Prof Tracey Hill @tracelarkhall.bsky.social Sweary prof, iconoclast, and non-league football nut (Larkhall Athletic FC 💙). Lives in early modern London; citizen & Founder. Bossed by cats. I mean it about the swearing 🤬
Kevin Gallant @kevin-gallant.bsky.social Canadian
Author of Beyond the Mark: Ashes of the Hero. 🗡🛡🔮✨️🧙♂️
https://www.kobo.com/us/en/ebook/beyond-the-mark
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0DM96B5J9
Singer for Violet Outburst 🎸🎤
https://open.spotify.com/artist/0Vf4w9Ze38rLniADBEGKSp?si=AcWduGX
Gary Scott @billynotweets.bsky.social
Mark Thompson @markreckons.bsky.social Politics (mainly UK and a bit of US), comedy and popular culture more generally.
Hear me on a radio near you blathering about Burnham or Farage. Probably.
Political Sandbox here: https://substack.com/@politicalsandboxmark
Trench, a Social History Mapping Project, c. 1901-21 @trenchfrontline.bsky.social A Social History Initiative for you and your Community!
#PayHistoryForward #FWW #LuvMaps #RollofHonour #CitizensHistory
Helen Brooks @hbrooks.bsky.social Amateur family historian, East Yorkshire, Lancashire, Norfolk, Somerset, WW1 and WW2, old photos.
Dashie @dmdash71.bsky.social Author, artist, historian and general nuisance. B. A. English. I like history, naval, space and aviation stuff and don’t get me started on literature. 🇺🇸🇺🇦🇹🇼🇨🇦🇲🇽🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️
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WW1 Roll of Honour @ww1rollofhonour.bsky.social Over 5,300 photographs of people in war service from the Hastings and Rother area during World War 1. Full website is: https://www.ww1rollofhonour.co.uk/.
The posts shared here are reposted content from the website.
RN ship losses @rnshiplosses.bsky.social Recording ship losses of the Royal Navies of Great Britain, Canada, Australia and New Zealand day by day, remembering the fallen and honouring all who served. Corrections and additions welcome. No official affiliations. No AI used here! Also at Twitter/X.
@womensartbluesky.bsky.social @womensartbluesky.bsky.social The original & only WomensArt created/ curated by art historian/author PL Henderson to celebrate/promote women in the arts.
Real art...real artists...No AI
Images © to respective owners
Michelle Bagot @michellethebagot.bsky.social First World War Master’s Student @ WLV.ac.uk | Genealogy Geek | Leonard's Human | Proud Keighlian
Kris Inwood @kris-inwood.bsky.social Economic historian w broad interests including population health, First Nations, mobility, inequality & lives of the incarcerated. Directing https://thecanadianpeoples.com & editing Asia-Pacific EcHR https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/journal/2832157x
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Not the Western Front Society @ntwf.bsky.social NTWF is a group for people interested in the less well known campaigns of the First World War, away from the Western Front
www.ntwf.org.uk
@blackeyeddog.bsky.social @blackeyeddog.bsky.social
@horhpodcast.bsky.social @horhpodcast.bsky.social Hollywood or History? Unpack fact vs. fiction in film. Great for teachers, trivia buffs, and history fans. New episodes every other week.
Available on Spotify, Apple, and YouTube
https://youtube.com/@hollywoodorhistorypodcast?si=gNOPQUnVXde2_NZz
Wollaston Museum @wollastonmuseum.bsky.social Village Museum, operated by Wollaston Heritage Society (est 1970). Site includes the between-the-wars Curiosity Cottage and Beacon Hill, a Scheduled Ancient Monument.
Jay Hulme @jayhulmepoet.bsky.social Poet. Speaker. Educator. Performer. Adult, YA, and Children's poetry. Occasionally picture books. Lots of posts about churches. Unapologetically trans (he/him) jayhulme.com
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
Cold War Steve @coldwarsteve.bsky.social Artist
Coldwarsteve.com
Andy Marshall @fotofacade.bsky.social Architectural Photographer on a camper-van-camino. 📸🚐🏛️ 🎨
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
Matthew Stewart @roguestrands.bsky.social Weaving ways through poetry. Second full collection, ‘Whatever You Do, Just Don’t’, a Poetry Society Book of the Year 2023, available from HappenStance Press.
Ian McMillan @imcmillan.bsky.social I was a New Face of 1984 in Harper’s and Queen magazine
Wakefield Libraries @wflibraries.bsky.social We are the library service for Wakefield and its surrounding towns and villages.
Follow us for news, reviews & events, plus oodles of free online resources, learning courses & historical photographs!
🔗 https://www.wakefield.gov.uk/libraries
Airedale & Wharfedale Family History Society @awfhs.bsky.social Airedale and Wharfedale Family History Society (AWFHS) is a member-run organisation dedicated to promoting and supporting family history research in the Airedale and Wharfedale regions of Yorkshire.
Chris Camfield (AlliedArmour) @alliedarmour.bsky.social 50ish/M/Ont/Canada, he/him. Aspiring "afflicted" WW2 military historian. https://www.alliedarmour.com My book about the Archer is available from Trackpad Publishing!
Also interested in art, video games, SF+fantasy novels, cats, puns
News Of The War Pod @newsofthewar.bsky.social The headlines behind the frontlines: NOTW pod, hosted by Andy and Merryn.
We take a look at the stories being read by the public during the war. 6 random dates every year of the war.
https://linktr.ee/NewsOfTheWar
Cate Adams @cate-adams.bsky.social CateAdams on AO3.
Kirk/Spock fanfiction writer.
I road bike, swim, sorta run, look at rocks and cats and drink coffee. And martinis.
G. Lawrence 📚💙📚💙📚 @glawrence.bsky.social Author, Archer, Erratic gardener, Kung Fu blue belt, Leftie Intersectional Feminist (who is hopefully always learning more). Curiousity is better than judgement. Indie author of historical fiction and fantasy, looking for new friends and old on Bluesky! 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️
Dr. Chase A. Thompson @chaseathompson.bsky.social Podcaster, Historian, Writer, living in Salinas, California. Check out the Interesting Pod: https://pod.link/1826088946. Doctoral degree in counseling, pursuing a history PhD. I love hiking, mystery reading, & eating cereal in perilously unhealthy volumes.
@thewargravesguy.bsky.social @thewargravesguy.bsky.social Creating & guiding bespoke tours of the WW1 Somme battlefields for small groups & individuals. www.thewargravesguy.com. Volunteer for CWGC & RAF Association
RCN History of Nursing Forum @rcnhistory.bsky.social #HistNursing for and by #Nursing in the UK
Find out more: https://www.rcn.org.uk/Get-Involved/Forums/History-of-Nursing-Forum
Adrian Farley @adrianfarley.bsky.social
Ian Phillips @ian-phillips0324.bsky.social Formerly history teacher and then history teacher educator. Now paid by govt to walk a dog.
Eric J. White @ericjwhite.bsky.social 20 years an archaeologist, 10 years an educator, now an aspiring and hopefully inspiring writer with an interest in social issues and environmental causes.
Dr Robert Bohan @robertbohan.bsky.social Artist, Scientist, Woodland Ecologist, Statistician, Historian & former Research Scholar at the RIA | Art from Dublin, Ireland 🌈 He/Him | Sé/é
Buy my work here: https://robertbohan.etsy.com
British Library @britishlibrary.bsky.social We’re the national library of the UK.
British History Online @bho.bsky.social British History Online is a digital library of primary and secondary sources for the history of the Britain, Ireland and empire. Part of the Institute of Historical Research.
https://www.british-history.ac.uk/
Leeds University Libraries @leedsunilibraries.bsky.social Welcome to the University of Leeds Libraries account. Follow us for Library-related updates and feel free to send us your queries!
@speighta.bsky.social @speighta.bsky.social
Steve Head @stevehead.bsky.social Full Time Horticulturalist - Teacher- Clink Gardens - Shorncliffe Trust Trustee - Military Historian - Part Time Battlefield Guide -Great War Researcher
Fix Bayonets 🇺🇸🇬🇧🇨🇦🇩🇪🇪🇺🇩🇰 @fixbayonets.bsky.social Mark Flowers • British-American • Former treadhead • History nerd, esp. the WW1 BEF • No coffee too strong • Death before dismount • Yes Marmite, but Vegemite works too • Always use the schwa. https://www.facebook.com/Fixbayonets1985/
Lene D. Kottal @kottalgenealogy.com Danish professional genealogist. Check out my blog if you want free tips for finding your ancestors from Denmark - the latest post includes a photo of tiny me at my baptism!
https://www.genealogistkottal.com/blog/
George Marshall Medical Museum @gmmedicalmuseum.bsky.social Small & mighty. Exploring changes in history of medicine in the Charles Hastings Education Centre. Open Monday to Friday 9am to 5pm. Mannequins, life and death, medical instruments. Worcester, UK. Closed Bank Holidays.
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.
JudithBarrow Author @judithbarrowauthor.bsky.social Judith Barrow writes domestic thrillers, domestic suspense, & historical family sagas. Her books include the Haworth series, The Memory, shortlisted in 2021 for the Wales Book of the Year. Her latest book The Stranger in my House is out now
Murray Grant @muzg.bsky.social Here for the history (mostly) and the occasional gif
Andy Brockman @andybrockman.bsky.social Reporting from where politics and money meet archaeology and heritage at http://thepipeline.info/
YouTube: Watching Brief
Co-Author: The Buried Spitfires of Burma-A fake history
Tips/Gossip/Commissions: PipeLineNews@protonmail
Signal: AndyBrockman.25
Luci Gosling (it’s short for Lucinda) @lucigosling.bsky.social History madam. Scribe for hire. Plus art, illustration, culture, fashion, food, friends. Mary Evans Picture Library. Glen of Imaal terrier owner. Mother of 3 people. Crisp addict. Co.Durham born; Wanstead dweller.
King's College London Archives @kingsarchives.bsky.social King's College London Archives and the Liddell Hart Centre for Military Archives.
lnk.bio/kings_archives
The Family History Society of Cheshire 🌾🌳 @fhsofcheshire.bsky.social Welcome to Cheshire. We are a very friendly and helpful Society, with a lot of knowledgeable volunteers always ready to help you find the Who, What, When, and Where of your ancestry no matter where it's based
https://www.fhsc.org.uk
David Rigby @david-rigby.bsky.social Amateur genealogist and whippet owner. Also interested in military history, classic comics and Middlesbrough Football Club.
Metropolitan Police Museum and Crime Museum @mpsheritage.bsky.social Metropolitan Police lives and stories 1829-now.
Open to researchers and visitors by appointment.
Like/repost/follow≠endorsement
No bio or posts, no follow back.
https://t.co/f5xOlVyLoc
museumsmith @museumsmith.bsky.social Elderly millennial, museum factotum, 🇬🇧 🇪🇺, lay catholic-ish Anglican of non-conformist ancestry, #AuDHD, strolling player, cishet 🏳️🌈/🏳️⚧️/🍉/anti-racist/refugee ally.
Own views (who else would want them?!). He/him.
Dr Lacey Bonar Hull @laceybonarhull.bsky.social Medieval/Tudor historian 🏰 Offering virtual courses on medieval history at http://medievalhistoryacademy.com
https://thehistoriansdesk.substack.com
Huddersfield Exposed @huddersfield.exposed Exploring the history of the Huddersfield (UK) area. Account run by Dave (Library Systems Manager, University of Huddersfield).
https://huddersfield.exposed
https://huddersfield.click
Gwawr Faulconbridge @gwawrmai.bsky.social Mam, History especially Health History.
Admin for Whitchurch Hospital Historical Society social media sites.
Whitchurch Hospital Historical Society @whitchurchhospital.bsky.social Whitchurch Hospital is a closed Mental Health Hospital in Cardiff 🏴
1908-2016
Used as a military hospital during both World Wars.
Originally known as the Cardiff City Mental Hospital.
Account run by Whitchurch Hospital Historcial Society (Est. 2009)
Paperbird @paperbirdofbfd.bsky.social Artist designed posters, cards and other bits and bobs
Paul @atticusfinch-105.bsky.social Historian, idiot, Manchester City fan and book reviewer
Coalition for Responsible AI in Genealogy @craigenorg.bsky.social Our mission is to guide the genealogical community in the responsible and ethical use of AI, ensuring accuracy, transparency, and privacy while maximizing the benefits of AI for genealogical research. For more info: craigen.org
REEVALUATE EU Project @reevaluate-project.bsky.social An EU funded project that provides tools for prioritization, contextualization, 3D modeling and reuse of cultural heritage to empower museums and the public to collaborate in making heritage accessible, inclusive and secure. Visit us at "reevaluate.eu".
Helen List 🌻🌿 @helenlist.bsky.social Academic in Manchester, at a School of English. Environmental issues, Arts and Humanities and Crafts. A quiet page.
Bradford and Craven Autism AIM @bradfordautismaim.bsky.social A service co-led by and run for #ActuallyAutistic adults in Bradford and Craven. Part of The Advonet Group.
Find out more at https://bradfordautismaim.org.uk
Morwenna Rae @morwennarae.bsky.social Museum person, Midlander. Gardener. Team Leader at Erewash Museum. Part of Lichfield Discovered CIC.
Zeyyat Bandeoğlu @zeyyatbandeoglu.bsky.social Academic in Security Studies | PhD in National and International Security Strategies (Turkish War Colleges) | MA in European Studies (UBC) | BA in Public Administration (Istanbul University, Turkey) | Diyarbakır native & Galatasaray Fan.
Nicholas Orsillo @nickorsillo.bsky.social I'm an academic copy editor, proofreader, and Czech-to-English translator; would-be historian; and keeper of life in glass boxes. www.nicholasorsillo.com
Grumpy Man John @grumpymanjohn.bsky.social History Nerd and Owner of History Uk and The Republic of Ireland on Facebook
Preserve Penley Hospital @preservepenley.bsky.social 5 hospitals built in prep of DDay on North Wales border, treated 10,000 U.S. #WW2 casualties & 26,000 #Polish #Veterans & their families. #Wrexham #NorthWales 🏴 run by @clairey-lew.bsky.social
James Barham @nowthenthee.bsky.social Dadding, nursing, PKUing. House servant to the child and @emmavardy2.bsky.social
@lynncorrigan.bsky.social @lynncorrigan.bsky.social Clyde-built. Recovered shambrarian, monger of metadata and fettler of systems. Genealogy/Local history. Work as if you live in the early days of a better nation.
Redacted Museum @redactedmuseum.bsky.social Freelance writer, country house reviewer, 19th century archeological practice hater. I like thinking about history in a funny way.
redactedmuseum.com
Glasgow & West of Scotland Family History Society @gwsfhs.org.uk Here to connect with other family historians, genealogists, and people with a passion for Glasgow's past. Drop in to our Glasgow West End research centre or visit us online! Registered Scottish charity. gwsfhs.org.uk
North West Kent Family History Society @nwkfhs.bsky.social We are one of Kent's and the UK's premier Family History Societies - if you want to find out more why not take a look at our website:
https://www.nwkfhs.org.uk
Nina Régis @nina-regis.bsky.social Postdoc in history at the Casa de Velázquez - International Relations - Transnational history / Food Studies / WWI / POW - Germany - France - Spain
Dr Julia Ribeiro Thomaz @juliarsct.bsky.social
Researcher in Anthropology, French Studies, History & Digital Humanities, working on the poetry of the Great War 📚 Rugby player/coach 🏉 Cat person 😻
Pierre Purseigle @purseigle.bsky.social Historian at the University of Warwick
Writing a global history of urban disasters for
@bloomsburyacad.bsky.social
Nicolas Beaupré @nicolasbeaupre.bsky.social #historien #historian #historiker #ww1 #1gm #ENSSIB #Lyon #e-cycling #SpringsteenFan
ORCID 0000-0002-8865-9226
Manon Pignot @manonpignot.bsky.social Historienne des expériences enfantines et juvéniles de la guerre.
Adrian Gregory @agregory.bsky.social History, TV, Cricket and Random stuff
Franziska Heimburger @franziska.fr French historian with British & German nationalities. Cultural history of coalition warfare, 1850-1918. Exploring and teaching history and languages as MCF
at Faculté des Lettres, Sorbonne Université. https://www.franziska.fr/
Oh! What a Lovely Podcast @owalpodcast.bsky.social The First World War meets popular culture and the media. A podcast presented by @thehistorygirl1.bsky.social, @chriskempshall.bsky.social, & @anguswallace.bsky.social
ohwhatalovelypodcast.co.uk
Sara-Jane Vigneault @sjvigneault.bsky.social PhD candidate @camhistory.bsky.social | Intimacy between French colonised soldiers/workers and Europeans in France & Germany (1914-1950)
Co-convenor of Ambivalent Archives (CRASSH)
https://www.hist.cam.ac.uk/people/sara-jane-vigneault
Richard Batten @richardbatten.bsky.social Honorary Research Fellow at University of Exeter, Historian, Devon, WW1; Author; Farmer’s son; Views my own, reposts not endorsements;
Angus Wallace @anguswallace.bsky.social Historian & podcast impresario. My PhD focused on FWW recruitment.
Host of the WW2 Podcast, participant in @owalpodcast.bsky.social and involved with other podcast shenanigans.
@iciaurriz.bsky.social @iciaurriz.bsky.social Teaching Fellow at the University of Leeds. 20th Europe-Communism (esp politics & ideas) and political violence / Formely at Durham Univeristy. PhD from Edinburgh University. LGTBQ+He/Him 🏳️🌈.
Chloë J. A. Pieters @cjapieters.bsky.social River Farm Foundation Early Career Teaching and Research Fellow, St Edmund Hall, Oxford. Comparative Belgian and British history of the FWW (and beyond). She/her. History, history, it is a mystery. https://www.seh.ox.ac.uk/people/chloe-pieters
Ian Isherwood @iaisherwood.bsky.social Professor of War & Memory Studies at Gettysburg College. FWW historian. Books: The Battalion (2024), Remembering the Great War (2017). Cocktails, tweed, angling, etc. Co-host of @theivoryattic.bsky.social
Erwan Le Gall @r1legall.bsky.social Historien de la guerre et des armées.
https://arbrezel.hypotheses.org/
Stuart Major @majorhistory.bsky.social Masters in Military History, working full time, side projects in community history, FRGS, MRHistS
https://www.major-history.co.uk
https://linktr.ee/MajorHistory1
Maartje Abbenhuis @maartjeabb.bsky.social Historian at large || Waipapa Taumata Rau University of Auckland
Melissa Wing @melissawing.bsky.social Canadian Military Historian & Researcher | Bluesky's Resident Doughnut Girls Expert 🍩 | Media and War Correspondents of the FWW & SWW Historian | UVic MA History | UFV BA History Honours | CBF 2018 Alumn | Executive Board Member Friends of the BC Archives
Angélique Ibáñez Aristondo @angeliquearistondo.bsky.social assistant professor in French & Francophone studies at UCD. New book: https://www.liverpooluniversitypress.co.uk/doi/book/10.3828/9781836243168
Mahon @mahonmurphy.bsky.social First World War Historian based at Kyoto University Japan. Also dabble in a bit of Popular Culture Studies on the side.
The Crusader Project @crusaderproject.bsky.social “Breaking Rommel” is now available for purchase.
“That's an impressive array of sources, but what are your credentials?"
Long-running research project on the desert war 1940-43, with a specific focus on Operation CRUSADER.
www.rommelsriposte.com
Christopher Goddard @chrisgoddardmap.bsky.social Cartographer, writer, artist, long distance walker, DJ, fell runner
Norma Explores @normaexplores.bsky.social Exploring the darker side of East Anglian history, researching war graves, and sharing lesser known snippets from local history. Side-quest : The Jeevar Archive of East Anglian images from 1974 - 85