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.
Roger Cox @outdoorscots.bsky.social Outdoors writer on The Scotsman newspaper, surf, snow etc, see https://www.scotsman.com/author/roger-cox-outdoors-columnist
Book of surf scribblings available here: https://birlinn.co.uk/product/the-view-from-the-shoulder/
Scottish Arts and Humanities Alliance (SAHA) @sahavoice.bsky.social The Scottish Arts and Humanities Alliance brings together 12 HEIs, The RSE and SGSAH to provide a collective voice for Arts & Humanities in Scotland.
🌐 Visit our website saha.scot
🎙️ Listen to our podcast #SAHAConversations on Spotify
Julian Hoffman @julianhoffman.bsky.social Writing, nature, people, climate, place.
New book: LIFELINES - Waterstones Book of the Month
Author of IRREPLACEABLE & THE SMALL HEART OF THINGS
Upcoming: THE LAST WILD RIVER
Prespa, Greece. Rep'd by @jmlockhart.bsky.social
linktr.ee/jhoffmanprespa
Jeremy Bassetti @jeremybassetti.com Professor of Humanities. Interdisciplinarian. Human. Currently thinking about mountains. More info ⤵
jeremybassetti.com/link-in-bio
Manchester Review @manchesterreview.bsky.social The Manchester Review is an online literary journal that brings together the best of new international writing.
https://www.themanchesterreview.co.uk/
Mountain Stories, Mountain Futures @futuremountain.bsky.social Podcast https://mountainstoriesmountainfutures.buzzsprout.com/
Web https://msmf.wp.st-andrews.ac.uk/
Curated
@mountainsofgreece.bsky.social
@jonwestaway.bsky.social
@profpitches.bsky.social
#MountainHums #MountainHist #EnvHums #EnvHist
Rob Marchant @rob-marchant.bsky.social I am a professor of tropical ecology at the University of York. I have a passion for Mountain ecosystems and cultures across the Global South, particularly in Kenya and Tanzania where I work with many Universities, NGOs and Government organisations.
jon w @jnthnxiv.bsky.social 
Antoinette Fawcett @editornncomet.bsky.social Editor of The New Comet and the Comet Bulletin for The Norman Nicholson Society: https://www.normannicholson.org/
Mountains of Greece @mountainsofgreece.bsky.social Jason König / Professor of Classics, University of St Andrews / https://mountainsofgreece.wp.st-andrews.ac.uk/ / Literary and archaeological heritage of the mountains of Greece / 21st-century challenges for mountain landscapes and communities
Carolyn Bradley @ourcarolyn.bsky.social PhD Researcher in Drama Education - Uni of Leeds. Teacher. Advocate for arts education. Arts Education Consultant. OFQUAL Subject Specialist - Drama/T&L. Keen Swimmer
https://ahc.leeds.ac.uk/performance/pgr/6244/carolyn-bradley
Dr Helen Morley @drhelenmorley.bsky.social Facilitator, Coach, Consultant. Academic Development Consultant at the University of Leeds. Fascinated by human development at all scales (individuals, organisations, systems etc).
Dave Spencer-Barnes 🏳️🌈 @davespenceruk.bsky.social Happily retired maths academic.
Trustee of @baysar.bsky.social in Cumbria.
Made in Lancashire.
Married to @johnbarnes.org
Madeleine Le Bourdon @mlebourdon.bsky.social Associate Professor @polisatleeds.bsky.social
Director of @ctisleeds.bsky.social
Board Member @aspirenetwork.bsky.social
Politics I Pedagogy I Social Justice
She/Her
https://essl.leeds.ac.uk/politics/staff/1483/dr-madeleine-le-bourdon
Odd This Day @oddthisday.bsky.social Chris Coates, purveyor of niche drivel: https://substack.com/@oddthisday
Leeds Institute for Data Analytics @lida-leeds.bsky.social Multidisciplinary data science and artificial intelligence at the University of Leeds. Follow us for the latest tech and data news, events and how to get involved.
https://lida.leeds.ac.uk/
Peter H Hansen @peterhhansen.bsky.social Historian, Other Everests: One Mountain, Many Worlds, co-editor; The Summits of Modern Man, prof at WPI, opinions own
Julia Snell @snelljulia.bsky.social Professor of Sociolinguists at the Uni. of Leeds, UK. Researching language, identity, education & inequality. 
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
Niamh Mullen (Ní Mhaoláin) @niamhmullen.bsky.social Associate Professor in EAP; University Belonging Academic Lead; University of Leeds; Own views
Lewis Goodall @lewisgoodall.com Journalist, Reporter, Writer, Presenter @ Britain's biggest news podcast The News Agents (Mon-Fri) and Sunday with Lewis Goodall on LBC 10-12.
Website: lewisgoodall.com
Email: lewis.goodall@global.com
Substack: https://goodallandgoodluck.substack.com
Dr Penny Hay @penahay.bsky.social Artist, Researcher, Professor of Imagination Bath Spa University, National Teaching Fellow, Cofounder Forest of Imagination, FRSA, FCCT 💚🦋
https://www.bathspa.ac.uk/our-people/penny-hay/
Amateur Theatre Research @amateurtheatre.bsky.social This account celebrates amateur theatre practices, research and histories. It is managed by the ‘Performing Citizenship’ project, funded by the European Research Council.
@meikewagner.bsky.social @meikewagner.bsky.social Theatre scholar at LMU Munich with a special interest in cultural history, performing citizenship and puppet performance. @amateurtheatre.bsky.social
Eva Molina Flores @evamolinaflores.bsky.social Writing about science + culture. Editorial Fellow @ American Philosophical Society. PhD Candidate in the history of science @ Princeton. otherannapurnas.substack.com
Frank Finlay @frankjf.bsky.social Emeritus Professor of German, University of Leeds. Former Executive Dean of the Faculty of Arts, Humanities and Cultures. Chair/Trustee Yorkshire Contemporary, Word Up North, Skipton Music. #bwfc
John Angus Spencer-Barnes 🏳️🌈 @johnbarnes.org Freelance who reads the news on BBC Radio 5 Live & all 40 BBC local radio stations from MediaCityUK in sunny Salford.
Bewhiskered ex-academic historian, folkie, morris dancer & geek.
Bellman of the City of Preston.
Husband of @davespenceruk.bsky.social.
GALBA - Group for Action on Leeds Bradford Airport @galba.uk Say NO to Leeds Bradford Airport expansion.
Say YES to a safer, greener and quieter future.
🌎 http://linktr.ee/galba
Theatre Studies at University of Glasgow @theatrestudiesuog.bsky.social News and events from the Theatre Studies team: https://www.gla.ac.uk/subjects/theatre/
AHC Enhancement - Faculty of Arts, Humanities & Cultures @ahcenhancement.bsky.social 📚 Elevating your academic journey
🗺️ Showcasing opportunities for AHC students
🎨 Helping you connect with your faculty
📍Uni of Leeds
https://linktr.ee/ahc_enhancement
Sara Houston @sarahouston.bsky.social Professor of Dance at University of Roehampton U.K. Passionate about community arts/socially engaged art/dance and health and arts research. National Teaching Fellow. Wrote a book: Dancing with Parkinson’s
Norman Nicholson Society @nnicholsonpoet.bsky.social The Society was formed in 2006 to promote, study and discuss the work of the English poet and writer Norman Nicholson who lived in the Cumbrian coastal town of Millom his whole life, 1914 - 1987. Plenty more information at www.normannicholson.org 
Toby Moran Mylett @tobymoranmylett.bsky.social Ornithologist/bird ringer/zookeeper. Waterbird fanatic 🦆🪿🦢. Opinions=mine (regrettably). All birds ringed under license.
Dr Richard Harris @richharrisleeds.bsky.social Associate Professor. Director of Student Education, School of Psychology, Leeds. Pedagogy, psychological literacy, global citizenship
Red Ladder Theatre Company, Leeds @redladder.bsky.social Leeds-based national touring theatre company.
We give a platform to the voices that are rarely heard and stories that are overlooked, often working-class.
redladder.co.uk
Marina Purkiss @marina-purkiss.bsky.social I’m not always having a go at wrong’uns…sometimes I’m sleeping | Political Commentator & Co-Host of The Trawl Podcast https://linktr.ee/thetrawlpodcast | @TimesRadio | @jeremyvineon5
Martin Welton @martwelton.bsky.social Professor of Theatre and other things
QMUL
Oliver Mantell @olivermantell.bsky.social Cultural audience researcher.
Interested in everything, including poetry.
Director of Evidence & Insight at The Audience Agency; Board member at Grimm & Co and Sheaf Poetry. From Reading, living in Sheffield.
[Header from Tara Bergin’s Savage Tales]
Jeff Young @wildtwin.bsky.social Writer, collagist, memoirist, essayist. Scavenger. Ex-Radio Dramatist, Ex-Playwright. Retired wanderer.
Author of Ghost Town: A Liverpool Shadowplay, (Little Toller); Deliria, (Rough Trade Books)
Wild Twin, (Little Toller)
David Cooper @drdavidcooper.bsky.social Literary geographer writing about writing about place. Co-Director of the Centre for Place Writing at Manchester Metropolitan University. 
Taylor & Francis Research @tandfresearch.bsky.social Here to help you to publish and make an impact with your research.
Mark K Badger @markkbadger10.bsky.social Would be Yorkshireman, living in the Derbyshire High Peaks.
Glossop North End ⚽️
Retired.
Atheist.
Football, rugby, darts, craft ale, eating out.
Loathe Tories, tax dodgers, grifting Royals, Trump, Musk, Putin.
📎 🇺🇦 🇨🇦 🇬🇱 🇩🇰
Answers turned off - you're muted.
Dom Czapski @czapsticks.bsky.social Dancer turned dance critic. Improv performer and teacher.
Bylines: The List, Springback
Improv: Hoopla, Free Association, Blanche, Disco Disco, Two Chairs
London
Dorothy Finan @dotfinan.bsky.social Lecturer in Cultural Industries at Uni of Leeds. Popular media industries+ adolescence in Japan and East Asia. I have hEDS. She/her. 英語・日本語
James Stark @kingtekkers.bsky.social Professor of Medical Humanities (historian of medicine and science) | ageing, germs, advertising, technology | Head of Graduate School | Deputy Pro-Dean for Research
Dr Penny Goodman @pjgoodman.bsky.social Senior lecturer in Roman history. Appreciator of the Gothic. Lib Dem. She / her.
Andrea Major @andreamajor.bsky.social Historian of C18 and C19 Britain, India and empire, esp. East India Company colonialism, sati, slavery and social reform. Views my own etc. She/her.
Jim Mussell @jimmussell.bsky.social Print work; digital work. C19th newspapers, periodicals, and all the rest. Prof University Of Leeds: https://ahc.leeds.ac.uk/english/staff/1012/professor-james-mussell
Cindy Ma @cindyxma.bsky.social assistant prof. in race & media at university of leeds | UNC CITAP affiliate | sociotechnical systems, political discourse & racial inequity
Emma Cayley 谷曦 @emmacayley.bsky.social Professor of Medieval French and Head of School of Languages, Cultures & Societies at Uni of Leeds; Chair of UCFL; Co-Chair of AHA; playing card collector; MSS & cat-lover.
Nir Arielli @nirarielli.bsky.social Historian of Europe and the Middle East, writing about people and water. I work at @universityofleeds.bsky.social 
Dr Sarah Hudspith @sarahhudspith.bsky.social Assoc Prof in Russian, University of Leeds. Not the views of my employer.
Neil Sadler @neilsadler.bsky.social Associate Professor of Translation Studies, University of Leeds.
Associate Editor at @TargetJournal
Translation, Arabic, narrative, digital media and disinformation
Mel Evans @melevans.bsky.social Lecturer, lover of language, early modern history, sociolinguistics and digital/tech. Trail runner and occasional duathlete. Vegan. Parent-in-training (7yrs and ongoing, needs work)
Helen Finch @helencfinch.bsky.social Professor of German Literature at the University of Leeds; queer and Holocaust studies; she/her
miriam kent @miriamkent.bsky.social Lecturer in Film and Media, University of Leeds. I primarily research popular feminism in superhero films, TV & comic books. Leeds UCU Rep 🇩🇪🇬🇧 she/her
Women in Marvel Films https://edinburghuniversitypress.com/book-women-in-marvel-films.html
Ingrid Sharp @profingrid.bsky.social Gender and Cultural Historian at the University of Leeds: likes dogs and cake 
Steven Wilson @profstevenwilson.bsky.social Professor of French Studies and Medical Humanities, Queen’s University Belfast | President @asmcf.bsky.social | Views my own.
Dr Corinne Painter @corinnepainter.bsky.social Associate Prof Intercultural Studies @ Uni of Leeds @lcsleeds.bsky.social
FHEA. FRHistS
Research: Women's Life Writing, Revolution, Antifascism, German Jewish women. Tweets my own. She/Her
Joseph Bowen @josephbowen.bsky.social Moral and Political philosopher at the University of Leeds
Prof Becky Muradás-Taylor @drbeckymt.bsky.social Prof of languages and linguistics, Director of programme design, LCS Uni of Leeds | Autistic, LGBTQ, adoptive parent | L2 phon, language education, 日本語, español 
School of Fine Art, History of Art and Cultural Studies @fahacs.bsky.social The School of Fine Art, History of Art and Cultural Studies is one of the largest and most exciting centres in the UK for aspiring cultural practitioners to hone their creative and critical skills, and broaden their intellectual horizons.
Cori Thomas @corithomas.bsky.social Writer of drama and co-founder of San Quentin Film Festival. Live in Portugal/NYC/ and Oakland. Mellon Foundation Playwright in Residence at WP Theater and Soros Foundation Equality Fellow
Kathleen @kwarnockny.bsky.social Playwright, editor. Queens NY. TOSOSNYC. @kwarnockny on Twitter. Follow me here if we're friends there! No DMs. Seriously.
Nicholas Dunn @ghostofmarlowe.bsky.social Playwright, Screenwriter, filmmaker, theatre maker, actor, professor, travel and urban enthusiast. 
Rebecca Solnit @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social Writer of books. Guardian columnist. Newsletter at MeditationsInAnEmergency.com. Board member, Third Act and Oil Change International.
Louise Schwarz @louisenyc.bsky.social Playwright Person
Higher Ed Person
Theatre Nerd
louiseschwarz.org
Anna McMullan @annamcmullan.bsky.social Prof Emerita uni Reading. Samuel Beckett, theatre and arts, Irish theatre.
Sarah Pickman @sarahmpicks.bsky.social Historian of exploration, extreme environments, material culture + outdoor gear, fashion. Hist. sci & med PhD, editor ar Endeavour, freelance writer. I unpack packing. She/her. www.sarahmpickman.com
Scott Palmer @drscottpalmer.bsky.social Professor of Light and Performance. Scenography, Audience Experience, XR. #CFC Views my own.
https://ahc.leeds.ac.uk/performance/staff/391/dr-scott-palmer
@annafurse.bsky.social @annafurse.bsky.social 
Sarah Munro @sarahmunro.bsky.social Personal Account.
Director: Baltic Centre for Contemporary Art, Gateshead. Co-chair Contemporary Visual Arts Network (CVAN).
Board member: Scottish Futures Forum, Scottish Parliament.
Nicholas Strole @nstrole.bsky.social Lecturer in French Studies, University of Melbourne.
Researching postcolonial and migrant theatre and media, biopolitics, digital humanities, and translation studies.
https://findanexpert.unimelb.edu.au/profile/910071-nicholas-strole
Dustin J. Byrd, Ph.D. @drdjbyrd.bsky.social Professor of Philosophy and Religion; Editor-in-Chief of Ekpyrosis Press; Founder and Co-Director of the Institute for Critical Social Theory; Cigars, mate!
https://www.dustinjbyrd.org
https://www.ekpyrosispress.com
https://www.criticalsocialtheory.com
James Topham @jamestopham.bsky.social Screenwriter: @RidleyScottCG, @GaumontTV #BAFTA / @RocliffeForum Winner.
https://james-topham.com
George Pitches @georgepitches.bsky.social Holder of great opinions.
London, UK
Céline Thobois-Gupta @celinethoboisgupta.bsky.social She/Her.
Dublin-based Researcher, Teaching Fellow and Amateur Baker.
S. Beckett, Theatre, Performance, Ecology, the Mind, Modernism, Postmodernism, Cheese and Chocolate.
Bree Hadley @breehadley.bsky.social Professor in Drama, School of Creative Arts, QUT. Advocating for our right to lead the narratives, media, policy, and research that impacts our lives. She/Her. https://www.qut.edu.au/about/our-people/academic-profiles/bree.hadley
Pil Hansen @pilhansen.bsky.social Professor @UCalgary, dance/devising dramaturg, and researcher of performing arts psychology: access, aging, and agency in/through the arts. Living and working with physical disability where the Bow and Elbow rivers meet
Kendal Mountain Book Festival @kendalmtnbookfest.bsky.social Sharing the adventure through words, wanderings and wonder.
Patron @robgmacfarlane.bsky.social
@kendalmountainfest.bsky.social 20 - 23 November 2025
linktr.ee/kendalmountainbookfestival
Aiden Ross @aidendavidross.bsky.social Performing Arts Lecturer. Postdramatic Performance Practitioner & Researcher. Eco-Socialist. Green Party Member. 🍉🟢
#LUFC at least until the world stops going round
🟡⚪🔵
Anne Caldwell @caldwell10.bsky.social Poet, writer, editor, lecturer, RLF Advisory Fellow. Latest book - Neither Here Nor There - SurVision. 5 poetry collections and interests in nature, moss, birds, prose poetry and education annecaldwell.net
Leila Jancovich @leilajancovich.bsky.social Professor of Cultural Policy and Participation at University of Leeds. Currently researching how we can better identify, acknowledge and learn from failure https://failspaceproject.co.uk. Also keen gardener as antidote to despair at our political system!
Methuen Drama @methuendrama.bsky.social Play publishers for over 100 years, with books on acting, theatre performance and production. An imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing.
🎭 www.bloomsbury.com/methuendrama
✉️ www.bloomsbury.com/methuen-drama-newsletter/
Peter Hughes @pthughes.bsky.social Economist at Leeds University Business School.
Dr Milena Schwab-Graham @milenaschwabgraham.bsky.social ECR, Visiting Scholar at Uni of Leeds. Feminism, modern & contemporary lit, affect, activism in literature, env hums, med hums, place writing, transnationalism. She/her
White Rose University Consortium @whiteroseuc.bsky.social We work collaboratively across the universities of Leeds, Sheffield, and York, to enable individuals from all backgrounds to thrive within our institutions.
https://whiterose.ac.uk
Richard Delaney FRSA @richardddelaney.bsky.social 💼 Programme Leader | BA Acting: Contemporary & Devised | RCSSD
💡 Research & Teaching | Queer Phenomenology & Psychophysical Actor Training
🎥 Coaching | Online, In-Person, On-Set
🏳️🌈 he/they
🔗 linktr.ee/RichardDDelaney
Simon Kirchin @simonkirchin.bsky.social Prof. of Applied Ethics, Uni of Leeds, and Director of the IDEA Centre. Football and cricket, comedy and food. Director of the British Philosophical Association. Goes on a bit. Occasional jokes.
#philosophy
Michael Carklin @michaelcarklin.bsky.social Teaching Drama at University of South Wales. Proud Dad. Love teaching. Theatre & Science. Applied Drama. Inspired by imaginative & caring leadership. 🏴🇿🇦
Anna Fleming @annamfleming.bsky.social Author of TIME ON ROCK.
Writer, climber, environmentalist, professiomal dreamer, feminist, explorer. Sometimes poet and cold water swimmer too
https://linktr.ee/annamfleming
Brian Groom @groomb.bsky.social Ex-Financial Times Assistant Editor. Ex-editor Scotland on Sunday. Author of 'Made in Manchester' and 'Northerners: A History'. 'These Isles' due Feb 2026.
Julie Cruse @academicabuse.com 📣 The Whistleblower: juliecruse.com
📚 The Story: goodreads.com/juliecruse
🛍️ The Shop: https://a.co/d/0htxv3RT
🥞 The Stack: substack.com/@juliecruse
📊 The Data: academicabuse.com/data
🌐 The Hub: academicabuse.com
🎙️ The Verdict: podcast.academicabuse.com
Zoë Glen @zoeelglen.bsky.social researcher/actor-trainer/performance maker. researching neurodivergent perspectives on performer-training and performance-making.
Bath Fringe Festival @bathfringe.co.uk Festival of all the arts running from Friday 22 May - Sunday 7 June 2026 | Visit our website for the latest news & updates! |
https://www.bathfringe.co.uk
#BathFringe26 #BathFringe #Fringe #VisitBath
João Florêncio @noisybits.bsky.social Prof. of Gender Studies (Sex Media & Sex Cultures) at @liu.se 🇸🇪. Hon. prof. at @exeter.ac.uk 🇬🇧.
Comrade.
Coordinator: NordSex—Nordic Research Network on Sexuality, Media, and Culture
👬: @benwritesthings.bsky.social
More: linktr.ee/Jpmflorencio