica Mileo contact me buy my books etc: https://linktr.ee/chiarabullen
Mary Flannery @15thcgossipgirl.bsky.social Explorer of books, lover of words. Developmental editor and grant-writer by day, humorist by night. Substacking at Page by Page.
Kate Loveman @kateloveman.bsky.social Mostly posting about Samuel Pepys’s diary, and other strange 17th-century stuff
Rachel Monsey @rmonsey.bsky.social History PhD candidate at Boston University 🪦Mourning 👑 Monarchy 🧠 Memory 1680s-1820s | Britain
Sunder Katwala (sundersays) @sundersays.bsky.social Director of @britishfuture.bsky.social Author How to be a Patriot https://harpercollins.co.uk/products/how-to-be-a-patriot-why-love-of-country-can-end-our-very-british-culture-war-sunder-katwala?variant=40518936559694 Evertonian
Timothy Hyde @hydetimothy.bsky.social Historian of architecture, urbanism, modernity / MIT / Author of Ugliness & Judgment / research: architecture & law, building sites, ugliness, Antarctica
Daniel Patterson @drdpatterson.bsky.social Research Fellow at Trinity College Dublin Cultural and social history of early modern England and Ireland https://voicesproject.ie/
Dr Cath Feely @cathfeely.bsky.social Cultural historian of modern Britain. Senior Lecturer at the University of Derby and Councillor of the Royal Historical Society. All views my own.
Guido Alfani @guidoalfani.bsky.social Economic historian & Historical demographer at Bocconi University, Milan. Affiliated scholar of the Stone Center on Socio-Economic Inequality, NY. Working on the history of inequality and social mobility and on the history of pandemics & other catastrophes
Joanna Bagniewska @joannabagniewska.com Lecturer in Environmental Science at Oxford Uni @ox.ac.uk @lifelong-learning.ox.ac.uk Fellow at @kelloggoxford.bsky.social Zoologist, science communicator, 🇵🇱 in 🇬🇧. #AcademicSky 🧪 I write books, buy them! https://linktr.ee/jbagniewska
David Klemperer @dmk1793.bsky.social Historian, researcher, and co-editor of @renewaljournal.bsky.social
Jack El-Hai @jackelhai.bsky.social #Author: THE NAZI & THE PSYCHIATRIST (adapted to movie NUREMBERG). Coming: THE CASE OF THE AUTOGRAPHED CORPSE. #Writer of DAMN #HISTORY newsletter. Bookstore: https://bookshop.org/shop/el-hai
Jonathan McGovern @jonathanmcgovern.bsky.social Professor of English at Xiamen University. Author of 3 books, most recently 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘌𝘢𝘳𝘭𝘺 𝘗𝘢𝘳𝘭𝘪𝘢𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘏𝘦𝘯𝘳𝘺 𝘝𝘐𝘐𝘐 (forthcoming, Boydell). Tudor political/administrative history & early modern literature, inc. Shakespeare. propter se ipsam appetenda scientia
Warwick Smith @warwicks1.bsky.social There’s no one more lo-fi on bluesky. Football (#bhafc), literature and dismay. Death to tinny pop.
GlosBio @glosbio.bsky.social Researcher
Tabitha Stanmore @magicnotwitches.bsky.social Postdoc at Exeter Uni on the Seven County Witch Hunt Project 🧙‍♀️ Author of Cunning Folk: Life in the Era of Practical Magic ✨ First Gen 👩‍🎓 Cats 🐈‍⬛ Trees 🌳 Books 📚She/her https://linktr.ee/tabithastanmore
michael veale @michae.lv prof @laws.ucl.ac.uk, technology, law, policy, society, whimsical latvian top level domain names. michae.lv and fediverse https://someone.elses.computer/@mikarv 🏳️‍🌈
Nathaniel Tapley @thatnatt.bsky.social Terrible news, chums. Head writer on Netflix's Bad Dinosaurs. Jokemonger for shows you hate. Maker of historical podcasts. Chief Sparkle Enthusiast at Sparklegoose!
Helen Parish @helenlparish.bsky.social Worcester College Oxford / Uni Reading History Professor. Research & teaching European Reformations, history of belief, celibacy, superstition, witchcraft & magic, animals, religion and the natural world. @WorcCollegeOx @UniRdg_History
Simon Mayo @simonmayo.bsky.social Nil desperandum 🇨🇦🇺🇦🇬🇱🇩🇰🇬🇧
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.
FOLDE Dorset @foldedorset.bsky.social 🌿 Books, art & traditional craft for nature lovers & outdoor wanderers 🌍 Certified B Corp 🏅 Independent Bookshop of the Year for SW England 🏆 Wainwright judges ‘23 & ‘24 📍 Gold Hill, Shaftesbury
Richard Purkiss @richardpurkiss.bsky.social Early medievalist. English society, law, landscape c. 600–1100. Book in progress on c10–11 East Anglia.
Petra Heikkinen⁷ @pheikkinen.bsky.social Non-formal (adult) education, lifelong learning incl. ageing & education policy 🇫🇮🇪🇺 MBA, equality & equity, 🌱🌍 sustainability, science & research, language learning & culture 🇯🇵🇰🇷🇨🇳🇹🇼, (fan)art, btsarmy 3/2018- 아포방포⁷💜🌊🔍 she/her | mostly in English
English Radical History @englishradical.bsky.social Quotes, facts, images and videos about England’s radical past.
Michael Maggs @michaelmaggs.bsky.social Wikipedian, photographer, Librivoxer, retired patent attorney. Chair of Frome Museum in Somerset.
Chloe Ingersent @cingersent.bsky.social early modernist historian researching gender, marriage and law in the Star Chamber
Sue Jones @suejonze.bsky.social Usually lurking by the water. Knows some stuff about early modern piracy, among other things. Thames or Humber
Dr Tom Brautigam @tomb1647.bsky.social Levellers, radicals, Early Modern history and teaching.
Prof Bob Davis @rokewood.bsky.social Prof of Religious & Cultural Education, University of Glasgow. Chair of Philosophy of Education Soc. Religion, Myth, Arts, Humanities, Music, Education, football, birds. We’ve 3 sons—‘the crow makes wing to the rooky wood’—all posts etc personal
Mike Ratcliffe @mike-rat.bsky.social Student and university administrator https://moremeansbetter.wordpress.com
People of 1381 @peopleof1381.bsky.social 'The People of 1381' is a major AHRC-funded project investigating participants in the Peasants' Revolt of 1381 in England. It has compiled a comprehensive database of rebels, victims and places affected by the revolt: www.1381.online.
Isabel Holowaty @iholowaty.bsky.social Interim Head of Humanities Libraries, Bodleian Libraries, Oxford. All views my own.
Chris Kempshall @chriskempshall.bsky.social Historian & Author on #FWW allied relations, historical games studies, & #StarWars. Rep'd Justin Nash of Kate Nash Literary Agency. Consulting partner @historystudiola.bsky.social. He/him https://linktr.ee/chriskempshall
Helen McCarthy @historianhelen.bsky.social Cambridge Historian, London-dweller, author of Double Lives: A History of Working Motherhood, now writing the social history of retirement for Penguin/Allen Lane. https://www.hist.cam.ac.uk/people/prof-helen-mccarthy
@eilishgregory.bsky.social @eilishgregory.bsky.social
Lewis Goodall @lewisgoodall.com Journalist, Reporter, Writer, Presenter @ Britain's biggest news podcast The News Agents (Mon-Fri) and Sunday with Lewis Goodall on LBC 10-12. Website: lewisgoodall.com Email: lewis.goodall@global.com Substack: https://goodallandgoodluck.substack.com
Jessica Otis @jmotis.bsky.social Early modern British historian of science, digital humanist, first book, By The Numbers: Numeracy, Religion, and the Quantitative Transformation of Early Modern England, now out from OUP
John Rees @johnwrees.bsky.social Moonraker. Leveller. Socialist. Revolutionary. Author of The Leveller Revolution, Imperialism and Resistance, The Algebra of Revolution. Forthcoming The Fiery Spirits (Verso).
Toby Martin @tobyfmartin.bsky.social Assistant Director at Oxford Lifelong Learning; early medieval archaeology, material culture, digital education.
@rachelar.bsky.social @rachelar.bsky.social
Marc Morris @marcmorris.bsky.social Medieval historian. 'If it works for Marc Morris, it works for me.' (Scarlett Johansson)
Alex West @ajw87.bsky.social Philologist. Hobby calligrapher. Cosmopolitan. Middle Ages in Afro-Eurasia; Columbian exchange. Old site: https://indomedieval.medium.com/ New site: https://medium.com/@WestsWorld he/him Book: https://brill.com/display/title/68202
Oxford Lifelong Learning, University of Oxford @lifelong-learning.ox.ac.uk 👋 Welcome to the home of lifelong learning at @ox.ac.uk – a global community of curious minds. Tag us in your #OxfordLifelongLearning content!
James Butler @piercepenniless.bsky.social Writes & talks @lrb.co.uk
Elizabeth Briggs @elizabethlines.bsky.social Publishing Director @SaqiBooks. Edits, rights (homophone) etc. Substacking about Britain’s forgotten faiths and radicals @Dissenters. Tomorrow there'll be apricots.
Invisible East @invisibleeast.bsky.social Bringing the medieval Islamicate East to the forefront of research. @oxlifelonglearning.bsky.social‬, @ox.ac.uk Project site: invisibleeast.site.ox.ac.uk Digital corpus: https://invisible-east.org Funded by EU's ERC Horizon 2020 R&I programme (851607).
Ulla Rajala @ullamr.bsky.social An archaeologist who loves Eurovision and popular tv. Sharing content on heritage, politics and entertainment. She/her My opinions are my own.
Minoo Dinshaw @minooframroze.bsky.social Author, ‘Outlandish Knight’ & ‘Friends in Youth’. 1066-1746 hist (,) lit & lit hist w/ few forays into ancient world & 20th c writing. Recovering Jacobite, unreconciled Roryite
madeline odent @oldenoughtosay.com chaos feed. heritage, history, old buildings, social justice. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿🇺🇸🏳️‍🌈. sea witch, professional gargoyle, teller of tales. (she/her)(Oxford, England)
Matthew Steggle @matthewsteggle.bsky.social Prof of Early Modern Eng Lit at @bristoluni.bsky.social. Working on Shakespeare biography and other C16-17 stuff. The rest is silence, mostly. Views own.
Margot Finn @eicathomefinn.bsky.social Historian of Britain and colonialism, material culture, the EIC. Also works on equalities, museums, open access & research policy. Download the EIC @ Home open access volume here: https://www.uclpress.co.uk/products/88277 (or individual chapters via JSTOR)
Sarah Kenny @drsarahlkenny.bsky.social Assistant Professor of Modern British Studies and Director of the Centre for Modern British Studies, University of Birmingham. Author of Growing Up and Going Out. Interested in pop culture, youth, leisure, consumption, and urban space.
Chise @sailorrooscout.bsky.social Senior Scientist | Vaccine Research & Development | NIH | NIAID | VRC | 🧬🧫🦠🔬💉🥼🥽 | 🏳️‍🌈 | @coralchimera.bsky.social 💍 | @phoenixnest.bsky.social & @multicolorbark.com & @likeapalette.com 🧵🪡
Dr Barbara Eichner @barbaraeichner.bsky.social Music historian, author of "History in Mighty Sounds" and a perenially half-written study of music in monasteries and nunneries around 1600. Loves country walks, reading, sightseeing, archaeology.
James McConnachie @jamesmcconnachie.bsky.social Writer. Reviews non-fiction for the Sunday Times, edits The Author magazine. Books about the Kamasutra, Conspiracy Theories, Nepal and, next, a Himalayan mountain. Books, singing, wildlife, languages, running...
Diane Duane @diane.dianeduane.com 40+ yrs in print, 50+ novels, asst'd TV/film, NYT B'seller List every now & then, blah blah blah. Ireland-resident. Ebook store: https://ebooks.direct. Now with added Ko-Fi! (https://ko-fi.com/dianeduane) I miss @peter.petermorwood.com.
Armand D’Angour @armanddangour.bsky.social Lover of words, player of music μηδεὶς ἄμουσος εἰσίτω
Pete Buttigieg @petebuttigieg.bsky.social Husband, dad, veteran, writer, and proud Midwesterner. 19th US Secretary of Transportation and former Mayor of South Bend.
Dr. Peter Paul Rubens @peterpaulrubens.bsky.social All-around genius working for peace, beauty, and intelligent thought. IRL: professor of art history. Occasionally write things about Rubens. Also Dutch art, the Bruegel family, and Elizabethan visual culture. Reader of many novels. DC & Amsterdam.
Emma Smith @oldfortunatus.bsky.social Professor of Shakespeare Studies, University of Oxford
Katherine CM Cross @kcross.bsky.social Historian of the Early Middle Ages based in York.
IrishPhilosophy @irishphilosophy.bsky.social Blog: IrishPhilosophy.com Catherine Barry, Hume Scholar, working on a PhD at Maynooth University on religious toleration in 18th century Ireland. #EarlyModern, with a broad interest in Irish intellectual thought.
Ted McCormick @tedmccormick.bsky.social Historian of scientific, economic and colonial projects in early modern Britain, Ireland, and the Atlantic; books http://bit.ly/3HYwNiA & http://bit.ly/3rKdAvt; http://memoriousblog.com; views mine; he/him. Montrealer in Philly, except when I’m in Montreal
Alice Evans @draliceevans.bsky.social Visiting Associate Professor at Stanford University Writing "The Great Gender Divergence" Substack: www.ggd.world
Owen Davies @odavies9.bsky.social Historian and Folklorist. Writes books on witches, magic, ghosts, religion, popular medicine, and folklore.
Parliamentary History Journal @parlhistjournal.bsky.social We publish peer-reviewed research covering the history of parliamentary institutions in Britain and Ireland from the Middle Ages to the Twentieth Century, and the legislatures of British colonies before independence.
Thomas Morris @tngmorris.bsky.social Writer of historical non-fiction; science, music and cricket enthusiast.