Debbie Cameron @debsadelight.bsky.social Amateur family historian and the many roles of women in WW1 in the UK. Love cats, churchcrawling, photography, nature and.Spurs.
Kate Kane @katekane1542.bsky.social PhD researcher in Scottish Literature | Writing about the cultural afterlife of Mary, Queen of Scots in Scotland 🏴👑 | AHRC-funded @ University of Glasgow
Dr Susan Curley Meyer @susancurleymeyer.bsky.social Art History & Cultural Policy, UCD. Design History & Material Culture. Oral History. 19th and 20th century street traders, Dublin.
Naomi Baker @drnaomibaker.bsky.social Senior Lecturer in English Literature, University of Manchester| General Editor, Literature & Theology
📚Voices of Thunder: Radical Religious Women of the Seventeenth Century (2025)
https://reaktionbooks.co.uk/work/voices-of-thunder
Kathryn White @kathrynww1.bsky.social Dr Kathryn White writes about history: the World Wars, British Empire, religion, and the books she's reading.
kathrynshistoryblog.substack.com
Lisbet Sherlock @lisbet.bsky.social Historian. Writer. Researcher. Current projects: Tolson sister #suffragettes and history of @FarmWoodoaks. Trustee at British Association for Local History @balhnews.bsky.social and Chair at Dorset Wildlife Trust @dorsetwildlife.bsky.social
Anna Lively @annalively.bsky.social Leverhulme Early Career Fellow in History at the University of Strathclyde, researching Irish women and interwar anti-communism. Monograph, Revolutionary Connections (OUP, 2026)
Print Play Protect @printplayprotect.bsky.social We make cool tabletop items :D
Rebecca @rlwilliamson.bsky.social PhD @ University of Glasgow | historian of abortion and concealment of pregnancy in 19th c. Scotland | all views shared are my own and not those of the dog in my profile photo
Dr Kirsteen M MacKenzie @kirsteenmm.bsky.social Historian PhD FHEA FRHistS. Wars of the Three Kingdoms, 1638-1660 and the Jacobities. Book on Covenants and Cromwell out now. http://routledge.com/9781409418696
Sinead Carter @sineadcarter.bsky.social AHRC funded PhD student (SWWDTP) | Space and feminism in the British Women's Liberation Movement | Virgo | she/her
Emma Bastin @emmabastin.bsky.social Historian of the early twentieth century; mum; crafter; bibliophile; lover of all things 1930s. Treasurer of Art Deco Soc UK. Founder of the Independent Historians Network Represented by Past Preservers.
www.emmabastin.com
ELTON CHIJIRI @eltonchijiri.bsky.social I am the Zimbabwean artist Sculptor do the African Stone sculptures, Wood sculptures, Metal sculptures, Crafts and Batiks. All my sculptures are the African original sculptures. All Sculptures i posted is AVAILABLE for SALE.
Email: chijirielton2@gmail.com
EPOCH History Magazine @epoch-history.bsky.social The world's leading history magazine publishing emergent historians.
Read Issue 23 Now: https://epoch-magazine.com
Submit: http://epoch-magazine.com/submit
Dr Kathryn Rix @kathrynrix.bsky.social Co-editor of the History of Parliament's House of Commons, 1832-1945 project. Cambridge/London.
Mary Eliza Project @maryelizaproject.bsky.social that time in 1920 when 54k+ women in Boston claimed their right to vote
history, data, maps, stories
sites.google.com/view/maryelizaproject
Ruairidh McKay | Ruairidh MacAoidh @rumckay.bsky.social Expat translator/lecturer | classical guitarist | optimist |GD/EN/DE/ES
"Any intelligent fool can make things bigger, more complex, and more violent. It takes a touch of genius - and a lot of courage - to move in the opposite direction." – E. F. Schumacher
Lucy McCormick @lucy-mccormick.bsky.social PhD History student at the University of Birmingham, researching the International Woman Suffrage Alliance
EGT 📚 @egtfirefall.bsky.social Writer, editor, researcher.
Newsletter amplifies women leading the church around the world, throughout history. Master of Arts.
Living bonus days.
Celebrating organic intelligence.
elizabethglassturner.substack.com
Ruth Davidson @ruthdav.bsky.social Historian of women, welfare and activism. Currently researching working class women’s welfare campaign’s in twentieth century Britain. IHR Fellow 2024/25
Dr Gillian Jack @drgillhistory.bsky.social Historian of women in late medieval/early mod Italy. Open University. Feminist. UCUCommons & NEC. She/her. Strong words; weak tea.
Book out in October: https://uolpress.co.uk/book/prostitution-repentance-and-social-welfare-in-renaissance-florence/
The Past and other Places @pastandotherplaces.bsky.social Kay W. Historical geography (PhD) researching housing, local and family history. Edinburgh 🏴 Resources at The Past and other Places (blogs rarely). Takes photos (kaysgeog on Flickr). Pedestrian non-driver.
https://thepastandotherplaces.wordpress.com/
Nigel J.Hetherington @pastpreservers.bsky.social Producer, Casting Agent and Founder of Past Preservers, representing experts, speakers & researchers.
Northerner, lapsed Archaeologist, lives in Cairo and The Lake District.
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
Ayo Ra @irian26.bsky.social PhD International Relations (IR).
Voices of Motherhood @voicesofmotherhood.bsky.social Investigating the history of maternal activism in the UK since 1914 | Partnered with @gmmedicalmuseum.bsky.social | Funded by a @ukri.org Future Leaders Fellowship | Profile picture © Charles Hastings Education Centre |
voicesofmotherhood.wp.worc.ac.uk
Family and Community Historical Research Society @fachrs.bsky.social Promoting research in family and community history, with a particular emphasis on the contribution of locally based micro-studies, especially through collaboration. Our annual project for 2026 is on nursing, so expect a few posts supporting the research.
Adam Sharp @adamcsharp.bsky.social 1. Writer (https://www.adamsharp.me/)
2. Obsessed with lists
3. COMMON PEOPLE
4. THE CORRECT ORDER OF BISCUITS
5. THE WHEEL IS SPINNING BUT THE HAMSTER IS DEAD (http://geni.us/yDxa)
Heather Dawson @socialscience2.bsky.social Social science Librarian. LSE.
Amy @amzomac.bsky.social I'm Amy. I spend time running, protesting, asking questions, finding beauty in the mundane and refusing to be neutral in situations of injustice. Socialist.
Free Palestine 🇵🇸
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Prof Sharon Crozier-De Rosa @scrozierderosa.bsky.social UOW Historian | Bks on Shame, Anti-Feminism & Empire, Remembering Women's Activism, & Emotions Sources | Irish Migrant | Dep Editor Women’s History Review | Views my own
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
Lucy Delap @lucydelap.bsky.social Historian of feminisms, labour and disability at University of Cambridge. Fellow of Murray Edwards college. Lover of nyckelharpa and uilleann pipes. She/her
Dr Ann Kennedy Smith @akennedysmith.bsky.social Writing about books and 19th-20thc women's history in 'Cambridge Ladies' Dining Society' on Substack: https://akennedysmith.substack.com
Essays & reviews also in TLS, Slightly Foxed, ODNB & History Today etc
Simon Jones @simonjones.bsky.social Writes about old, unhappy, far-off things. Late museum curator. Shows polite interest. FRHistS. https://simonjoneshistorian.com/
Dr Hannah Charnock @hannahcharnock.bsky.social Historian researching sexuality, youth, gender & education in C20 Britain. Book ‘Teenage Intimacies’ out now! Editor of 'Modern British History'. Often still thinking about the pop culture of the 00s/10s. She/her.
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
Dr Robyn Atcheson @robyninpink.bsky.social Historian & history communicator - modern, social, medical, women's & Irish.
Feminist. Headstrong, obstinate girl.
Probably wearing pink.
Kelly Bosomworth @kellybosomworth.bsky.social Collaborative PhD researcher at the University of Birmingham with the Women's Library. Researching the Six Point Group (she/her).
Flitcraft @flitcraft.bsky.social Scottish history generalist with early modern tendencies. She/her. AuDHD
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/
Perth Women on Wikipedia @perthwomenwiki.bsky.social Group of editors and trainers partnering with library staff to bring the under-told histories of Perth's women to Wikipedia. Aiming to be inclusive and intersectional 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️ Changing the world in small and important ways!
Posts by Gill
Perth, Scotland
Dr Caitlín Smith @caitlin-smith.bsky.social PhD from Ulster University | Historian of women, gender and medicine
Researching maternal and infant welfare in Belfast during the 20th century
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 🏳️🌈
Women's History Network @womenshistnet.bsky.social Your go-to place for women’s history!
The Women’s History Network is an inclusive UK association for those passionate about women’s & gender history. Also on LinkedIn.
Learn more about our values: https://womenshistorynetwork.org/about-page/
Extraordinary Stories of Britain Podcast @storiesofbritain.bsky.social Fun and informative award-nominated history podcast. Listen at www.storiesofbritain.com
Chef Finney @cheffinney.bsky.social Executive Chef, Culinary Consultant, Guerilla Improv Comic, Anti-Fascist/Racist, Irish Polymath, Former Lots of Stuff, I am Stabby the MF Leprechaun. NSFW
(Ridire Créachta on Fashbook)
"I paint houses..."
"Tiocfaidh ár lá!"
"There is NO THEM!"
NO DM's
Fiona Buckley @fionamaybuckley.bsky.social Senior Lecturer, Department of Government & Politics, University College Cork. Researching and teaching about #womeninpolitics and #irishpolitics https://research.ucc.ie/en/persons/fiona-buckley/
Richard Gallagher @richardgallagher.bsky.social Sinn Féin. PhD from Queens University Belfast. Book: Screening Ulster: Cinema and the Unionists. Donegal. Email: drrichiegallagher@gmail.com
Brian Groom @groomb.bsky.social Ex-Financial Times Assistant Editor. Ex-editor Scotland on Sunday. Author of 'Made in Manchester' and 'Northerners: A History'. 'These Isles' due Feb 2026.
@horhpodcast.bsky.social @horhpodcast.bsky.social Hollywood or History? Unpack fact vs. fiction in film. Great for teachers, trivia buffs, and history fans. New episodes every other week.
Available on Spotify, Apple, and YouTube
https://youtube.com/@hollywoodorhistorypodcast?si=gNOPQUnVXde2_NZz
Building Conservation @cathedralcomms.bsky.social BCD is the UK's definitive free guide to resources for the conservation and repair of the historic built environment.
Created by Cathedral Communications. Find Historic Churches and the BCD here: www.buildingconservation.com
Timothy J. White @whitetimothyj.bsky.social Professor of Political Science, Xavier University
Irish Politics, Northern Ireland, the Irish Diaspora in the US, Political Culture, US Foreign Policy, and the Politics of War and Peace
Currently working on power transition theory in Northern Ireland
Armin Ganguly @arminganguly.bsky.social German-Brit rebel made in the 60s, RIBA architect & designer by trade. Mentor & writer by passion. Building dreams, breaking pencils. Living proof that realistic optimism is structurally sound 👍 Motto: 👉 #alwayslookup
betancur . n @nelbeu.bsky.social art & architectural historian / visual, material & religious culture
Friends of The Women's Library @fotwl.bsky.social The Friends of The Women's Library support The Women's Library at LSE in acquisition, preservation and education. https://friendsofthewomenslibrary.org.uk
History of the Seaside Grands @hotelhistories.bsky.social Writer and historian looking into the history of our best seaside hotels.Now focussing on the Royal hotels of Yorkshire
https://www.lornaspacey.com/
Niall Devitt @historyniall.bsky.social Author, tenacious historian and researcher, love all trains-Camelot, QPR, The Fall, opera, film and comedy, Warner Brothers cartoons, Will Hay and importantly, where to find the best doughnut in London and how to make the perfect pot of tea to go with it!
Alison Martin @alisonmartin.bsky.social Writer and historian focusing on the Irish revolutionary period 📚✍️
Ancestral Enquiries - Tony Smith 🌳 @ancestralenq.bsky.social Genealogist & Family Historian for 22 years.
AGRA Associate, Wakefield, West Yorks
Pharos Intermediate & Advanced Certificate
One Place Study: St. John's Square, Wakefield
www.ancestralenquiries.co.uk
#FamilyHistory
#Genealogy
#LocalHistory
#Yorkshire
Research Elements @reselements.bsky.social Web development, data management and visualizations. Consulting services for scientific and r&d communities. https://www.researchelements.org/
Dr. Chase A. Thompson @chaseathompson.bsky.social Podcaster, Historian, Writer, living in Salinas, California. Check out the Interesting Pod: https://pod.link/1826088946. Doctoral degree in counseling, pursuing a history PhD. I love hiking, mystery reading, & eating cereal in perilously unhealthy volumes.
Phelim Kelly, London @phelimkellycom.bsky.social 😍: 🇪🇺 HowToEnjoy.eu
✈️ ✍️ 📷 TRAVEL writer linktr.ee/PhelimKellyCom
📚💻🎬 PUBLICIST-producer-actor imdb.com/name/nm5117722/
💂♀️ LONDON's Bluesky PACK (90+) bsky.app/starter-pack/phelimkellycom.bsky.social/3lr44hozfo225
cumbria, ealing, faroe, gib, hungary, spain
Patch Thompson @patchthompson.bsky.social 🌹✊ 📸 | academic researcher | average photographer | all views my own etc.
Amy Thorpe @acthorpe.bsky.social PGR Northumbria ⭐ Leftist / histories of gender, visual and periodical culture, emotion, femininity and identity / museum and heritage enthusiast ⭐ BSL learner 👍
Views and grammatical errors my own.
Dr Sandra Buchanan @drsbuchanan.bsky.social Peace │ Conflict │ International Relations │ Development │ Refugees │ Environment │ Education │ Author │ Anthophile | Photographer | Travel │ Comms 🇮🇪 🌏
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https://manchesteruniversitypress.co.uk/9780719088230/
Emma Gilleece @emma-gilleece.bsky.social Architectural historian with a passion for early to mid 20th century Irish architecture. Read my series 100 Buildings for Culture section of @rte.ie website
Ulster Folk Museum @ulsterfolkmuseum.org Celebrating everyday skills, stories & traditions passed down through generations in Ulster.
🧵 Putting the past in dialogue with the present — to shape the future.
📍 Part of National Museums NI | 🔗 ulsterfolkmuseum.org
The Wild Gees @thewildgees.bsky.social On a mission to seek out women's histories, prehistories and mythologies and share our adventures. Interested in under-told stories of all women 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️
Check out our blog: http://thewildgees.com/
Cécile Archives @cecilearchives.bsky.social Senior Archivist at Military Archives of Ireland
Director @MSP-Archive.bsky.social
🇨🇵🇮🇪 🇪🇺
- LLM University of Galway
- Blue Shield Ireland @blueshield-ireland.bsky.social
- Transitional Justice, CPP, Human Rights, Conflict and Archives
Irish Historical Studies @irishhiststudies.bsky.social The official page of the joint journal of the Ulster Society for Irish Historical Studies and the Irish Historical Society. Published by Cambridge University Press.
Junior Einsteins Science Club® @junioreinsteins.bsky.social Award-winning Science events for kids. Founded Ireland☘️ Scientist, Mum, speaker United Nations 🇺🇳 Fun, messy, screen-free hands-on, STEM fun Ireland 🇮🇪 UK 🇬🇧 Canada 🇨🇦 Saudi Arabia 🇸🇦 Luxembourg 🇱🇺 Ukraine 🇺🇦 International Schools partnerships. Franchise.
Peter Gray @petergray47.bsky.social Historian of 19thC Ireland, QUB. Last book: William Sharman Crawford and Ulster Radicalism (2023); working on politics of Irish land reform and the Tenant League(s). Chair of @Irishhistorians.bsky.social There may also be cats.
Open Research and Public Engagement Roadmap @engagedroadmap.bsky.social Co-Creating Ireland's Public Involvement in Open Research Roadmap
ENGAGED is building a national roadmap to shape public involvement in open research in Ireland. We believe that research can and does play an important role in tackling societal challenges.