netherfield @netherfield34.bsky.social Nether Holbrook Farm, Rutland. Shepherd, gosherd, keeper of hens & other livestock. Heritage fruit orchard. Growing & preserving my own organic food. Interested in art, history, landscape, nature, gardening & rural life. Owned by emus. #RoseWednesday ๐น
Jacqueline @jac2024.bsky.social Cat whisperer, East Riding of Yorkshire
Andy Mitchell @andymitchellmedia.bsky.social Scottish football historian. Edinburgh. www.scottishsporthistory.com
Iron Chef Bot @ironchefbot.bsky.social ๐ฆUnofficially posting frames from the Food Network dub of Iron Chef ๐ฅ How will the challenger fight back? ๐ง The heat will be on! ๐ฅ
Episode title and frame # are in alt txt
(ran by @dudethatbe.bsky.social)
The Dirt | Horticulture News Daily @thedirtnews.bsky.social Independent news, insight and intelligence across horticulture.
Kate Strasdin @katestrasdin.bsky.social Lecturer, dress & textile history. Author of The Dress Diary of Mrs Anne Sykes. Amateur stitcher
Fellow of the Royal Hist Soc
Andy Marshall @fotofacade.bsky.social Architectural Photographer on a camper-van-camino. ๐ธ๐๐๏ธ ๐จ
Architecture, Art, Travel, History, Place, Material Culture, Genius Loci Digest.
Links: https://www.digest.andymarshall.co/andy-marshall-bio/
Digest: https://www.digest.andymarshall.co
Mark Nixon @fatbadger442.bsky.social historian of Victorian culture & politics (esp w material culture); curator & public historian; education advocate. Obsessed with 1884. Otherwise, on a bicycle. he/him
Musica Scotica @musicascotica.bsky.social Musica Scotica promotes the scholarly study and performance of Scottish music and musicians.
https://musicascotica.scot/
Dr Karen McAulay @karenmca.bsky.social Musicologist historian, RCS Fellow, @iashedinburgh.bsky.social alumna. Athenaeum research award: Dundee's Leng Scots Song comp.
2 Routledge 'Music in C19th Britain' bks.
Passable organist.
https://karenmcaulaymusicologist.blog/
Wary of folk w/o profiles!
Dr Lizzie Swarbrick ๐ต๐ธ @lizzieswarbrick.bsky.social Art & Architectural Historian - Research Manager for the Research in Action on Church Heritage project @churchheritage.bsky.social - Freelance research and writing about Scottish Medieval and Early Modern - She/her
Edinburgh O'Clock @edinburghclock.bsky.social Hourly images - 3 minutes early - of Scotland's capital city (and beyond) in all seasons, all sorts of weather & even its foulest mood. Run by Tom Duffin, @TomDuffinPhotos.bsky.social, www.tomduffin.com, and weekly newsletter tomduffin.substack.com
Andrew Spratt @dirleton.bsky.social Castle reconstruction Artist. Medieval reenactor #ManAtArms #DirletonCastle
VenetiaJaneโs Garden @venetiajane.bsky.social Sharing the wonders of flowers and nature, gardening, plant history, folklore, art, and poetry. Bedfordshire photographer for the National Garden Scheme charity. #SolaceInNature #DailyBotanicalBeauty
https://www.venetiajane.co.uk
Simon Jones @simonjones.bsky.social Writes about old, unhappy, far-off things. Late museum curator. Shows polite interest. FRHistS. https://simonjoneshistorian.com/
patrickspeople.scot @patrickspeople.bsky.social https://www.patrickspeople.scot is a family history database of mainly, but not exclusively, Scottish and Irish families linked by blood or marriage. Itโs run by Mary McGonigal, is free to use and may be copied for strictly non-commercial purposes.
Lisa | Regency Relatives @regencyrelatives.bsky.social Hello, I'm Lisa. Family historian with a love of the Regency era, strong tea, and research rabbit holes. Honest about the chaos of genealogy. Founder of Regency Relatives: regencyrelatives.co.uk
The Whimsical Muse @whimsicalmuse.bsky.social Theatre actor, bookstore connoisseur, autumn enthusiast, cat rescuer, educator, explorer of cobblestone streets, and defender of the Oxford comma.- S West Coast Librarian @sylvianurse.bsky.social Interested in eBooks, film, humanities, linked data, machine learning, metadata, instruction, open access, oer and open innovation.
Scottish Lost Places @scottishplaces.mastodon.scot.ap.brid.gy Account using #Wikidata to post daily thematic items relating to the places of #ScottishHistory.
Contact @AllyD
[bridged from https://mastodon.scot/@ScottishPlaces on the fediverse by https://fed.brid.gy/ ]
Justin on eurostar @eurostarjustin.bsky.social Eurostar Train Manager, ale and photography fan. Posts when operational duties allow. Contact eurostar for customer support. Bon voyage! #TrainsNotPlanes
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Society of Antiquaries of Scotland @socantscot.bsky.social A membership charity founded in 1780 that supports the study and enjoyment of Scotlandโs past through publications, lectures, @scarf-scot.bsky.social, @digitscotland.bsky.social, @churchheritage.bsky.social and more | Visit https://www.socantscot.org/
Scottish Church History Society @scotchurchhist.bsky.social Society promoting interest in Scottish church history. 'Scottish Church History' journal published by EUP. Join our mailing list - eepurl.com/duJJc5
https://www.scottishchurchhistory.org/
Historic Towns Trust @historictownstrust.bsky.social An educational charity working to map the urban histories of ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ณ๓ ฃ๓ ด๓ ฟ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ท๓ ฌ๓ ณ๓ ฟ in partnership with local historians & communities.
Strathclyde Institute for Genealogical Studies @strathgenealogy.bsky.social Delivering excellence through research, education and collaboration. Short courses - MSc in Genealogical Studies - PhD in History with Genealogical Studies.
E D G E L A N D S @edgelands.bsky.social Vintage books, postcards, photographs, maps, music & other delights!
Visit our Etsy shop:
https://www.etsy.com/uk/shop/Edgelands
scot17thcentury.bsky.social @scot17thcentury.bsky.social PGR-led research group focused on Scottish 17th century studies. Hosting a symposium event at the University of Glasgow on 11 June 2026.
Prof. Feynman @proffeynman.bsky.social A universe of atoms, an atom in the universe. Tribute to the great explainer Prof. Feynman. Posts about Science and Wisdom.
Medievalist.net @medievalists.bsky.social Hello from Medievalists.net, the leading online resource for the Middle Ages - check out our website at www.medievalists.net
Ant Dawson @railwayhobbit.bsky.social Historian, Archaeologist, and Museum Professional who is also an Organist, Christian Universalist, Rower, Geek. Into Boardgames, Reenactment, Heavy Metal and with a soupcon of Long-Covid.
@KindsofCatholic @kindsofcatholic.bsky.social Talking to Catholic people about how they live their faith today. Tune in to All Kinds of Catholic - wherever you get your podcasts.
https://allkindsofcatholic.substack.com/
Brilliant Boozers @brilliantboozers.bsky.social Celebrating all types of #pubs, #bars and #BrewPubs. All #beer from #RealAle to #CraftBeer. #BSkyBeer
Neil Cooper @neilcooper.bsky.social Writer & Critic The Noise of Art - neilcooper.substack.com
coffeetablenotes.blogspot.com
The Herald, The List, The Drouth, Scottish Art News, MAP, Hungry Beat.
Dr Rachel Murphy @rachelmurphy.bsky.social Assistant Professor in Irish History @unioflimerick.bsky.social | Landed estates, history of family, local history, digital humanities | Historical GIS | Genealogist | Learning about biodiversity | Thurles, Co. Tipperary. ๐ช๐บ๐๐ณ
ihta_ria.bsky.social @ihtaria.bsky.social The IHTA is a research programme of the Royal Irish Academy & produces historic atlases of towns on the island of Ireland from earliest times to 1900
Go deeper: https://www.ria.ie/research-programmes/irish-historic-towns-atlas//
Herbal History Research Network @herbalhistoryrn.bsky.social HHRN (est 2009) brings together historical researchers, medical herbalists and more, promoting research on #herbalhistory through blogs, seminars and events.
herbalhistory.org/home/
๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ฃ๐๐ค @fourteeneighteen.co.uk longlongtrail.co.uk / Lichfeldian / Hereford FC / Leicester Riders / Working on a history of 1st South Staffords
Unseen Japan @unseenjapan.com Since 2018. Going beyond the clickbait headlines to tell the story of a changing, evolving Japan.
https://unseen-japan.com/newsletter?utm_source=bluesky&utm_medium=social-bio&utm_campaign=newsletter
Good Trailcams @goodtrailcams.bsky.social trailcams
no AI ever
Simon @malkydungeon.bsky.social I make comics, a Viking era one called the Hogback Saga and Malky Dungeon about a Scottish occult detective
https://www.patreon.com/malkydungeon
Otherworld Brewing @otherworldbrewing1.bsky.social Mysterious, Imaginative, Illusionary, Creative, Soul Searching...
https://linktr.ee/otherworld1?utm_source=linktree_profile_share<sid=7c6312e2-4255-40a8-966e-a954b10c4059
Cornelius Beer & Wine @corneliusbeers.bsky.social Beer and Wine shops on Easter Road and Leith Walk.
Once won the Viz Craptic Crossword
The โ Spiders Georg โ of rauchbier.
Website: Corneliusbeers.com
Phone: 0131 6522405 and 0131 5638169
Paul Wood @thestreettree.bsky.social Tree Hunting: 1,000 Trees to Find in Britain and Irelandโs Towns and Cities. Published May 2025ย ๐ณ๐ฒ๐ฌ๐ง๐ฎ๐ช
linktr.ee/thestreettree
Tree Travel @gibwax.bsky.social tree hunting and other nature and travel photos
Melissa Terras @melissaterras.bsky.social Professor of Digital Cultural Heritage, Edinburgh College of Art, University of Edinburgh. Computers versus the past. Digital Humanities and somesuch, including Transkribus. MBE FREng FRSE.
Britainโs War Memorials @britwarmemorial.bsky.social Exploring Britainโs war memorials. Boer War, First World War (Great War), Second World War et al. Member of the Great War Group #LestWeForget #Remembrance
TreeRings.ai @treeringsai.bsky.social AI-powered transcription and fact extraction for genealogists. Upload historical documents, get source-linked results. Every fact traces back to its source. Tools, not oracles. TreeRings.ai
Jon Knight @greenjimll.bsky.social Not an artist, dog lover or avid reader.
Profile pic: my bearded head staring in surprise but coloured in blue and green. Sometimes called the "blue-green wizard" avatar by friends.
THE FAR SIDE DAILY @bot.cowtools.org The Far Side, near at hand
Account by @cowtools.org
TinyCat by LibraryThing @librarycat.org The online catalog for small librariesโpowered by LibraryThing! Get a sleek, professional TinyCat for friends and patrons. Subscriptions from just $3/month.
FOLAR @folar-landscape.bsky.social We are FOLAR Friends of the Landscape Archive at Reading. We champion The Museum of English Rural Life (The MERL) @themerl.bsky.social We're bonkers about drawings! https://www.folar.uk/hal-moggridge see recordings of past events
Leadhills Miners' Library @lhminerslibrary.bsky.social Founded 23 Nov, 1741: the oldest subscription library in the British Isles.
Perched high in the Southern Uplands of Scotland ๐๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ณ๓ ฃ๓ ด๓ ฟโฐ๏ธโ๏ธ
#librarywithaltitude
Landscape Research @landscaperesearch.bsky.social Landscape Research Group produces and supports research into all aspects of landscape across all boundaries. Posting here as both LRG & our peer-reviewed journal Landscape Research.
https://linktr.ee/landscape.research
https://www.tandfonline.com/journal
North Ages @northages.bsky.social Early medieval northern Britain, taking in Picts, Gaels, Britons, Angles and Norse. On this day, feast days, place-names, archaeology news and book releases. Posts by Dundonian bookworm Craig. https://northages.wordpress.com/
Ruth Siddall @pavementgeology.bsky.social What is your city built from? This account is all about building and decorative stones and accessible geology in the built environment. londonpavementgeology.co.uk
https://www.walks.com/guides/ruth-1/
SABRE Maps @maps.sabre-roads.org.uk The largest freely available online archive of twentieth century georeferenced OS maps of Great Britain and Ireland at "road map" scales from 1:25k to 1:633k including One Inch, Half Inch and Quarter Inch mapping.
https://www.sabre-roads.org.uk/maps
Martin @rocky64.bsky.social Norwegian amateur genealogist. Blogging about Norwegian genealogy in English, I provide help. Other interests are reading, photography, and music (clarinet, organ and accordion) History studies with genealogy.
Website: https://martinroe.com/blog/
Matt @vintagecodecs.bsky.social
Barry M @barmas.bsky.social Maker of Kertelreiter cider & perry. Planter of orchards. Perry pear freak, wannabe pomologist, cider historian, ex-homebrewer. Editor & writer at Cider Review. Certified Pommelier. Irish in Germany. Owned by a border collie.
RailAdvent @railadvent.bsky.social Follow us as we visit different #railways around the #UK. Visit the website (www.railadvent.co.uk) for News, Videos, Pictures, Event Calendar and lots more!
Markonthemaps (Mark Ovenden) @markonthemaps.bsky.social ๐ Author, broadcaster and lecturer in design, cartography, typography and architecture around public transport. Partner of ND ๐โพ๏ธ person. Pro-Transit ๐ ๐ ๐ ๐๐ and โin transitโ from X as @markovenden.
Miles Glendinning @milesglendinning.bsky.social historian of mass housing (global + HK). New HK housing history: https://www.routledge.com/Hong-Kong-Public-Housing-An-Architectural-and-Policy-History/Glendinning/p/book/9781138680227. Global housing archive: https://datashare.ed.ac.uk/handle/10283/2927
Protests and Suffragettes @scotsuffragette.bsky.social A creative project led by artists, activists, & archivists. Recovering & re-voicing #herstories & Celebrating #Scotland's #Suffragettes
๐ฃ@tsBeall @clarethompson & other P&S team members
https://linktr.ee/protestsandsuffragettes
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Philip K. Allan - Author @philipkallan.bsky.social Author of Naval Fiction, Writer and Speaker on Naval History
Visit my website to learn more at http://philipkallan.com
The Art Exhibitions Blog @blogexhibitions.bsky.social A blog about art exhibitions around Britain and Europe written by Eddie Buckle and Lydia Lancaster. Read it at https://art-exhibitions.blogspot.com/
EdSouthSub @edsouthsub.bsky.social ๐ I'm a railway that opened in 1884. Still here today... but my stations closed in 1962 โน๏ธ, so the ๐๏ธ petition to support and get back onboard! ๐ค๏ธ๐๐
CAMRA Edinburgh & SE Scotland @edinburghcamra.bsky.social We are the Edinburgh & South-East Scotland branch of the Campaign for Real Ale (CAMRA). A not-for-profit consumer group that campaigns on all beer & pub issues.
Clyde Valley Archaeological Research Framework @clydevalleyarf.bsky.social We are the Clyde Valley Archaeological Research Framework team! Follow this account for Clyde Valley archaeology news. We are committed to delivering a framework crafted with and delivering for the communities of the Clyde.
Dr Tom Horne @hornesupremacy.bsky.social Early medieval archaeologist | Viking trade PhD (Gla) | History MA Oxon. Balliol, Oxford | Author: A Viking Market Kingdom; Treasures of the Vikings | Co-Editor / Co-Author: The Viking Age in Scotland | The Govan Stones
WildPhotoScot @wildphotoscot.bsky.social Amateur wildlife photographer, photographing anything from whelks to whales. Twitter escapee. Website richardwellsphotography.com. Wildlife cards on sale at the Water of Leith visitor centre in Edinburgh.
BSSH @bssh.bsky.social British Society of Sports History promotes the study of sport history and physical education
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
Terrible Maps @terriblemapshq.bsky.social The home of terrible maps with a pinch of humour
terriblemaps@gmail.com
Paisley Philosophical Institution @paisleyphilinst.bsky.social Established 1808, we deliver talks on various subjects. These will resume later in 2025.
Bygone Bungo @bygonebungo.bsky.social Documenting local history in and around Strathbungo, Glasgow.
Look up your house or just read the blog at bygone.bungoblog.com
@tagishsimon.bsky.social @tagishsimon.bsky.social
dgplacenames (now in Orkney) @dgplacenames.bsky.social Place-names, maps, languages dgplacenames.wordpress.com
auldnorse.wordpress.com/owersettins/
Nick Lloyd @spaincivilwartours.bsky.social The Walking Museum of the Spanish Civil War in Barcelona. Author Forgotten Places: Barcelona&SCW. Also Iberian wildlife+landscape. Latest book "Travels through the Spanish Civil War" Now researching next book about Iberian wolves
www.thespanishcivilwar.com
Radical Online Archives @radonlinearchives.bsky.social List of *online* and *open access* collections of historical documents relating to radical history (broadly defined). Nearly 1000 collections from around the world listed (and always looking for more).
Mike Small @bellacaledonia.bsky.social Imagining a Scottish Democracy since 2007.
Bylines at the Guardian, Open Democracy, Herald, DeSmog, Bella Caledonia, Sunday National.
Centre for the Sciences of Place and Memory @memoryplace.bsky.social Anchored in philosophy @stir.ac.uk
Researching place & memory
across cognitive sciences, social sciences & the arts
Led by @suttonprofessor.bsky.social & @reaveyp.bsky.social
Funded by @leverhulme.ac.uk
placememory.net
Scottish History Society @scothistorysociety.bsky.social The Scottish History Society is a registered charity and the leading publisher of original sources relating to the history of Scotland. Founded in 1886, the Society has published over 170 volumes.
Navy Records Society @navyrecords.bsky.social Publishing British naval documents and history since 1893. Discover more:
https://linktr.ee/navyrecords
The Scottish Record Society @scotrecsoc.bsky.social The Scottish Record Society is one of Scotlandโs oldest historical societies, and is dedicated to publishing calendars, indexes and texts of historical records.
@observethedate.bsky.social @observethedate.bsky.social
Andrew Prescott @ajprescott.bsky.social Hon Senior Research Fellow at the University of Glasgow. Writes and researches on medieval history and manuscripts, archives, digital humanities, and the history of freemasonry. Heavily involved with the 'People of 1381' project: www.1381.online.
What About @whataboutvideo.bsky.social What Aboutย covers the best local events, explores our stunning tourism spotsโfrom the banks of the Clyde to the heights of the Moorsโand chats with the folk who make this place tick.
https://whatabout.video
http://www.youtube.com/@whataboutvideo
World Bollard Associationโข๏ธ @worldbollardassoc.bsky.social The official Bluesky account of the World Bollard Associationโข๏ธ. MERCH STORE - https://worldbollardassociation.team-togs.com/shop/storeorderform.php
www.slowtravelberlin.com @slowberlin.bsky.social Berlin-themed history, culture and travel website. We are community fundedโthe only thing we sell is memberships: https://steadyhq.com/en/slowtravelberlin
Teresa Doherty @dohertyta.bsky.social Head of #Archives & #Records Mgt and Professional Lead for #HistNursing at Royal College of #Nursing
History, Heritage #DigitalArchives #WomensHistory
McNaughtan's Bookshop @mcnaughtans.co.uk Rare & second-hand bookshop in central Edinburgh, est. 1957.
Open every day 11am to 5pm, and till 8pm on Thursdays.
Matt Muir @mattmuir.bsky.social Huge pupils, tiny value
webcurios.co.uk
The Urban History Group @urbanhistorygroup.bsky.social https://urbanhistorygroup.wordpress.com/ We organise biennial conferences and occasional talks to promote the study of Urban History in the UK. Established in 1966 and now working with the Pre-Modern Towns Group on our conference in September 2025
Jennie Hood @jenniehood.bsky.social My life in (mostly) food posts. For medieval food, check out @medievalfoodjennie.bsky.social
Charlie Lynch @charlielynch.bsky.social Social Historian | Glasgow dweller | Humanist | Writes about sex, religion, queer lives, oral histories, moral panics. And public history in a newspaper.
@bobflowerdew.bsky.social @bobflowerdew.bsky.social
Stewart Waine @stewartwaine.bsky.social Fruit collecting
Lynn McAlister UE :mstdn: @lmgenealogy.mstdn.ca.ap.brid.gy Ottawa-based genohistorian, educated in Scotland, lived for years in Chicago. I like music, books & dogs (cats too). I like most people, most of the time.
MA #history [โฆ]
๐ bridged from โ https://mstdn.ca/@lmgenealogy, follow @ap.brid.gy to interact