Nick Hubble @thehubble101.bsky.social Aberystwyth-based writer, researcher & critic. Author: Culture Wars in Britain (May, 2026). Columnist at Vector. Incoming editor of Foundation.
Nonbinary (they/them)🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️.
https://linktr.ee/nick_hubble
Tim Jerrome @timjerrome.bsky.social Doctoral student at Brighton researching gay and lesbian histories in rural England. Also a writer, gamer, enthusiastic but hopeless tennis player, and fan of all dogs with facial hair
Daniel Blackie @danielblackie.bsky.social Disability history's my thing.
https://www.tuni.fi/en/people/daniel-blackie
Disability in the Industrial Revolution (OA): https://tinyurl.com/yxv23zpk
Dr Katie Twomey @k2mey.eurosky.social Autistic, prob AuDHD. LGBTQ+ ally because obviously. Routine goblin. She/her. Sweary, sorry. Lecturer (UK), researcher in language development, psycholinguistics, autism. ♾️🏳️⚧️🏳️🌈
John Bull @garius.bsky.social He/Him. Writer. Historian. Host of "The Untitled History Podcast." Strategy streamer. Tech Strategist. Founding Editor of @lonrec. Orient fan. Business/Writing: business@longformist.co.uk. Agent: @pastpreservers.bsky.social
Hastings Book Festival 2026 @hastingsbookfest.bsky.social The 9th annual Hastings Book Festival will take place from 10th to 20th September 2026, with 40 events and more than 80 speakers and performers.
Our headline guests: David Olusoga; Kate Mosse; Roger McGough and Robin Ince. Many more speakers and events.
King's CHoSTM @kingschostm.bsky.social Centre for the History of Science, Technology & Medicine at King's History.
More about research and what’s on ➡️ www.kingschostm.com
About the Hans Rausing Scholarship ➡️ www.kingschostm.com/funding-opportunities
#histsci #histtech #histmed #histstm
Claire Cock-Starkey @nonfictioness.bsky.social Writer (Lore of the Wild, Hyphens & Hashtags &c). Big fan of books, libraries, folklore, history. Also have a PhD on the folklore of death and dying in 19th century England
Dr Vanessa @hpsvanessa.bsky.social historian of science, medicine, food, sport and exploration; other content generally but not limited to: my dinner, a weird bug, feminist beer 🏳️⚧️, complaining about bad parking. Latest book: tinyurl.com/HigherColder
I really dislike unsolicited advice.
Sarah Marie Hall @smhall.bsky.social Professor in Human Geography+UKRI FLF @austerityalters.bsky.social 🍞🌹 Into everyday feminist economic geography, pizza+tap dancing. My views. She/Her
🐕🍕📚🍓🌷
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
Prof Robert Barrington @csc-barrington.bsky.social Professor at Centre for the Study of Corruption; ex UK head of TI; UK govt adviser. BVI News: ‘Who is this punk Barrington?’ ‘Thug in a suit.’ ‘Needs to stfu.’
Khaleda Brophy-Harmer @khaleda88.bsky.social
Imogen Cook @birosmudged.bsky.social PhD researcher, writer, auntie. Clumsy but resilient. Currently looking at the links between health and travel in Anne Lister’s diaries and letters. they/she
Dr Kathleen McIlvenna @kathleenmcil.bsky.social A lecturer and historian. I work on histories of work and welfare including occupational pensions, occupational heath and family, specialising on 19th century post office and civil service. Currently working on a book looking at retirement before 1930.
Margot Finn @eicathomefinn.bsky.social Historian of Britain and colonialism, material culture, the EIC. Also works on equalities, museums, open access & research policy. Download the EIC @ Home open access volume here: https://www.uclpress.co.uk/products/88277 (or individual chapters via JSTOR)
Beyond Reflections @beyondreflectuk.bsky.social Charity working to create a safe community for trans+ people and their allies, providing support designed with and for the community.
https://linktr.ee/beyondreflections
Caroline Dodds Pennock @carolinepennock.bsky.social Historian and human-sacrifice enthusiast (she/her). Author of On Savage Shores: How Indigenous Americans Discovered Europe
Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani @mayor.nyc.gov Fighting every day to deliver a city that working New Yorkers can actually afford. Mayor of New York City.
Jo Brydon-Dickenson @jo-bd.bsky.social PhD student researching trans life in Edwardian London. Also does folk music on moothie and Northumbrian smallpipes.
Centre for Life History & Life Writing Research, Sussex Uni @clhlwr.bsky.social The University of Sussex is a leading international centre for life history research, oral history, and life writing research and teaching. Follow the CLHLWR here for news on research, events, and related news. www.sussex.ac.uk/clhlwr
Extraordinary Stories of Britain Podcast @storiesofbritain.bsky.social Fun and informative award-nominated history podcast. Listen at www.storiesofbritain.com
All About History @allabouthistory.bsky.social Britain's best independent history magazine, packed with thrilling stories. linktr.ee/AllAboutHistory
madeline odent @oldenoughtosay.com chaos feed. heritage, history, old buildings, social justice. 🏴🇺🇸🏳️🌈. sea witch, professional gargoyle, teller of tales. (she/her)(Oxford, England)
Katrina Navickas @katrinanavickas.bsky.social Historian of protest, political movements, public space in Britain.
https://reaktionbooks.co.uk/work/contested-commons
https://historyofpublicspace.uk
Croydon and Rochdale
@ruralmodernism on Insta.
🇱🇹🇺🇦 🏳️⚧️ ally.
She/her
Jane Cameron National Archives @jcnarchives.bsky.social The Jane Cameron National Archives are the National Archives of the Falkland Islands, ensuring the long-term survival and easy accessibility of all those records most important to the history and administration of the Islands.
Justin Bengry @justinbengry.bsky.social Historian of Capitalism and the Pink Pound (he/him)
Writer | Speaker | Traveller
Editor: @historyworkshop.org.uk
Founder: @notchesblog.bsky.social
Convenor: @histsex.bsky.social
justinbengry.com
Chris Lloyd @cilloyd.bsky.social he/him. associate prof, poet, writer, host of “books up close” and coeditor of seaford review journal 🏳️⚧️🏳️🌈🏴🇵🇸
https://linktr.ee/chrislloyd
robyn shooter (she/her) @robynshooter.bsky.social american & cultural studies phd @kings college london: genre, representation & community in americana music
Pam Thurschwell @pamthur.bsky.social I'm going back to New York City; I do believe I've had enough. Also recently wrote a book, Teenage Time (Bloomsbury 2025).
Dr Riz Millanzi ✨️ @itsriziki.bsky.social Sussex Uni Research Associate in the Sussex Centre for American Studies - Researching Black Feminist Praxis and Representation in Speculative Literature, Comics and Films 🇬🇧🇹🇿
Natalia Cecire @ncecire.bsky.social Academic in Hove.
Elsa Richardson @ecrichardson.bsky.social Health historian at the University of Strathclyde, author of 'Rumbles: A Curious History of the Gut (Wellcome/Profile/Pegasus, 2024) and Co-Director of the Centre for the Social History of Health and Healthcare (CSHHH).
The University of Sheffield @sheffielduni.bsky.social We're a QS World Ranking Top 100 University changing lives through education and research since 1905.
linktr.ee/sheffield
University of Reading @uniofreading.bsky.social Official account of the UK's Sustainable University of the Year 2025 (The Times). We're inspiring the next generation of climate and environmental leaders, with world-class research, incredible students achieving their potential + geese. www.reading.ac.uk
Dr Rosie Canning @drrosiecanning.bsky.social Researcher: Life Writing Studies / Creative Writing (Archival Care Histories)
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
Suchitra Chatterjee - Wheelchair Queen @suchidot.bsky.social A disabled researcher of hidden histories who specialises in going where others don’t, usually places described as inaccessible. But when the past hides something interesting, a mountain is an obstacle to overcome. 👩🏾🦼
Dylan Lewis @iamdylanlewis.bsky.social ¶rare book librarian ¶bibliographer & historian of print, typography, and media ¶video games and cinema ¶he/him 🏳️🌈
📍ATL (by way of Dallas, Munich, and DC)
Brighton and Hove Black History @bhblackhistory.bsky.social Challenging racism by raising awareness of Black History www.black-history.org.uk
Alice Roberts @profaliceroberts.bsky.social Prof of Public Engagement in Science, Uni of Birmingham; anatomist, author, broadcaster; vice President of Humanists UK. All views my own.
Fan Studies Network @fanstudies.bsky.social Bringing Fan Studies scholars together since 2012.
https://fanstudies.org/
https://www.instagram.com/fanstudies
Bethany @bethanylogan.bsky.social Associate Director at University of Sussex Library. UKSG Trustee.
Amberley Museum @amberleymuseum.bsky.social Travel back in time and explore the South’s working past in the heart of the South Downs National Park.
Mo Moulton @momoulton.bsky.social Professor of Modern British & Irish History at the University of Birmingham (UK). he/him. Writing and researching to answer the timeless question: how do cooperatives and capitalism and trans theory and queer kinship fit together?
Centre for Modern British Studies @mbsbirmingham.bsky.social Interdisciplinary research centre at the University of Birmingham.
MBS2026 conference, June 3-5 2026. Registration now open!
https://www.birmingham.ac.uk/research/mbs
Art UK @artukdotorg.bsky.social Connecting you to art 🖼 Art UK is an art education charity and digital space that connects everyone with the UK's public art collection.
Take part in the #OnlineArtExchange every Thursday!
https://artuk.org/
https://linktr.ee/artukdotorg
National Trust @nationaltrust.org.uk All kinds of spaces. All sorts of feelings. All at the National Trust.
National Library of Scotland @natlibscot.bsky.social Scotland’s living memory. If you can think of it, we probably have it.
@archiveswales.bsky.social @archiveswales.bsky.social
Natural History Museum, London @nhm-london.bsky.social We’re the museum looking deeper into the Earth’s past to shape a new future where both people and planet thrive.
Protecting the planet, it’s in our nature. 🌍
Kew Gardens @rbgkew.bsky.social The home of Kew Science 👩🔬
🌱Collections
📚Archives
🍄Applied research
🤝Partnerships
🥼Training
👉More: linktr.ee/kewscience
Museum of Natural History, University of Oxford @morethanadodo.bsky.social A stunning Victorian building home to 7 million objects. Free entry, open 10-5 every day.
NHM Library and Archives @nhmlibraryarchives.bsky.social One of the finest collections of natural history literature, art and online resources.
Come and research with us Tuesday - Thursday 10.00 - 16.00 (by appointment).
linktr.ee/nhmlibraryarchives
(Natural History Museum, London and Tring)
Royal College of Nursing Library and Museum @rcnlibraries.bsky.social The RCN (@rcn.org.uk) Library and Museum is Europe’s largest nursing library. Use our services online or visit our libraries, exhibitions and events in person.
Get in touch via: www.rcn.org.uk/library
Online|Belfast|Cardiff|Edinburgh|London
Guildhall Library @guildhalllibrary.bsky.social The Library of London History.
https://www.cityoflondon.gov.uk/services/libraries/guildhall-library
Arundel Castle Archive @arundelcarchive.bsky.social The archives at Arundel Castle form one of the largest private collections in the UK, with holdings from the 12th century. All images © The Duke of Norfolk. www.arundelcastle.org/archives/
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
Orkney Library & Archive @orkneylibrary.bsky.social Books and Archives since 1683.
Website: orkneylibrary.org.uk
Linktree: linktr.ee/orkneylibrary
RCP museum @rcpmuseum.bsky.social The Royal College of Physicians museum, heritage library, archive & garden in Regent's Park | History, medicine, art & modernist architecture | Exhibitions & events
Norfolk Record Office @norfolkro.bsky.social Norfolk Record Office collects and preserves unique archives relating to the history of Norfolk and makes them accessible across the world.
Penlee House Gallery & Museum @penleehousegallery.bsky.social Penlee House is Cornwall's only public Gallery, specialising in the Newlyn School artists. It is the artistic heart of West Cornwall's history, a space to relax, explore, and discover.
Open Monday - Saturday
Owned and operated by Penzance Council
Museum of Transport Greater Manchester @motgm.uk We'll take you back! Open Wednesdays, weekends and bank holidays 10 am to 4.30 pm. Adult admission £7.50, student/jobseeker £6, disabled/children free. https://motgm.uk
Vale & Downland Museum @valeanddownland.bsky.social We're a small local history museum in Wantage, Oxfordshire.
The birth place of King Alfred the Great!
Winner of the Green Growth Award 2026!
https://linktr.ee/valeanddownlandmuseum
Barnsley Museums @barnsleymuseums.bsky.social We are Barnsley Museums. Sharing stories from our collections and our five free to visit venues across Barnsley; Cannon Hall Museum, The Cooper Gallery, Experience Barnsley Museum, Worsbrough Mill & Elsecar Heritage Centre
www.barnsley-museums.com
St Albans Museums @stalbansmuseums.bsky.social Celebrating St Albans arts, history and community
Ashmolean Museum, Oxford @ashmoleanmuseum.bsky.social 🖼 🏺 World famous collections, from Egyptian mummies to contemporary art
🕙 Open every day 10am–5pm 🏛 linktr.ee/ashmoleanmuseum
Colchester Museums @colmuseums.bsky.social We're renowned for Romans, cuckoo about clocks and wild for animals! Custodians of Colchester Castle, Hollytrees Museum and Colchester's Natural History Museum.
EcoMuseum of Scottish Mining Landscapes @mininglandscapes.bsky.social Posts from Scotland’s first industrial eco-museum commemorating and recording mining landscapes through a series of community created cycling and walking routes.
@chertseymuseum.bsky.social @chertseymuseum.bsky.social
Woodbridge Tide Mill Museum UK @timimu.bsky.social Woodbridge Tide Mill Museum is a Grade I listed mill dating from 1170, that still mills flour. Restored, it is a popular, interactive museum where working machinery and milling bring history to life
Trimontium Trust & Museum @trimontiumtrust.bsky.social A unique museum dedicated to Roman & Iron Age Scotland.
🌟Thistle Awards Winner
Melrose, Scottish Borders
🔗https://linktr.ee/trimontiumtrust
Archives & Collections, Library of Birmingham @theironroom.bsky.social Preserving & sharing 800 years of Birmingham's history at the Library of Birmingham.
For enquiries, please email archives.heritage@birmingham.gov.uk
Follow our blog @ www.theironroom.wordpress.com
More info @ birmingham.gov.uk/archives
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
Explore York Archive @yorkarchive.bsky.social Making over 850 years of the city of York's history accessible to all. Keep up to date with our latest projects and activities here.
Website: https://exploreyork.org.uk/archives/
Blog: http://citymakinghistory.org
Glamorgan Archives Archifau Morgannwg @glamarchives.bsky.social Darganfod y Gorffennol / Discovering the Past
https://glamarchives.gov.uk/
Kent Archives @kentarchives.bsky.social A nationally accredited archive repository for Kent, established in 1933 and based in Maidstone. Get involved and keep up-to-date with the latest news and events from our service.
This account is monitored from Monday to Friday, 8:30am - 5pm.
Northumberland Archives @nlandarchives.bsky.social Accredited archives for the county of Northumberland and Diocese of Newcastle. Housed at Woodhorn, near Ashington, and at Berwick Library. northumberlandarchives.com
Oxfordshire History Centre @oxhistcentre.bsky.social We are part of Oxfordshire County Council - we're the archive and local studies for the county, including photographic collections
Website - http://www.oxfordshire.gov.uk/oxfordshirehistory
Catalogue - https://heritagesearch.oxfordshire.gov.uk/
Borthwick Institute for Archives @uoyborthwick.bsky.social The Borthwick Institute for Archives at the University of York, UK, for records of the archdiocese, local parishes, businesses, hospitals etc. borthwick-institute@york.ac.uk
📚 Dunblane's historic Leighton Library @leightonlibrary.bsky.social Scotland's oldest purpose-built independent library, built 1687 from bequest of 17th century Robert Leighton, Principal of University of Edinburgh, Chancellor of University of Glasgow, Bishop of Dunblane Cathedral
https://www.leightonlibrary.org.uk
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
Victoria Gallery & Museum @victoriagallery.bsky.social Galleries Tue-Sat, 10am-4pm👋
Café Mon-Fri, 9am-4pm☕️
https://linktr.ee/victoriagalleryliverpool
🧱 Part of @LiverpoolUni.bsky.social
PK Porthcurno Museum of Global Communications @pkporthcurno.bsky.social 🌎 Discover the story of our connected world, from the telegram to today's internet! 🛜
Framework Knitters Museum, Ruddington, Nottinghamshire @frameworkknitters.bsky.social We are a unique surviving example of a 19th century framework knitters’ yard, and still demonstrating this endangered craft.
Plus exhibitions, craft workshops, group visits, performances and more.
www.frameworkknittersmuseum.org.uk
The Oxfordshire Museum Service @oxonmuseumservice.bsky.social The Oxfordshire Museum Service (OMS) cares for and makes accessible the county’s Museum collection across the four sites of The Oxfordshire Museum in Woodstock, Bishops Palace in Witney, Swalcliffe Barn near Banbury and the Museum Resource Centre.
Hastings Museum & Art Gallery @notjustabattle.bsky.social A local museum with a global collection. From stories of dinosaurs dug up by Victorian eggheads, to world treasures gathered by intrepid men and women.
Open Tuesday-Saturday 10am to 5pm and Sunday 11am to 4.30pm.
https://www.hmag.org.uk
Pitt Rivers Museum @pittriversmuseum.bsky.social Anthropology and archaeology collections from world cultures past and present.
https://www.prm.ox.ac.uk
Royston Museum @roystonmuseum.bsky.social Discover the story of Royston, a town shaped by its ancient landscape and historic crossroads. Nurture your curiosity and connect with people and places, past and present.
Find out more: linktr.ee/roystonmuseum
Supported by Royston Town Council
Redbridge Museum & Heritage Centre @redbridgemuseum.bsky.social Redbridge Museum explores the many different people, places & events which are part of the history of Redbridge.
Open Tuesday - Saturday 11:00 - 17:00
🔗 visionrcl.org.uk/museum
Wiltshire Museum @wiltshiremuseum.bsky.social The Best Bronze Age collection in Britain
featuring gold from the time of Stonehenge
Wessex Museums @wessexmuseums.bsky.social Regional museum partnership supporting seven museums in Dorset and Wiltshire, dedicated to telling the story of Wessex.
Website wessexmuseums.org.uk/
Our museums wessexmuseums.org.uk/our-museums/
Reading Museum @readingmuseum.bsky.social Posts from Reading Museum. We share stories from the history of the town of Reading, its people, its wildlife, and our collections.
www.readingmuseum.org.uk
National Trust Archaeology @nattrustarch.bsky.social Sharing information about archaeology at National Trust places across England, Wales and Northern Ireland
Dover Museum & Bronze Age Boat Gallery @dovermuseum.bsky.social Dover Museum and Bronze Age Boat Gallery is one of the oldest museums in Kent, founded in 1836. Free Entry.
Our blog page: https://www.dovermuseum.co.uk/Information-Resources/Blog/Blog-Home.aspx
Holburne Museum, Bath @holburnemuseumbath.bsky.social Art gallery and Museum with a great cafe in beautiful Bath (also known as 'Lady Danbury's House' in Bridgerton)
Side @sidegallery.bsky.social Est. in 1977: Side is dedicated to lens-based documentary. We are home to the UNESCO-listed AmberSide collection, showcasing film and documentary photography on working-class life from the North East and beyond.
Sidegallery.co.uk
Glasgow Women's Library @womenslibrary.bsky.social The only Accredited Museum in the UK dedicated to women’s history, with a lending library and innovative programmes of public events and learning opportunities
North East Museums @northeastmuseums.bsky.social Art and heritage at the heart of North East England. 12 museums and galleries for you to enjoy.
(Formerly known as Tyne & Wear Archives & Museums)
northeastmuseums.org.uk
Durham University Collections @ducollections.bsky.social Collections from @durham-university.bsky.social museums, art collection, biosciences, archives and special collections. Not monitored 24/7. @dulib.bsky.social
https://linktr.ee/DUCollections