BuDS Disability Service @buds-disability.bsky.social BuDS Disability Service is a user-led, pan-disability grassroots charity working across England. Formerly Buckinghamshire Disability Service. Registered Charity 1102511 #Fair4All #Reach4Work
Together Alliance @togetheralliance.bsky.social An alliance of 500+ organisations representing over 15 million people.
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Ann Pettifor @annpettifor.bsky.social Published January, 2026: The Global Casino: How Wall St Gambles with People and Planet. Check out my newsletter: System Change, https://annpettifor.substack.com/
Dave Tomlinson @davetomlinson.bsky.social Apple tech guy and occasionally clever.
Marina Cantacuzino @mcantacuzino.bsky.social Founder The Forgiveness Project, author, clean air campaigner.
Mark Vernon @askwilliamblake.bsky.social Writer, psychotherapist, lover of William Blake - Plato, Dante and Owen Barfield, too. For more see www.markvernon.com
Mike Berners-Lee @mikebernerslee.bsky.social Author of A Climate of Truth, There is No Planet B and How Bad are Bananas?
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Prof at Lancaster University. Work on climate, sustainable food & land and wider challenges of the Anthropocene.
Fiona Haworth @fionahaworth.bsky.social Member of the Iona Community, C of E priest, student (again), not enough time for dogs, books, baking, walking, reading. Longing for justice to roll down like waters.
Rev’d Molly Boot @revdmolly.bsky.social Priest | Musician | Theologian | Broadcaster | Greenbelt + British Trust for Tantur Trustee | Curate at the Leadon Vale Benefice | Autistic | Queer 🌈 | They/Them
Martin Wroe @martinwroe.bsky.social Improvising. Latest poetry collection, 'This Heart. Poems From The Universe Inside.' https://www.ionabooks.com/product/this-heart/
London, Wales Some more words. martinwroe.medium.com
Amos Trust @amostrust.bsky.social Welcome to Amos Trust. We are a small creative human rights organisation committed to challenging injustice, building hope and creating positive change.
Steve Chalke @stevechalke.bsky.social Founder Oasis Charity: schools, housing, children’s, youth & family work, local churches & more…Former UN Special Advisor, Canon @ Southwark Cathedral. Live @cpfc & patron of Palace for Life
Roger Morris @bishcolchester.bsky.social Bishop of Colchester; Stage Manager of Canopy Stage at Greenbelt Festival; Married to Sally, (an ordained head teacher); Father of two daughters. Gashead #UTG.
See my annual round up of best songs at https://bishcolchester.substack.com
Danny Dorling @dannydorling.bsky.social Latest news about Danny Dorling, Professor of Geography, University of Oxford, author of books and other publications:
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Refugees at Home @refugeesathome.bsky.social We connect people with a spare room in their home to refugees and people seeking asylum who are in need of somewhere to stay.
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Quakers in Britain @quaker.org.uk Faith community grounded in stillness. We believe in working together to create a more just, equal and peaceful world.
Quakers in Britain, Friends House, NW1 2BJ.
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Jack Monroe @jackmonroe.bsky.social I have opinions and bylines and plenty of snacks.
Greenpeace UK @greenpeaceuk.bsky.social We protect the planet and promote peace 🌍☮️
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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social Ungainly on land
Alasdair Beckett-King @misterabk.bsky.social Award-winning poltergeist and comedian | Writer of the Montgomery Bonbon mysteries | Pronouns like a butler coughing: he/him | linktr.ee/misterabk
UK TOUR 2026 (Extended!): www.mickperrin.com/tours/king-of-crumbs
Kate Raworth @kateraworth.bsky.social Author of Doughnut Economics, Co-founder of Doughnut Economics Action Lab, Senior Teaching Fellow at Oxford Uni Environmental Change Institute. doughnuteconomics.org
Kester @kesterbrewin.com Writer, and Associate Director at the Institute for the Future of Work. Views my own. Latest book, God-like: a 500-Year History of AI, is out now. All my books: http://www.kesterbrewin.com
Ingram Braun @ingram-braun.net archaeologist | web dev & LaTeX | proofreader
DH, gameshistory & chesshistory
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International Medieval Congress Leeds @imc-leeds.bsky.social Welcoming the world's researchers to share ideas in Medieval Studies at @UniversityofLeeds.bsky.social and online. Communities, 5-8 July 2027.
https://www.imc.leeds.ac.uk
Stephanie Porras @periodeye.bsky.social Art historian @ Tulane. Working on visual, material and built cultures of early modern Northern Europe, the Spanish empire and the Dutch Atlantic. Never too busy for a happy hour. My employer really wants me to note: all these views are mine not theirs.
evacide @evacide.bsky.social Director of Cybersecurity @eff.org
Co-founder of @stopstalkerware.bsky.social
These opinions are my own, not my employers’
I did a TED talk once
James Paz @jamespaz.bsky.social Senior Lecturer in Early Medieval English Literature at the University of Manchester (https://research.manchester.ac.uk/en/persons/james.paz).
Harriet Soper @hattiesoper.bsky.social Lecturer in Medieval Literature @bristolunienglish.bsky.social. Interested in OE, ME & ON, currently working on play 🧸 The Life Course in Old English Poetry (CUP, 2024). She/ her. Views own.
Jennifer Lorden @jenlorden.bsky.social Writing about old things at W&M, PhD UC Berkeley. Author FORMS OF DEVOTION IN EARLY ENGLISH POETRY (Cambridge UP 2023) and LITERARY FORM IN EARLY MEDIEVAL ENGLAND (Cambridge UP 2025) she/her 🏳️🌈 Opinions my own.
www.jenniferlorden.com
Robert Gallagher @hwaetspur.bsky.social Early medievalist at University of Kent, he/him
Simon Thomson @scfthomson.bsky.social Easily excited medievalist working @hhu.bsky.social. I love manuscripts, stories and storytelling, teaching, @lfcr.bsky.social, antiracism, LGBTQ+ support, Nigeria, living in Germany, the Real Housewives, my wife, and gin (not always in that order)
Hana Videen @hanavideen.bsky.social Writer, medievalist and hoarder of words, author of THE WORDHORD: DAILY LIFE IN OLD ENGLISH and THE DEORHORD: AN OLD ENGLISH BESTIARY. (she/her)
linktr.ee/hanavideen
Francesca Brooks @francescabrooks.bsky.social Lecturer in Old English at University College Cork. Writer of poetry & prose. Early Medievalist, Late Modernist, Feminist. Author of 'Poet of the Medieval Modern'. Find more of my writing at https://francescabrooks.com/
Carol Barbon @childoflions.bsky.social Uvic student majoring in Medieval Studies, future Medievalist, a fan of paleontology, and a mother of three. (she/her).
Brandon W. Hawk @brandonwhawk.bsky.social Professor of English at Rhode Island College (views my own). I’m a nerd for medieval things, biblical apocrypha, Star Wars, LotR, & Magic (TCG). He/him.
“Read some fucking apocrypha.”
https://linktr.ee/brandonwhawk
Aidan Holtan @aidanholtan.bsky.social Medievalist studying the body in Old English and Old Norse Literature. She/her/hers. All views expressed here are my own.
Nik Gunn @nikgunn.bsky.social 📖 Writer & medievalist
🏹 Weekend longbowman
Views mine.
https://nikolasgunn.co.uk/
Dr Laura Varnam @drlauravarnam.bsky.social Tutor in English Lit at Univ, Oxford. Medievalist. Poet. She/her. Co-founder @guildmedmak. Church as Sacred Space (2018). Encountering Margery Kempe (2021). Primers Volume Seven: Grendel’s Mother Bites Back (2024). Next books on Du Maurier, and Beowulf.
Centre d’Études Médiévales Anglaises @cema-su.bsky.social Centre for Medieval English Studies at @sorbonneuniversite.bsky.social
Boze the Library Owl @sketchesbyboze.bsky.social books, beauty, history, folklore. Dickens lover. married to @littleseamstress. gets dressed up like a pillow so she's always in bed. patreon.com/sketchesbyboze, https://linktr.ee/sketchesbyboze
NorseInCork @norseincork.bsky.social Medievalist working on OE, Vikings, ON myth, runes and public history. Professor in the Dept. of English at UCC. Author of creative works 'Norse Myths' and 'Legends of Norse Mythology'.
Norselass @norselass.bsky.social Early Medievalist, far traveller, health humanities. Sadly no longer lives next to Robin Hood.
Dr Jasmin Higgs @jaztherunologist.bsky.social Runologist for hire! I’m interested in runic inscriptions, historical linguistics, and writing systems. Currently working on: early medieval inscribed rings.- E Enes @eneskbl.bsky.social Classics @univie.ac.at
Charlotte Bowyer @charlottebowyer.bsky.social AHRC PhD student studying Old English literature • she/her
Dr Emma Nuding @eknuding.bsky.social Teaching Fellow in Medieval Literature @ Bham EDACS 📚
Research: https://www.birmingham.ac.uk/staff/profiles/english/nuding-emma
Author of this book: https://boydellandbrewer.com/book/writing-st-guthlac-hb/ 📖
Nicole Guenther Discenza @ndiscenza1.bsky.social Medievalist who loves reading, especially science fiction & fantasy. I don't speak for my employer or anyone else.
she/her
Society for the Study of Medieval Languages and Literatures @mediumaevum.bsky.social The Society for the Study of Medieval Languages and Literatures supports and promotes research into the cultures and intellectual life of the Middle Ages.
CCASNC @ccasnc.bsky.social The Cambridge Colloquium in Anglo-Saxon, Norse and Celtic is an annual one-day interdisciplinary graduate conference.
Registration is now live: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSeWOroVOfUVscTPaCDdcEKt_pM7nd_K5q0KrVkZ8AHO98A4WQ/viewform
International Congress on Medieval Studies @kzooicms.bsky.social Hosted by the Medieval Institute at Western Michigan University, the International Congress on Medieval Studies is an annual gathering of thousands of scholars interested in medieval studies. ICMS 2027: Thursday, May 13, through Saturday, May 15, 2027.
Medieval Studies at Lincoln @lincolnmedieval.bsky.social The Medieval Studies Research Group at the University of Lincoln.
Medieval Archives @medievalarchives.com Illuminating the Dark Ages for the Digital World. Podcast and website dedicated to the medieval era.
medieval women who have had enough @medievalwomen.bsky.social run by a woman medievalist.
most images from medieval western manuscripts since that's what I research for my job; other contributions always welcome.
MedievalWomenSpeak @medievalwomenspeak.bsky.social Medievalist, PhD'ing at Cambridge. Chaucer, gender, trauma. Bringing the voices of medieval women forward.
MEMS @memsunikent.bsky.social The Centre for Medieval & Early Modern Studies (MEMS) at the University of Kent | MA & PhD scholarships available.
For our latest updates: linktr.ee/MEMS_UniKent
ANZAMEMS @anzamems.bsky.social Australian and New Zealand Association for Medieval and Early Modern Studies (anzamems.org). Posts by Matt Firth, BlueSky novice extraordinaire.
Medieval Institute Publications @mip-medpub.bsky.social Literary, historical, and material analyses that employ innovative and interdisciplinary approaches. https://linktr.ee/mip_medpub
St Andrews Institute of Medieval Studies @saims.bsky.social SAIMS is an interdisciplinary institute of medieval studies at the University of St Andrews, Scotland. Proudly bringing medievalists together from around the world since 2007! Website https://saims.wp.st-andrews.ac.uk/
U of T Centre for Medieval Studies @uoftcms.bsky.social The University of Toronto's Centre for Medieval Studies hosts one of the largest interdisciplinary medieval studies programs in the world. https://www.medieval.utoronto.ca/
Centre for Medieval and Early Modern Studies (CMEMS) @cmemsedinburgh.bsky.social The CMEMS brings together staff and students from across the University of Edinburgh studying the medieval and early modern periods.
Find out more at https://hca.ed.ac.uk/centre-medieval-renaissance/seminars-and-events/seminars
Arizona Center for Medieval and Renaissance Studies @acmrs.bsky.social Engage the past, define the future | Arizona Center for Medieval and Renaissance Studies | Throughlines | ACMRS Press | RaceB4Race
Bristol Centre for Medieval Studies @bristolcms.bsky.social The interdisciplinary Centre for Medieval Studies at the University of Bristol concerned with all aspects of the history, culture, art and representation of medieval Europe.
Harvard Medieval Studies @harvardmedieval.bsky.social For in this regioun, certein,
Dwelleth many a citezein,
Of which that speketh dan Plato.
These ben the eyrish bestes, lo!
Pearl Kibre Medieval Study @pkmedievalstudy.bsky.social The Pearl Kibre medieval study is the graduate medieval group of the CUNY Graduate Center.
Monash Medieval & Renaissance Studies @monashcmrs.bsky.social Community of Medieval & Renaissance Studies at Monash University, Australia. The past is not as distant as you imagine.
(Banner: Lincoln County Archives, BNLW 1/1/55/1; Profile pic: Monash, Bischoff frag. 002, MS 1821) Skeets by KN.
Erik Wade @erikkaars.bsky.social Queer medievalist. Helicopter parent to a kitty. Champion napper. He/they
Rosemary Kelly @rosemaryk96.bsky.social ⚔️ Medievalist and bookseller. Sometimes poet. 30.
📍 PhD student in UCC's School of English and Digital Humanities working on genre & masculinities in Old English Literature.
📖 Editor in Chief for Apardjón Journal for Scandinavian Studies.
Sarah M @lore.house Mom of 4, Christian, opera singer, literature nerd. Technical program manager at NBCU.
I bake bread. (And other things.)
Digitizing and translating Old English texts
Books, music, Germanic language
lore.house
lorehord.com
PFP by @mgcoco.bsky.social
Moritz Draschner @moritzdraschner.bsky.social PhD student researching Floire et Blancheflor in Middle English, Middle Dutch and Anglo-Norman at HHU Düsseldorf 🤓📜📚
Clare Lees @clarelees.bsky.social Director of the Institute of English Studies, School of Advanced Study, University of London. Medievalist. Feminist. Poetry now and in the last 1000 or so years. Arts. Practice. All kinds of books and their histories.
@lyftfloga.bsky.social @lyftfloga.bsky.social
Daniel Sawyer @danielsawyer.bsky.social Lecturer, Birkbeck; Academic Visitor, Oxford.
Buy How to Read Middle English Poetry for £14/$20 using the code AAFLYG6: https://global.oup.com/academic/product/how-to-read-middle-english-poetry-9780198895244
Christopher M. Cevasco @cmcevasco.bsky.social Medievalist (Sub-Roman/Anglo-Saxon England) & author of historical and Arthurian novels, specfic, & horror + bestselling D&D content at #DMsGuild & ENNIE-winning work for Kobold Press. Assistant Series Editor of BASFF. www.christophermcevasco.com
Nicola Griffith SHE IS HERE out now! @nicolaz.bsky.social PhD. Novelist (Hild, Spear, Menewood). All things Early Medieval. Here: Cats, crips, queers. Books, beauty, beers. MS ♿️🧪📚
MUTING THOSE WHO DON’T ALT-TEXT
nicolagriffith.com
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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
Marc Morris @marcmorris.bsky.social Medieval historian. 'If it works for Marc Morris, it works for me.' (Scarlett Johansson)
MJ Porter @mjporterauthor.bsky.social Author of historical fiction set in Saxon England & 20th century historical mysteries. A bit obsessed with the Saxon kingdom of Mercia. Pub by Boldwood Books, Pen & Sword and Indie. Infuriatingly prolific.
Formula 1, 2, 3, E, Academy & Extreme E/H fan.
Matthew Harffy @matthewharffy.bsky.social Author of the BERNICIA CHRONICLES, the A TIME FOR SWORDS series, DARK FRONTIER, WOLF OF WESSEX. Co-host of Rock, Paper, Swords! The Historical Action and Adventure Podcast.
https://linktr.ee/MatthewHarffy
Steven A. McKay @stevenamckay.bsky.social Author, Guitarist. Metal fan. The Druid's Prey out NOW. Return of the Wolf coming September 2025!
Rebecca Tyson @tyguson.bsky.social PhD, University of Bristol; RHS Marshall Fellow (2024-25), IHR. Research on Norman Invasion in 1066, maritime and riverine environments, 11th-c. maritime connections in the North Sea world
https://research-information.bris.ac.uk/en/persons/rebecca-tyson
Arthuriana @arthurianajrnl.bsky.social The Journal of Arthurian Studies
https://www.arthuriana.com/
Mercedes Rochelle @authorrochelle.bsky.social Author of Medieval Historical Fiction, especially the 11th century and the Plantagenets. And France. And the rest of Europe!
Rhiannon Warren @rhnnnwrrn.bsky.social AHRC PhD student in ASNC at Trinity Hall, Cambridge, researching Icelandic Liturgical Manuscript Fragments • Soprano choral scholar • 24, proudly dyslexic ⁊ 🏳🌈 • she/her
Josh Baker-Cox @joshbakercox.bsky.social PhD at CCCU researching rebellions in 10th and early 12th century England and Normandy.
Lover of Norman (and Anglo-Norman) History, and general fan of Robert Curthose & Robert de Belleme.
https://medievalhistory.home.blog/
Michael Livingston @michaellivingston.com Conflict Analyst | Novelist | Professor | Talking Head | Opinions my own | rep’d by Georgina Capel
Thegns of Mercia @thegns.bsky.social Sending Britain back to the “Dark Ages”.
A not-for-profit educational living-history group dedicated to promoting interest in, and celebrating the diverse cultures of late-antiquity / early medieval lowland Britain / the broadest-sense ‘Anglo-Saxon’ period
Paula Lofting @paulaloftingauthor.bsky.social Author of historical fiction Sons of the Wolf Series set in the 11thcentury and writer for Pen and Sword - newly released biography about Harold Godwinson. Currently working on Biography of Edmund Ironside.
website: www.threadstothepast.com
Maria Dahvana Headley @mariadahvana.bsky.social NYT-bestselling, Hugo Award winning monster and myth maker. Most recently, VERGIL! A Mythological Musical (Audible) , Beowulf: A New Translation, The Mere Wife, & many other items in the wondertale category & beyond. https://linktr.ee/mariadahvanaheadley
Hwæt! @hwaet.info Translations of the first word of Beowulf. Created by @jesse.lansner.com. See more at https://hwaet.info.
Jennifer Thibodeaux @jeannecorviere.bsky.social Medieval historian, author of "J'accuse" coming soon Godine, 2026. Jenniferwriteshistory.com
Keith Ruiter @keithruiter.bsky.social Medievalist | likes law, normativity, transgression, & other Viking Age oddities (also has a life outside work) | Senior Lecturer at University of Suffolk | Hon. Assistant Prof at Centre for the Study of the Viking Age | PhD | he/they
JORVIK Viking Centre @jorvikviking.bsky.social 👆 Follow us for Viking fun! 🤪
Book a visit to discover the REAL Vikings 🔥
Adrienne Williams Boyarin @aboyarin.bsky.social UVic prof, medievalist, Anglo-Jewish women, Early Middle English, etc
James Harland @jmharland.bsky.social Late Roman & Early Medieval History & Archaeology @unibonn.bsky.social
Exploring what happens when empires die.
Publications available at http://jmharland.hcommons.org
https://www.igw.uni-bonn.de/de/institut/altegeschichte/personen/james-harland
Leonie V. Hicks @lvhicks.bsky.social Professor of medieval studies. Leverhulme major research fellow. Norman history and landscapes. Occasional gardening, knitting, cricket and Anglicanism https://normanlandscapes.wordpress.com/ 🗃⚱️📜
Maja Bäckvall @skrivafel.bsky.social Runologist-for-hire, librarian, PhD in Scandinavian languages. Translator into Old Norse for Civ VI, God of War (but only the good runes), AC Valhalla. I infrequently make text games.
Journal of the Australian Early Medieval Association @jaema.bsky.social JAEMA is a double-blind peer-reviewed journal specialising in the history of the early medieval period - from late antiquity to the early eleventh century.
https://aema.org.au/journal/
Frida Espolin Norstein @fridanor.bsky.social Archaeologist at Stockholm University, Viking Age, Early Medieval, burial practices
Scott Oden @orcwriter.bsky.social Author of THE GRIMNIR SAGA, and the award-winning collection of S&S/heroic historicals, OLD GODS AND OTHER TALES. History geek, armchair antiquarian. He/him.
Tips appreciated: https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=T76DGUDKSEWGG
Malcolm Sinclair 💀✍️ @historymalc.bsky.social Books & Writing, History, Art, design & architecture. Co-author of Churches of Salisbury & District.