Jacqueline Riding @jacriding.bsky.social Film/TV historian; Art Newspaper Lit Ed; Heritage/Exhibition/Curatorial Consultant; Author #Jacobites #Peterloo #Hogarth SundayTimes ArtBook 2021 #HardStreets + Gainsborough & Reynolds: The Art of Rivalry in Georgian London 2027 https://linktr.ee/JacRiding
Waterloo Community Development Group @wcdg.org.uk
Mercedes Cerón @mercedesceron.bsky.social Art Historian, teaching at Universidad de Salamanca. Goya, antiquaries, collecting, books, prints
https://produccioncientifica.usal.es/investigadores/157360/detalle?lang=en
https://link.springer.com/book/9783032068392
Maia Blumberg @maiablumberg.bsky.social medievalist | postgraduate research student | @qmul.bsky.social | @ihr.bsky.social | @londonmedieval.bsky.social
writing about museums & medievalism
Derbyshire Record Office @derbyshiredro.bsky.social Free access to 900 years of history - Derbyshire, Britain and beyond: books, archives, maps, prints and photographs. Explore online or visit us in Matlock.
Website: www.derbyshire.gov.uk/recordoffice
Julia Mariani @seedkeeper.juliamariani.com All my little words.
Champagne in a pint glass.
James Lauri @jameslauri.bsky.social My ancestors were the Lauri’s familu, actors and actresses of the Victorian period. They began in 1839 in London.
Dr Julie Doughty @juliedoughty.bsky.social lawyer (retired solicitor; academic). Live in Wales now, although still Australian. Child law; media law. Legal blogger in family courts for The Transparency Project www.transparencyproject.org.uk (contact me there as I don't receive DMs on Bluesky)
John Grindrod @grindrod.bsky.social Social historian of modern places. Tales of the Suburbs, on LGBTQ+ history, out now. Wrote Concretopia and Outskirts. Disappointingly unserious. Podcast: Monstrosities Mon Amour
Find out more: https://linktr.ee/johngrindrod
The Victorian Society @thevicsoc.bsky.social The national charity campaigning for Victorian and Edwardian Built Heritage. Join us!
linktr.ee/victoriansociety
Non-Governmental & Nonprofit Organization in England and Wales
C20 Society @c20society.bsky.social The national charity campaigning to protect Britain’s modern architectural and design heritage. Reuse Them or Lose Them!
www.c20society.org.uk
Britain’s War Memorials @britwarmemorial.bsky.social Exploring Britain’s war memorials. Boer War, First World War (Great War), Second World War et al. Member of the Great War Group #LestWeForget #Remembrance
Elizabeth Rabineau @lizrablondon.bsky.social 🖼 art-botherer 🏛 architecture-intelligencer
🇳🇱 Dutch-learner 🙀 I once ate a sea cucumber
Maya SH @msingerhobbs.bsky.social Senior research fellow @ippr.bsky.social - climate, transport, planning | PhD from CSCT Bath | she/her (views my own)
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/
Working Class Movement Library @wcmlibrary.bsky.social Putting class back on the agenda.
Internet Archive @archive.org Internet Archive is a non-profit research library preserving web pages, books, movies & audio for public access. Explore web history via the Wayback Machine.
Irish Society for Archives @irisharchives1970.bsky.social We exist to promote the place of archives in Irish society.
#IrishArchives #ExploreYourArchive
Find out more about the society: https://irishsocietyforarchives.wordpress.com
National Library of Scotland @natlibscot.bsky.social Scotland’s living memory. If you can think of it, we probably have it.
Manchester Jewish Museum @mcrjewishmuseum.bsky.social A place to experience how we are different, together.🤝
Sharing the stories of Jewish Manchester with the world. 🌍
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
A London Inheritance @alondoninheritance.bsky.social Exploring London's history starting with my father's photos from 1946, to the present day.
https://alondoninheritance.com/
A Few Forgotten Women @afewforgottenwomen.bsky.social A group of ladies preserving the stories of forgotten women of the past.
https://www.fewforgottenwomen.com
Royal Berkshire Archives @berksarchives.bsky.social The Royal Berkshire Archives holds the archives of the Royal County of Berkshire. We look after nearly nine hundred years of the County's history.
Website: royalberkshirearchives.org.uk
Bexley Archives @bexleyarchives.bsky.social Bexley Local Studies and Archive Centre holds historic materials for the London Borough of Bexley
National Trust @nationaltrust.org.uk All kinds of spaces. All sorts of feelings. All at the National Trust.
London Historic Buildings Trust @lhbt.bsky.social We protect and regenerate London's historic buildings.
30 years of saving the City's Heritage at Risk 🏛️
https://linktr.ee/londonhistoricbuildings
The Lambeth Walker @thelambethwalker.bsky.social Flâneur, coddiwompling around London's streets. Psychogeography. Tube, rail and steam enthusiast. Avid consumer of art & ale, opera & classical. Architecture. Churchcrawler. Walked entire Tube map. LOFC.
Bishopsgate Institute @bishopsgateinst.bsky.social Proudly independent since 1895. Dive into our archives and learn with us online. https://www.bishopsgate.org.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
The Black Presence in Britain @blackhistoryuk.bsky.social Black British History - The Black Presence in Britain Website. EST1998. #blackhistory Firmly Anti Racist / & Discrimination
Beware of imitations
https://blackpresence.co.uk/books-about-black-british-history/
London Archaeologist @londonarchaeo.bsky.social London Archaeologist is published 4 times a year, for anyone interested in London's archaeology
Dulwich Picture Gallery @dulwichgallery.bsky.social Exhibitions | Collection | Events | Shop | Café | Gardens
The UK's first public gallery founded in 1817.
https://www.dulwichpicturegallery.org.uk/
University of Surrey Archives and Special Collections @archives-unisurrey.bsky.social We hold the University archive, collections related to the artist E H Shepard, the collections of the National Resource Centre for Dance and other Special Collections.
Surrey Archaeological Society @surreyarch.bsky.social Unearthing the history and archaeology of historic Surrey since 1854 - to find our more, visit www.surreyarchaeology.org.uk
Norwood Society @norwoodsociety.co.uk The Norwood Society was established in 1959 and serves the people of West, South & Upper Norwood in south London. The Society aims:
To monitor planning & inform people about the heritage of the area.
Women of South London @womenofsouthlondon.bsky.social Celebrate the amazing mostly historic women with a connection to South London. Meet suffragettes, actresses, activists, writers, pioneering HCPs, politicians, sportswomen & many more women from all walks of life. Includes some reposts from the other place
Justine Crow @swimble.bsky.social South London born, still learning the job after years at the Bookseller Crow on the Hill in Crystal Palace, chippy
Society for One-Place Studies @oneplacestudies.bsky.social www.one-place-studies.org – For excellence and enjoyable engagement in #OnePlaceStudies, where #FamilyHistory and #LocalHistory unite. Studying and celebrating places, their people, and their shared histories. Post about your OPS on #OnePlaceWednesday!
LONDON's HowToEnjoy @howtoenjoylondon.bsky.social 2026: LONDON's TECH (Sept) BOOKFAIR (July) CRAFT/ART FAIRs (May) AUTHORs/BOOKs (April) linktr.ee/HowToEnjoyLDN: WANDSWORTH SOUTHWARK LAMBETH GREENWICH Camden Ealing Hackney Hammersmith/Fulham Islington Kensington/Chelsea Lewisham Tower Hamlets Westminster
Guildhall Library @guildhalllibrary.bsky.social The Library of London History.
https://www.cityoflondon.gov.uk/services/libraries/guildhall-library
British Library @britishlibrary.bsky.social We’re the national library of the UK.
Society of Genealogists @sogorg.bsky.social 🌳 A charity with the unique purpose of helping people to discover their place in history.
📜 Preserving the records of everyday lives & promoting family histories.
📍 Explore more: sog.org.uk
#Genealogy #FamilyHistory #HistoryMatters
Layers of London @layersoflondon.bsky.social https://www.layersoflondon.org/ Mapping London's history & heritage through time using maps, images, films & Londoners' stories. Part of @chppc.bsky.social and @ihr.bsky.social
Wellcome Collection @wellcomecollection.bsky.social A free museum and library in London and online. Explore the past, present and future of health with us.
wellcomecollection.org
Mike Hall @thisismikehall.com Award-winning mapmaker and illustrator in Valencia, Spain | My first book THE BOROUGHS OF LONDON is now available! https://www.batsfordbooks.com/book/the-boroughs-of-london | More info: linktr.ee/thisismikehall
M@ @mattfromlondon.bsky.social London explorer. Chief pilot of Londonist: Time Machine, a Substack about London History. Follow for lots of geeky observations about London.
Herne Hill Books @hernehillbooks.bsky.social We are a small independent bookshop in Herne Hill. Hello!
289 Railton Road
020 7998 1673
Mon - Fri 10 - 6
Sat 9:30 - 5:30
Sun 9:30 - 4
Clapham Books @claphambooks.bsky.social We are an independent bookshop in Clapham, by the Common. Hello!
26 The Pavement
020 7627 2797
Mon - Sat 10-6
Sun 10-4
https://www.claphambooks.com
Waltham Forest Archives @lbwfarchives.bsky.social Waltham Forest Archives and Local Studies Library, Chingford Assembly Hall, Station Road, London E4 7EN. Collections documenting history of the London Borough of Waltham Forest. Research visits by prior appointment. Email wfa.enquiries@walthamforest.gov.uk
Dulwich Local History @history.dulwichsociety.com Bringing you Dulwich's local history. Part of the Dulwich Society
Alison Young @youngalison.bsky.social Ran way from the law to join the music hall. Now often to be found running around with a clipboard organising events & the archive for the British Music Hall Society. Would rather be researching & writing…
My blog: https://musichallalice.wordpress.com
Municipal Dreams @municipaldreams.bsky.social Social historian of housing. Author of 'A History of Council Housing in 100 Estates' (RIBA Books) and 'Municipal Dreams: the Rise and Fall of Council Housing' (Verso). I blog at https://municipaldreams.wordpress.com/.
Herne Hill Society @hernehillsociety.bsky.social Bringing people together to learn about, improve and celebrate London SE24
www.hernehillsociety.org.uk
LCC municipal @lccmunicipal.bsky.social London County Council, Greater London Council, pre- and post-1965 boroughs in London (+ occasional forays outside of the capital). Municipal stuff from the past that lives on today. Oh, and new towns, shopping centres, infrastructure etc.
lccmunicipal.com
London SE1 community website @se1.news Sign up to our free newsletter: www.se1.news
News, events & trivia for Bankside, Borough, Bermondsey, Elephant & Castle, South Bank and Waterloo since 1998.
Covering the northernmost bits of Southwark and Lambeth.
Colette Townend @colettet.bsky.social Systems librarian at Lambeth Libraries (she/her) 🏴
Modernist Estates @modernistestates.bsky.social Designer and writer (📚Modernist Estates, The Barbican Estate, Modernist Escapes and Golden Lane Estate)
🥾 Perambulations architecture walking guides 👉🏼 https://thingsyoucanbuy.co.uk
💻 Not-for-profit estate agency 👉🏼 modernistestates.com
Lambeth Palace Library @lampallib.bsky.social Founded in 1610, Lambeth Palace Library is the historic library and record office of the Archbishops of Canterbury and the national library and archive of the Church of England.
https://linktr.ee/lambethpalacelibrary
Friends of Streatham Hill Theatre @streathamhillt.bsky.social The Friends of Streatham Hill Theatre (FoSHT) are campaigning to save this "sleeping beauty" theatre for the community. Find more at http://streathamhilltheatre.org
British Music Hall Society @musichallsociety.bsky.social 🎭 Home of Music Hall & Variety
Celebrating the acts who built popular entertainment
Registered charity · Est. 1963 · President: Su Pollard
🔗 britishmusichallsociety.com
Tower Hamlets Archives @tharchives.bsky.social Tower Hamlets Local History Library & Archives • Free public access to collections documenting the histories of London's East End • Related events & exhibitions
The London Archives @thelondonarchives.bsky.social The London Archives is a free public archive focusing on the history of London from 1067. Visit today and explore 1000 years of history.
About us - https://www.thelondonarchives.org/
Events - https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/o/the-london-archives-2913691059
Herne Hill Forum @hernehillforum.bsky.social The local community group for Herne Hill, SE24.
The Brixton Society @brixtonsociety.bsky.social The Brixton Society is the civic society for the whole of the Brixton area, from Stockwell to the South Circular.
The Brixton Society is a registered charity (number 1058103).
Brixton Buzz @brixtonbuzz.bsky.social Brixton's biggest news site covering events, gigs, history, football, photography and community action.
Loughborough Road Histories @roadsw9.bsky.social History of the people, places and events on this south London street and the surrounding neighbourhood
Friends of West Norwood Cemetery (FOWNC) @fownc1837.bsky.social Increasing knowledge of WNC - resting place of Sir Henry Doulton, Paul Julius Reuter, Sir Henry Tate, Sir Henry Bessemer, Charles Spurgeon, Mrs Beeton, Dr Marsden, Paul Cinquevalli, Thomas Cubitt, Gideon Mantell, Charles W Alcock, Sir Hiram Maxim
Brixton Windmill @brixtonwindmill.org Built in 1816, still milling flour.
Bluesky @bsky.app official Bluesky account (check username👆)
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