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Michael Lobel @mlobelart.bsky.social Professor of Art History, Hunter College & CUNY Graduate Center. I look at things and then write about them. Author of Van Gogh and the End of Nature, from Yale University Press: https://yalebooks.yale.edu/book/9780300274363/van-g
Catherine Hartmann 🇪🇺 🇨🇵 🇧🇪 🇮🇪 @cathhart.eurosky.social Photographe amateur, UE, Bruxelles Francaise, grande voyageuse, aime sa bâtarde malchi Maya EU policies, based in Brussels and citizen of the world, amateur photograph
Nicolai von Ondarza @nvondarza.bsky.social Political scientist with a passion for EU affairs, Geek with a passion for technology. Senior Fellow in Europe Division at @SWP-Berlin.org. Associate Fellow @chathamhouse.bsky.social Europe Programme. All views are personal. Journey before Destination.
Bruce Boucher @bruceboucher.bsky.social Flâneur and former Director of Sir John Soane’s Museum
Nadine Akkerman @misswalsingham.bsky.social Archival detective, author, biographer, cryptographer, editor, spymistress. Prof in early modern lit & culture at @unileiden.bsky.social
Isabelle Prim @horatioforever.bsky.social Music librarian. Churchcrawling, art, stained glass, Baroque music, manuscripts, ships. Also #embroidery, mostly cross stitch and blackwork 🪡 Learning Welsh <3 Ych a fi ! Profile picture by glass artist Nancy Sutcliffe + mask by Insta honteuzaikonfu
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
George Dobell @georgedobell.bsky.social Senior correspondent at The Cricketer. Previously senior correspondent at ESPNcricinfo.
Dr Anne E Bailey @anneebailey1.bsky.social Oxford medievalist, pilgrimage enthusiast and researcher. Member of Oxford's Faculty of History and Departmental Tutor @oxlifelonglearning.bsky.social Posting about saints, relics, shrines, & pilgrims!
Hallie Rubenhold @hallierubenhold.bsky.social Author of The Five, historian and a bit of TV. Story of A Murder: The Wives, The Mistress and Dr Crippen’s Crime of the Century on bookshelves March 2025. https://linktr.ee/hallierubenhold
Raf Nicholson @rafnicholson.bsky.social Women’s cricket historian & journalist. Sports Journalism lecturer at Bournemouth University & writer for Guardian Sport. Vice Chair of The Cricket Society.
Association of Cricket Statisticians & Historians @acscricket.bsky.social ACS is the leading authority on cricket statistics worldwide. We enjoy, interpret & publish research on cricket statistics & history. Join the ACS https://acscricket.com Also at https://mstdn.social & @acscricket
Rachel Rees @rachel-rees.bsky.social Journalist at the Financial Times, ex London Centric. Not the former chancellor. Email me on rachel.rees@ft.com
Joe Brown @joebrownlondon.bsky.social Cartographer, author, railway historian, former train driver, current transport manager, LGBTQ+ network leader 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ Visit Crecy Publishing for my titles
Nina Baker @ninabake2.bsky.social Independent engineering historian: women in engineering, motoring, aviation, construction. Ex-MN. Ex-Deacon Hammermen of Glasgow. OBE. https://cramptonmoorhousepublishing.blogspot.com/ https://womenengineerssite.wordpress.com
Elizabeth Cronise McLaughlin @ecmclaughlin.bsky.social Founder, The Gaia Leadership Project & The Ripple Effect Institute; political/leadership consultant; recovering Wall Street civil/human rights atty; ex-Columbia Law adjunct; NYer 4ever; Host, ResistanceLive on YT https://www.youtube.com/@resistanceliveecm
Carsten Timmermann @ctimmermann.bsky.social Historian of Biology and Medicine. Science is culture, and long live the Humanities. Director of @manchstm.bsky.social. Lapsed biochemist. Immigrant. Urban cyclist (& motorist). Owned by dog. More lucky than smart. 0 attention span. Here privately. He/him.
Rachel Cunliffe @rmcunliffe.bsky.social Associate Political Editor @NewStatesman. Devout classicist, "indulgent editrix", at one point the only Ancient Greek teacher in South Korea
Donna Rose @donna-rose.bsky.social Book Geek, Word Nerd, secular humanist, vernacular humorist. I will never knowingly post AI. Jersey Girl, living in a Portland world. Feminist doing my best to undermine capitalism, subvert the dominant paradigm, and find the tastiest snacks.
profserious @profserious.bsky.social Technology, Software, Policy, Security, Universities, Art, Antiques, Cats. https://finkelstein.uk
Dr Lindsey Fitzharris @drlindseyfitz.bsky.social NYT Bestselling Author. Medical Historian. Breast Cancer Survivor. Next book: SLEUTH-HOUND, a whirlwind tour of Victorian forensics from the perspective of the man who loaned a voice to Baker St.’s famous resident: Sherlock Holmes. Out October 20.
Bénédicte Miyamoto @miyamotoben.bsky.social Historian of 18c Britain (Université Sorbonne Nouvelle, Paris - @CREW EA 4399) Book history, Art World, Digital Humanities. Pigment, Auction, Migration, Circulation of knowledge & artists. She/her/Dr
David Hopps @davidkhopps.bsky.social Freelance cricket writer (old & on the down slope apparently) & Sri Lanka travel guru. Ex ESPNcrinfo & Guardian. Politically-exasperated, conflicted Yorkshireman, largely liberal, centre-left, realist. Great beach hotel at suitelanka.com. Leeds fan.
Iain Brodie Browne @onebsquared.bsky.social Birkdale Lib Dem Councillor, former chair Social Lib Forum @soclibforum Mayor of Sefton 2016/17, CEO Imagine Independence (mental health) retired after 40 years Allotment holder
Historic Cricket Pictures @picturesporting.bsky.social A mix of rare, unusual, spectacular, personal, and historic pictures from the earliest days of cricket to modern times
Mo Ryan @moryan.bsky.social writer. gardener. cailleach na luatha 🦋 moryan.com 💚 linktr.ee/maureenryan 🚀 I’m writing a book about Battlestar Galactica. I wrote a book about Hollywood titled Burn It Down. I’ve been a critic & journalist for 100 years. More at links above 🌸 Abolish ICE
Patrick McGuinness @padrig.bsky.social Endotic traveller. Recent books: Blood Feather 2023; Ghost Stations 2025. FRSL. Prof French & Comp Lit, Oxford. Rep'd Peter Straus RCW.
Frank Cottrell-Boyce @frankcottrellboyce.bsky.social Waterstone's UK Children's Laureate Ideas lead to idols. Only wonder leads to truth. Swinging a hammock on the Island of Brilliant podcast https://islandofbrilliant.podbean.com/
Independent Historians Network (UK) @indyhistnetwork.bsky.social Set up by Emma Bastin, Lucy Jane Santos, Karen Averby and Kathryn Ferry the Independent Historians Network is for exactly what the name suggests! A network for those historians working outside academia. Join up now. https://independenthistorians.org
Dr Kathryn Ferry @seasideferry.bsky.social Historian specialising in seaside, architecture & design. I write books, give talks and do a bit of telly. Chair @seasidenetwork.bsky.social Fellow @royalhistsoc.bsky.social Media agent @pastpreservers.bsky.social https://linktr.ee/kathrynferry
Anna Mazzola @annamazz.bsky.social Writer. Very small. Books normal size. THE CLOCKWORK GIRL, BOOK OF SECRETS etc. Writes thrillers as Anna Sharpe. Also a criminal justice lawyer and a dark history geek.
Dr Stylite @columnist.bsky.social ‘The view from the column is ever distant’
Emily Feng @emilyzfeng.bsky.social NPR White House correspondent. 10 years in China and Taiwan. Author of Let Only Red Flowers Bloom (Crown 2025) and forthcoming book on Syria (CGR 2026) https://globalreports.columbia.edu/books/our-hearts-burned-for-home
Susan Klaiber @susanklaiber.bsky.social Architectural historian | Baroque, early modern & beyond American formerly in 🇩🇪 & 🇮🇹, now 🇨🇭 | Detroit diaspora https://susanklaiber.wordpress.com/
Jemima Kelly @jemima.bsky.social Financial Times columnist and writer. 👩🏼‍💻 https://www.ft.com/jemima-kelly
Rosemary Thomas @rozzthomas.bsky.social 🇺🇦 Former diplomat: Eastern Europe and IHL. Ex Ambassador to Belarus. EU Border Mission in Ukraine. Here to support Ukraine and Belarus. NAFO Fella traveller.
Jenny Kleeman @jennykleeman.bsky.social Journalist & broadcaster @guardian @BBCRadio4 @BBCSounds. Author of SEX ROBOTS & VEGAN MEAT and THE PRICE OF LIFE. http://jennykleeman.substack.com jennykleeman.com
Naomi Alderman @naomialderman.bsky.social I write novels (eg The Power, new novel is The Future), I make games (eg Zombies, Run!), unorthodox Jew. not-getting-into-pointless-arguments-on-the-internet is an act of revolution. However complex you think things are, they're more complex than that
Nicolas Hénin @nicolashenin.net 🇪🇺💙💛 Consultant, author | Former war reporter | #InformationIntegrity #ProtectDemocracy #TwitterDelendaEst | Posts FR & EN | DM for Signal/Tchap | Hosted by Eurosky
Katie Turner @katieturnerphd.com Historian: 1st Century Material Culture | New Testament Reception | Religion & Pop-Culture | Clothing, Costume, Film Co-Host: www.GodsAndMoviemakers.com More about me: www.KatieTurnerPhD.com
Leah Broad @leahbroad.bsky.social Writer | Presenter | Historian I write about music, women's history & cultural history. QUARTET out now at https://linktr.ee/leahbroadwriter Substack: http://leahbroad.substack.com Website: http://leahbroad.com Instagram: https://instagram.com/leahbroad
James Barr @jamesbarr.bsky.social I write history. Last book: LORDS OF THE DESERT; before that: A LINE IN THE SAND. In the seventh year of my four year project, THE ARENA. More at/contact me via https://www.historythatmatters.org Currently reading Geoff Dyer / Homework
Peter Ricketts @lordrickettsp.bsky.social Former diplomat, active on foreign policy in Lords. Vice-Chair RUSI, Hon Pres Normandy Memorial, Special Envoy for the Bayeux Tapestry loan. Pop up on the media a bit. New book Peace Makers. https://geni.us/PeaceMakers
Dr Alexandra Loske @colourwoman.bsky.social Curator of the Royal Pavilion, Brighton Colour historian and writer. German/British. Views my own.
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.
Bogáta Timár @bogatatimar.bsky.social proto-uralic unicorn
Andrew Levi @andrewprlevi.bsky.social Tech investor ▫️Ex diplomat, econ & nat sec official, Fortune 100 tech VP▫️“Top” NYT▫️“Leading”Spiegel▫️“Senior” BBC▫️“Valued” FT▫️“Persona non grata” V Putin
Tom Nuttall @tomnuttall.bsky.social
Nadine Matheson @nadinematheson.com Bestselling Author👩🏾‍💻 | Host of ‘The Conversation’ Podcast 🎙️| All Views My Own 💬 www.nadinematheson.com Podcast: apple.co/3RSKsxK |Spotify spoti.fi/3DVDB0G 📗OUT NOW: ‘THE SHADOW CARVER’ - https://linktr.ee/Nadine_Matheson
Dr Kate Maltby @katemaltby.bsky.social weekly at the i newspaper (news column) monthly at Prospect & at The Stage (on theatre) often at FT & Observer (books, culture) also Deputy Chair, Index on Censorship; Co-Chair, Critics' Circle (Drama); Senior Research Associate, Jesus College, Cambridge
London SE1 community website @se1.news Sign up to our free newsletter: www.se1.news News, events & trivia for Bankside, Borough, Bermondsey, Elephant & Castle, South Bank and Waterloo since 1998. Covering the northernmost bits of Southwark and Lambeth.
Ruth Deyermond @ruthdeyermond.bsky.social Senior Lecturer, Department of War Studies, King's College London. Russian foreign & security policy, US foreign policy, US-Russia relations, European security. Views are my own.
History and Heritage Yorkshire @handhyorkshire.bsky.social Independent researcher/writer in the history, heritage and culture sectors. Former Editor, History and Heritage Yorkshire Magazine, Bylines Network. Passionate about community and inclusivity Hate racism. Servant to a Patterdale,
Jess Ayres @drjessayres.bsky.social 📚Historian of early modern London 📜 Apprentice Archivist at The London Archives 🖋️Research interests in women, the City of London, and record keeping in C17th 🎓 PhD on women in the Court of Orphans 👩‍💻 https://jessica-ayres.co.uk
Nillu Z Nasser @nillunasser.bsky.social Writer, tea drinker, book hoarder, always curious. Love languages, travel, Europe. Tired of liars and interested in detail over soundbites http://linktr.ee/NZNasser
Fiona Maddocks @fionahmaddocks.bsky.social classical music critic The Observer. Etc
Marie Le Conte @youngvulgarian.marieleconte.com jack of like five to six trades / journalist, author, radio person, art dealer, etc / marie.s.leconte@gmail.com
Leon Jackson @drleonj.bsky.social Professor @ USC. I write about African American life in early national and antebellum Boston. My posts are my own opinions and do not reflect those of my employer.
Modernism in Metro-Land @modinmetro.bsky.social Art Deco, Modernism and Brutalism in London's suburbs and beyond. https://www.modernism-in-metroland.co.uk
Royal Historical Society @royalhistsoc.org The Royal Historical Society is the UK's foremost society promoting the scholarly and professional study of the past. Our membership is an international community of 7000+ historians - please join us: https://royalhistsoc.org/
Jay Rayner @jayrayner1.bsky.social Eats and writes for The Financial Times. Piano for the JR Sextet; chairs Kitchen Cabinet for R4. Doesn’t accept comps. jay.rayner@ft.com https://linktr.ee/jayrayner1
Fionna O’Leary @fascinatorfun.bsky.social Retired Lawyer, cook, Europhile, books, music, good conversations, gardens, walking. Bird site refugee 🇬🇧 🇮🇪
Cat Neilan @catneilan.bsky.social Whitehall Editor for the Observer & chief investigative reporter for BBC R4's The Naked Week. Politics, investigations and taramasalata
LCC municipal @lccmunicipal.bsky.social London County Council, Greater London Council, pre- and post-1965 boroughs in London (+ occasional forays outside of the capital). Municipal stuff from the past that lives on today. Oh, and new towns, shopping centres, infrastructure etc. lccmunicipal.com
Women's History Network @womenshistnet.bsky.social Your go-to place for women’s history! The Women’s History Network is an inclusive UK association for those passionate about women’s & gender history. Also on LinkedIn. Learn more about our values: https://womenshistorynetwork.org/about-page/
Matt Gabriele @profgabriele.com Professor, historian, author THE BRIGHT AGES (2021), OATHBREAKERS (2024), and VIOLENCE: A CHRISTIAN HISTORY (coming soon). Host podcast "American Medieval" nostalgia/apocalypse. religion/violence. medieval/modern. Neutral Good. He/ him. profgabriele.com
Georgina Sturge @georginasturge.bsky.social Statistics expert and author of 'Sum of Us' (2025) and 'Bad Data' (2022). Research Affiliate at the Oxford Migration Observatory. Formerly of the House of Commons Library. Now writing and podcasting on Substack https://georginasturge.substack.com/
Frédéric Moreau @goodclimate.bsky.social Brussels stuff, in English but please reply in any language. Journalism is online.
Suzanne Raine @suzanneraine.bsky.social Centre for Geopolitics, University of Cambridge; Visiting Professor KCL; Trustee of IWM, RUSI and IBCC Lincolnshire. Before that the FCO.
Zanna Van Loon @zannavanloon.bsky.social Curator of rare books and manuscripts at Museum Plantin-Moretus ❦ Doctor in early modern hiﬆory ❦ Book hiﬆorian and bibliographer ❦ Research on the materiality of early modern books
Jane Green @profjanegreen.bsky.social Nuffield College, Oxford Director, Nuffield Politics Research Centre President, British Polling Council Election Analyst, ITV News Voting, surveys, explanation, singing …
Dr Mark Purcell @camlibresearch.bsky.social Director, Research and Collections, Cambridge University Libraries and Archives and CUL Research Institute; Bye-Fellow, Pembroke College, Cambridge; FSA FRHistS; University Deputy Proctor; The Country House Library (Yale, 2017); private views
Petra Boynton @petraboynton.bsky.social #Safety and #wellbeing advocate and creator of the #PEEPSS Model. Social Psychologist. #Methodologist. Sometime #AgonyAunt. Advice giving as praxis. Critical #MentalHealth. Lives by the sea. Come for a #ResearchTip, maybe ask a question, stay for cat pics
Brian Moore @brianmoore666.bsky.social 'Rage, rage against the dying of the light.' Own views; Adult language Rugby columnist, author & therapist Trustee of charity Women in Sport. Current affairs, culture, sport, & sarcasm Pre-order The Second Half https://linktr.ee/TheSecondHalfBrianMoore
Mary Burgess @cambliblife.bsky.social Local history author and researcher. Local Studies Librarian for Cambridgeshire Libraries - usually found in the Cambridgeshire Collection. Bit deaf 🦻. She/they.
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
John Burn-Murdoch @jburnmurdoch.ft.com Columnist and chief data reporter the Financial Times | Stories, stats & scatterplots | john.burn-murdoch@ft.com 📝 ft.com/jbm
Hugh Pearman @hughpearman.bsky.social Writer and editor on architecture. Bit of a thing for industrial archaeology and historic modernism. Book "About Architecture: An Essential Guide in 55 Buildings" published by Yale.
VCH London @vch-london.bsky.social Researching local histories of Greater London. https://www.history.ac.uk/research/victoria-county-history/counties-z/london-middlesex
John Vigar FSA @johnevigar.bsky.social Ecclesiastical Historian. Arts Society Accredited Lecturer. Author of 20 books. Trustee of Francis Coales Charitable Foundation. Member of the Advisory Council of the Norfolk Churches Trust. Unashamedly woke. 🏳️‍🌈
Edwin Heathcote @edwinheathcote.bsky.social FT Architecture and Design critic. Author of ‘On the Street: In-Between Architecture’. Jeez. Another platform. @financialtimes.com
Andrea Wulf @andreawulf.bsky.social Historian and writer of books incl. ‘Invention of Nature', ‘Magnificent Rebels’ and soon 'The Traveller' … www.andreawulf.com and I'm also on Instagram @aswulf
Liesbeth Corens @onslies.bsky.social Historian: mobility & recordkeeping of #earlymodern Catholic minorities. Book: confessional mobility and English Catholics in Early Modern Europe. Also grumpy about the state of UK Higher Education so likely to talk about how it is being failed...(She/Her)
Jane Casey @janecasey.bsky.social Author from Ireland. Responsible for the Maeve Kerrigan series and Everything She Didn't Say (out 16 July). Also owner of the world’s least cooperative spaniel.
Jonathan Jones @sirjjkc.bsky.social Sir Jonathan Jones KCB KC (Hon). Ex Treasury Solicitor and private sector lawyer. Various non-executive, consultancy, academic and charitable roles Law, constitution, government, cocktails
Lewis Baston @lewisbaston.bsky.social Author of ‘Borderlines’ (Hodder, 2024) and previously Reggie Maudling, John Major. Psephologist, cat ‘owner’, flâneur. Against cruelty, which used to be a consensus position. https://www.hodder.co.uk/titles/lewis-baston/borderlines/9781399723763/
Ian Martin @ianmartin.bsky.social The Thick of It. The Death of Stalin. Veep. The Hartlepool Spy. Epic Space. Broken English. Avenue 5. Unhinged, and other books. Guardian, Architects' Journal, iPaper, Observer, whatever. Grandpa. STATE PENSIONER.
Dinah Rose KC @dinahrose.bsky.social President of Magdalen College, Oxford. Barrister. Speaking only for myself.
Paintings of London @paintingsoflondon.bsky.social London depicted by artists past and present. “By seeing London, I have seen as much of life as the world can show.” Samuel Johnson. Curated by @jamadden.bsky.social https://linktr.ee/paintingsoflondon
John Madden @jamadden.bsky.social ● History, music, art, photography, internal comms ● Paintings of London: @PaintingsofLondon.bsky.social ● Postcards of London: @PostcardsLondon.bsky.social https://linktr.ee/jamadden Measuring out my life with coffee spoons.
Miranda Green @greenmirandahere.bsky.social Yakking. Tippy tappy typing. Politics. Education. FT columns, Political Fix podcast and videos here https://www.ft.com/miranda-green - please check out Not Another One https://open.spotify.com/show/7u4nlhVNmzzZrLjmB7z137?si=dcf00d7580444ccb
Jessica Duchen @jessicaduchen.bsky.social Classical music critic, author, librettist. MYRA HESS - NATIONAL TREASURE out now and available from https://www.kahnandaverill.co.uk/product/myra-hess-national-treasure/
Barnabas Calder @barnabascalder.bsky.social Historian of #architecture and #energy, at University of Liverpool School of Architecture. Author of Architecture: From Prehistory to Climate Emergency (Pelican, 2021), and Raw Concrete: The Beauty of Brutalism (William Heinemann, 2016).
Rob Ford @robfordmancs.bsky.social Politics Professor, University of Manchester. Sky News Elections Analyst Author of "The British General Election of 2024" & "Brexitland". All takes are mine only. "The Swingometer", is here: https://swingometer.substack.com/ https://www.robertford.net/
Christopher Hilton @chilton-bb.bsky.social Head of Archive & Library at The Red House, http://brittenpearsarts.org. Archives, music, metadata; side orders of architecture, landscape history & electronic noise.
Zoe Gardner @zoejardiniere.bsky.social UK & EU refugees & migration. LGBTI+, feminism & generalised incoherent ranting to boot. She/Her. I do policy, research & campaigns. zoegardner.net
Maev MacCoille @msmaev.bsky.social Playwright with a day job.
Dr Rosamund Lily West @rosamundlilywest.bsky.social Lecturer | Historian | Curator Lecturing @unioftheartslondon and @westdean | PhD on post-war LCC sculpture and housing @KingstonSchArt | Fellow @RoyalHistSoc (she/her)
Bachtrack @bachtrack.com Welcome to the world’s largest site for classical music, opera and dance: events, articles & reviews. Subscribe to our weekly newsletter. https://bachtrack.com/
Emma Smith @oldfortunatus.bsky.social Professor of Shakespeare Studies, University of Oxford