Wolfson History Prize @wolfsonhistory.bsky.social The #WolfsonHistoryPrize is the most prestigious history writing prize in the UK.
Luke Butterly @lukejbutterly.bsky.social Journalist at @thedetailtv.bsky.social.
Got a story? Email: lbutterly@thedetail.tv / Signal: lukejbutterly.48
Rine Vieth @rinewithoutacat.bsky.social move with care • fan of balcony gardens and parks • socio-legal researcher on migration, law, religion, anti-gender movements • multilingual, mixed-methods • personal acct and I cite my sources • Hamilton / MTL
they (EN) // iel (FR)
www.rinevieth.com
Luke Piper @lukepiper.bsky.social Solicitor. Head of Immigration at the Work Rights Centre. All things U.K. immigration law / policy mainly. Yorkshireman in Bristol. Views my own.
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!
Oliver Bullough @oliverbullough.bsky.social Journalist; author of Butler to the World and Moneyland
British Association for Local History @balhnews.bsky.social The British Association for Local History is the national charity which promotes local history and serving local historians throughout the UK #WeAreLocalHistory
Pete Apps @peteapps.bsky.social Inside Housing + freelance elsewhere. Author of Orwell Prize winning Show Me The Bodies - How We Let Grenfell Happen. https://peteapps.substack.com
Maya SH @msingerhobbs.bsky.social Senior research fellow @ippr.bsky.social - climate, transport, planning | PhD from CSCT Bath | she/her (views my own)
Katherine Mackinnon @kamack.bsky.social Writer and PhD researcher interested in oral history, migration and methodology. Also radical history walking tours, books, social history, Glasgow kmackinnon.org radicalglasgowtours.com she/her
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
Sam Freedman @samfr.bsky.social Writes the most popular UK Substack (samf.substack.com)
Author of Sunday Times bestselling book "Failed State". (An Economist and Financial Times Book of the Year for 2024). Working on book two.
Senior fellow: Institute for Government
Dylan Kerrigan @rumagin.bsky.social Anthropologist, Caribbeanist, Sociologist. Peacebuilding
www.dylankerrigan.com
(every so often i delete all my replies)
Emiliano Mellino @mellino.bsky.social Journalist at @tbij.bsky.social. I cover inequality, precarious work and migration.
You can contact me on emilianomellino@tbij.com
https://linktr.ee/emiliano.mellino
https://www.thebureauinvestigates.com/profile/emilianomellino
James Ball @jamesrball.com Political editor @ The New World
Opinion @ The i Paper
Fellow @ Tech Policy Press
Fellow @ Demos
PhD researcher @ UCL Laws
newsletter @ techtris
Latest book: The Other Pandemic – How QAnon Contaminated The World. 🏳️🌈
https://www.jamesrball.com/
Omar Khan @omaromalleykhan.bsky.social CEO of @taso.org.uk, Chair of Trust for London, Executive Committee of Political Studies Association. The usual disclaimers.
Ben Phillips @benphillips76.bsky.social Director of the Public Good Narrative Project. Served as a Director at the UN, Oxfam, ActionAid & Save the Children. Fellow at Bellagio, Notre Dame & Bosch. Wrote How to Fight Inequality. Writing a new book.
Colin Murray @colinmurray.bsky.social Professor of Law & Democracy @newcastleuni.bsky.social
Constitutional Law | Human Rights | Brexit | Devolution | Political Violence | Colonialism | Other Assorted Dourness
He/Him
Lizzie Dearden @lizziedearden.bsky.social Security correspondent at
@theipaper.com, author of 'Plotters: The UK Terrorists Who Failed'
The British Academy @britishacademy.bsky.social We mobilise the humanities and social sciences to understand the world and shape a brighter future.
Kamena Dorling @kamenadorling.bsky.social
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
https://www.history.ac.uk/ Part of @sasnews.bsky.social
Joe Cozens @joecozens.bsky.social Historian of protest, smuggling, and the British state, 1700-1850.
British Association of Social Workers @basw-uk.bsky.social The official Bluesky account for the British Association of Social Workers. We are the UK's largest professional association for social work.
Wolfram Lacher @wlacher.bsky.social Political scientist with a longstanding interest in violent conflict, Libya and the Sahel. Author, Libya's Fragmentation; co-editor, Violence and Social Transformation in Libya. Views my own.
https://www.swp-berlin.org/en/researcher/wolfram-lacher
Medieval Manuscripts @blmedieval.bsky.social Posting about The British Library's marvellous medieval manuscripts.
https://www.bl.uk/stories/blogs
Laura McAtackney @lauramca.bsky.social Working on archaeology, heritage, memory, and knowing the past as Prof in Radical Humanities at UC Cork. Specializes in post/conflict and post/colonial contexts inc fieldwork in Ireland and Caribbean. Unapologetic focus on social justice.
William Carruthers @williamcarruthers.bsky.social Lecturer in Heritage at a university near Colchester. ‘Flooded Pasts: UNESCO, Nubia, and the Recolonization of Archaeology’ out now with Cornell UP. Fellow, RHistS. https://williamcarruthers.co.uk
Dr Matt Pope @mattpope.bsky.social Archaeologist & Associate Professor in Palaeolithic Archaeology at UCL, where we run the PaPa MSc programme.
Researching Neanderthal archaeology in La Mancheland & Western Doggerland, from Boxgrove to La Cotte.
Provide Geoarch expertise to ASE.
He/Him 🏺
Fishbourne Roman Palace @romanpalace.bsky.social Romans, Archaeology, Museums, Typos.
We're not a villa and we don't do Latin.
Museum of British Colonialism @museumofbc.bsky.social Transnational network confronting British colonialism UK, Kenya, and beyond. http://museumofbritishcolonialism.org/ourblog http://museumofbritishcolonialism.org/support
Briony Neilson @brionyneilson.bsky.social Historian of 19th-c France—incarceration, prisons, settler/penal colonies (esp New Caledonia) 📕Dangers of Youth www.mqup.ca/dangers-of-youth-products-9780228024330.php
Professional editor www.brionyneilson.com
Sydney, Australia
Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò @olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social DC. political philosopher at Georgetown, editor at @hammerandhope.bsky.social, rhythm guitarist + vox for @femiandfoundation.bsky.social. #COYS
Gabe Moshenska @gabemoshenska.bsky.social I want Ken Railings to walk in here right now and say 'Pam Shortt's broken both her legs and I wanna dance with you’
Chai Patel @chaipatel.net Migration, human rights, public law. He/him.
Refugee and Migrant Justice @rmjusticeuk.bsky.social Follow us for immigration updates, campaigns and stories!
Find all our other content here: https://linktr.ee/RMJustice
What do we do?
📍 Immigration advice & representation
⚖️ Take government to court
🎤 Centre lived experience in our advocacy
Nathan Phillips @nbphillips1872.bsky.social Head of Campaigns @asylummatters.bsky.social campaigning for the rights of refugees and people seeking asylum 🧡 he/him 🏴 bylines include @bigissue.com @bylinetimes.bsky.social @labourlist.bsky.social @nation.cymru @left-foot-forward.bsky.social ✍️
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
Peter Geoghegan @petergeoghegan.bsky.social Irishman in London. Founder of award winning investigative news site Democracy for Sale https://democracyforsale.substack.com/
The Author, Séamas O'Reilly @seamas.bsky.social Author, very professional.
Buy my debut novel PRESTIGE DRAMA at https://geni.us/Prestige_Drama.
Get my extremely good memoir at www.mammybook.com
ProPublica @propublica.org Investigative journalism in the public interest. Headlines and (sometimes literal) receipts.
propublica.org
We Own It @weownit.org.uk After 40 years, privatisation of our public services has failed. It's time for public ownership. We use it, we pay for it, We Own It.
https://weownit.org.uk/people-not-profit
https://weownit.org.uk/act-now/donate
Reset Communities for Refugees 🧡 @resetuk.bsky.social We train & support communities to welcome refugees to the UK through #CommunitySponsorship
www.resetuk.org
Peter Mitchell @pdkmitchell.bsky.social 'Imperial Nostalgia' (MUP, 2021) / I do @LortBurnSpecials.bsky.social and @thewhale1851.bsky.social and am bald and very handsome
George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social Ungainly on land
Dr Laura Humphreys @bogarty.bsky.social Curatorial Lead 🏛️
Science Museum Group collections 🛰️
Returned Cardiffian 🏴
Allotment Nerd 🌱
Views my own. She/her/hi
Refugee Action @refugeeaction.bsky.social 🧡 Everyone has a right to safety. Join us to stand with refugees and people seeking asylum.
https://www.refugee-action.org.uk/
Mike Slaven @mcslaven.bsky.social Author of "Securing Borders, Securing Power" (Columbia UP, 2022) http://tinyurl.com/yeywvdaa Doing migration politics/policy research, currently @colmigproject.bsky.social. Political speechwriter of yore. Obscure academic in provincial England, AZ guy 🌵
Jack Saundrs @jacksaundrs.bsky.social Anarcho-syndicalist, labour historian (post-war motor industry, NHS).
No General But Ludd, No Ipswich #10 but Chaplin
Author: Assembling Cultures (http://manchesteruniversitypress.co.uk/9781526155979/) (he/him)
Tax Justice UK @taxjusticeuk.bsky.social A better tax system that benefits everyone in the UK. Sister organisation of @taxjusticenet.bsky.social
https://taxjustice.uk/
Liberty @libertyhq.bsky.social We challenge injustice, defend freedom and campaign so everyone in the UK is treated with dignity and respect.
Join us. Stand up to power.
https://www.libertyhumanrights.org.uk/
Nick McGeehan @ncgeehan.bsky.social Director @fairsq.bsky.social
Nando Sigona @nandosigona.bsky.social Professor @unibirmingham.bsky.social UK, FAcSS
Director @irisbirmingham.bsky.social
Research: #migration, #asylum, #citizenship, #diversity
https://www.nandosigona.info
https://www.i-claim.eu
podcast https://whodowethinkweare.org/
#runner
May Bulman @maybulman.bsky.social Investigations editor @lhreports.bsky.social, formerly social affairs corro at The Independent
DMs open | email: may@lighthousereports.com | Signal: 00447919210950
Netpol @netpol.org Network for Police Monitoring monitors and resists excessive, discriminatory and violent policing in England, Wales and Scotland
https://linktr.ee/netpol
Secure 📩: NetpolAdmin@protonmail.com
Work Rights Centre @workrights.bsky.social We’re a charity helping migrants and disadvantaged Brits access employment justice and improve social mobility. Our evidence-based campaigns drive systemic change.
https://www.workrightscentre.org/
Aubrey Gordon @yrfatfriend.bsky.social Cohost of @maintenancephase.bsky.social. Author of WHAT WE DON'T TALK ABOUT WHEN WE TALK ABOUT FAT and YOU JUST NEED TO LOSE WEIGHT. Subject of @yrfatfriendfilm.bsky.social. She/her/hers. Photo by the wonderful Josh Coen. yrfatfriend@gmail.com
Juan Cole @jricole.bsky.social Historian, essayist: Middle East, South Asia, Islam, Social History, Foreign Policy, Environment, Culture, Progressive Politics;
Signal: Juan Cole
BeijingPalmer @beijingpalmer.bsky.social Deputy editor at Foreign Policy, China nerd, gaming nerd, reads a lot. Never again a country without consequences.
Eliot Higgins @eliothiggins.bsky.social Founder and creative director of Bellingcat and director of Bellingcat Productions BV. Author of We Are Bellingcat.
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/
Ben Whitham @drbenwhitham.bsky.social Policy and Engagement Manager, Refugee Action | Author, 'Global Politics' (Bloomsbury 2023) | Assistant Instructor, Tiger Crane Kung Fu London. Trade unionist, martial artist, antifascist. Own views. He / him.
Kiran Mehta @kiranmehta.bsky.social Historian researching prison labour and citizenship in Britain & British Empire, 1750-1895. Leverhulme ECF & University of Leicester.
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
Kneecap @kneecapceol.bsky.social Unofficial Kneecap account that I hope the lads will come and claim. Let's build a following here in advance, folks! GRMA
Aurelien Mondon @aurelmondon.com "Leftwing professor" - in other words, researching the mainstreaming of reactionary/far-right politics
Co-convenor of @reacpolrn.bsky.social
Publications etc 👇🏻
https://aurelmondon.com/
Inside Croydon @insidecroydon.bsky.social InsideCroydon.com
As seen on TV. Publishing stuff people would rather not have published since 2010. Email us inside.croydon@btinternet.com
(Mar)Chella Ward @luxmea.bsky.social Open University Classical Studies lecturer. Recovering Oxford don. Critical Ancient World Studies person. Podcast host @ Radio ReOrient. Children’s author by night.🌙 🍉She/her. Writing a 📗 on the Islamophobia of Classicism.
notes on sudan @notesonsudan.bsky.social union official, labour histories.
Daniel Trilling @trillingual.bsky.social Journalist and author in London. LRB, Guardian Long Read and others. Books about refugees in Europe and Britain's far right. danieltrilling.co.uk for contact details etc
Centre for Young Lives @cfyounglives.bsky.social We are an independent think tank and delivery unit dedicated to improving the lives of children, young people, and families. www.centreforyounglives.org.uk
@caatuk.bsky.social @caatuk.bsky.social Campaign Against Arms Trade (CAAT) is a UK-based organisation working to end the international arms trade. Nominated for the 2021 Nobel Peace Prize.
https://linktr.ee/caatuk
Institute for Public Policy Research @ippr.org IPPR is the UK’s leading progressive think tank.
Find out more here: linktr.ee/IPPR
Greater Manchester Immigration Aid Unit (GMIAU) @gmiau.bsky.social We provide high-quality legal representation, support and hope to people experiencing immigration injustice across the North-West of England.
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/gmiaunit/
Linktree: https://linktr.ee/gmiaunit
IAA registered: N201000004- P Peter Gatrell @pwgatrell.bsky.social Historian - mainly researching refugee history in the 20c. … but it’s not just about refugees… oh, and still learning about what’s at stake then and now. Funded generously in the past by AHRC and Leverhulme Trust and enabled by UNHCR Records and Archives
RAMP (Refugee, Asylum and Migration Policy) Project @rampproject.bsky.social RAMP works with political leaders across the political spectrum to re-imagine a world-class migration system for a successful and integrated Britain.
https://www.rampproject.org/
Adam Bienkov @adambienkov.bsky.social Political Editor of Byline Times and Online Editor of BylineTimes.com. Lobby journalist in the House of Commons. 📩Adam@bylinetimes.com
Subscribe to my Substack ⬇️
https://www.adambienkov.co.uk
Asylum Support Appeals Project @asaproject-org.bsky.social We help destitute people claiming asylum to access their basic rights to food and shelter in the UK
Nicola Kelly @nicolakellywrites.bsky.social Writer, talker, author of ANYWHERE BUT HERE: Stories of the Search for Belonging in Modern Britain.
https://linktr.ee/nicolakellywrites
Sam Wetherell @samwetherell.bsky.social Historian of Britain and the World at the University of York. Interested in cities, art-making and the future. Liverpool and the Un-Making of Britain out now: www.samwetherell.com
Kalayaan @kalayaan.org.uk We’re a UK charity calling for justice for Migrant Domestic Workers
📞 Legal Advice
🙌🏻 Community Capacity Building
📢 Campaigns
https://kalayaan.start.page
Maurice J. Casey @mauricejcasey.com Historian of intimacy and revolution in 1920s-40s Europe. New project: anti-Nazi vegetarians.
Author of Irish Book Awards shortlisted HOTEL LUX — about a hotel in 1920s Moscow — and radical history newsletter Archive Rats:
archiverats.substack.com
Declassified UK @declassifieduk.org We investigate Britain’s foreign policy, military & intelligence agencies and corporations. Please support our work - https://www.declassifieduk.org/join/
Rabbi Danya Ruttenberg @theradr.bsky.social Rabbi/award-winning author.
🌱 Ancient tools for healing + justice: LifeIsASacredText.com
(Always! 100% human-authored + NAZI-FREE!):
New 📚 On Repentance and Repair: Making Amends in an Unapologetic World.
💥 Collective liberation or bust.
she/her
Daniel York Loh @danielyorkloh.bsky.social Writer - Performer - Filmmaker - Musician
Associate Artistic Director - Kakilang https://www.kakilang.org.uk/ https://linktr.ee/DanielYorkLoh
Sonia L @sonial77.bsky.social Immigration lawyer about town. Migrant. Queer. She/her. Substack: https://open.substack.com/pub/thoughtsonimmigration- J John Vassiliou @johnvassiliou.bsky.social
Lynne Segal @lynne-segal.bsky.social Left feminist
Standing Together @standing-together.bsky.social We are a grassroots Jewish-Arab movement fighting for peace, equality and social justice in Israel-Palestine.
👉 https://linktr.ee/standingtogether.en
Garden Court Chambers @gardencourtlaw.bsky.social Number 1 ranked barristers' specialising in civil liberties, education, human rights, immigration, crime, family, housing & public law. Reposts ≠ endorsements.
Carla Denyer @carladenyer.bsky.social Green MP for Bristol Central.
Former Co-leader of the Green Party of England and Wales.
Engineer. Bi 🏳🌈. She/Her.
Need to get in touch?
📧 carla.denyer.mp@parliament.uk
https://linktr.ee/carladenyer
Paula Barker MP @paulabarkermp.bsky.social Labour MP for Liverpool Wavertree. Co-Chair of Ending Homelessness All Party Parliamentary Group
Laura C Forster @lauracforster.bsky.social Historian @york.ac.uk | Editorial collective @historyworkshop.org.uk | 'The Paris Commune in Britain', OUP https://shorturl.at/662e4 | 'Friends in Common', Pluto Press https://shorturl.at/f2nRs | now writing a history of (bird) egg collecting in Britain
James Butler @piercepenniless.bsky.social Writes & talks @lrb.co.uk
Prince Charles Cinema @princecharlescinema.com The Best Movie House on Leicester Place.
Please contact us here if you have any questions: boxofficemanager@princecharlescinema.com
https://princecharlescinema.com
Dana El Kurd @danaelkurd.bsky.social Associate Professor of Political Science • Author: Polarized & Demobilized, Legacies of Authoritarianism in Palestine • ماسكة السلم بالعرض • Banner by Sara Qaed
danaelkurd.com to contact
Nabil Ali @nbzy34.bsky.social He/Him. Senior policy lead at @Barnardos.org.uk on children & families seeking sanctuary in the UK. Formerly European education and #Erasmus+ former advisory board member for #Taith. Proudly LGBTQ+🏳️🌈 🏳️⚧️.
All views my own.
Shoaib M Khan @shoaibmkhan.bsky.social Human Rights Lawyer
Bernard Vere @bernardvere.bsky.social Modernist art historian. Sport and art (preferably at the same time). @claptoncfc.co.uk ‘s answer to Jeremy Paxman. Umarell Oldtra