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Sunder Katwala (sundersays) @sundersays.bsky.social Director of @britishfuture.bsky.social
Author How to be a Patriot https://harpercollins.co.uk/products/how-to-be-a-patriot-why-love-of-country-can-end-our-very-british-culture-war-sunder-katwala?variant=40518936559694
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Lee Hurley @hleehurley.com Belfast writer. He/him. NUJ. I mostly moan about the media, politics & Arsenal. "Big beast transgender activist" [The Telegraph].
The Trans Agenda [on a break] reports on anti-trans media coverage in UK papers, subscribe here transagenda.info
Receding Attractions @openingthisweek.bsky.social Opening this week in American theaters — across 100 years of Hollywood.
Explore film history, watch trailers, and more:
https://receding-attractions.pages.dev/
A project of @jprichard.bsky.social
Emma Monk @monkemma.bsky.social Molecular Biologist. Debunker of myths. Proud European. 🇩🇰🇪🇺🇬🇧
www.emmamonk.co.uk
https://monkdebunks.substack.com
www.linkedin.com/in/emma-monk-780686190
https://medium.com/@info_28174
Matt Lanark @mattlanark.bsky.social ✍️ probably not writing the Great American Novel
📚 Great-ish Books on @substack
🏀 Undrafted NBA free agent since 2012
📌 Washington, DC
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Rusty @rusty-baxter.bsky.social 81 yo retired teacher. Ham radio operator. Computer tech. Poetry, history, music, photography. Atheist, liberal, straight, widowed, living alone, neither a veteran nor a draft dodger. Remembers when America was great, and we ain’t headed back there.
Umut Guner @umuttgunerr.bsky.social Historian & Academic
Medieval History | Islamic Political Thought | Turk, Arab and Persian Worlds | Social History | Islamic Societies | Sufism
Critical Support @critical-support.bsky.social A radio program hosted by journalists @charliearchy.bsky.social & @shirinsadeghi.bsky.social providing a critical eye on world politics & culture
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Geneva Graduate Institute @gvagrad.bsky.social A leading institution of research and higher education dedicated to the study of world affairs, located in the heart of International Geneva.
🌍️ www.graduateinstitute.ch
LJMU History @ljmuhistory.bsky.social The account of the History Department at Liverpool John Moores University. A small but lively modern history department situated in the heart of Liverpool. We teach and research modern history with a global outlook. https://www.ljmu.ac.uk/academic-uni
Martyn Brunt @skybluebrunty.bsky.social Former Team GB swimmer and triathlete, and one time runner for England (literally one time). Greenway builder, hedgehog fosterer, wild gardener, ageing punk, book author, francophile, and if I can't bring my dogs, I'm not coming.
Carol O'Sullivan @carolosullivan.bsky.social Academic, translation researcher, film nerd, zero waste obsessive. Opinions expressed in a personal capacity. #filmtranslationhistory
Berit Glanz @beritmiriam.bsky.social Polarkreiskorrespondentin in Reykjavík – 🍞&🌹 – Computer Comrade – Jules Verne Ultra – Writer of Fiction and Non-Fiction – sie/she/hún
www.beritglanz.de
https://weltreporter.net/author/glanzweltreporter-net/
https://ko-fi.com/beritmiriam
Adam Sternbergh @sternbergh.bsky.social culture editor, NYTimes Opinion
novelist: THE EDEN TEST (out now); THE BLINDS; NEAR ENEMY; SHOVEL READY
I wear suits now
Classic Movies Today @classicfilms.app Just a little bot getting movies that opened today in history.
Feeding straight from themoviedb.org, so any errors are from there.
Daily quiz at classicfilms.app.
Run by @winberg.ie
David Chance @davidchance.bsky.social ‘Resting’ journalist. Cat is Bob and we live in Liverpool. He likes chasing things, eating and sleeping. I like LFC, The Archers and making my way round on a bike. 🚲
Ennius @enniusredloeb.bsky.social Independent scholar: research interests in hermeneutics, textual criticism, and the classical tradition; aurum in stercore
(I don't use Chat)
Rumpole of the Bayou @rumpolebayou.bsky.social PhD Candidate in US History • Writing on C19 Newspapers • Appellate Lawyer
Geschichte wird gemacht @geschichtewird.bsky.social Netzwerk für faire Arbeitsbedingungen in Museen und Gedenkstätten.
Große Bedeutung - schlechte Bedingungen: Mitarbeiter*innen von Gedenkstätten und Museen fordern faire Entlohnung, soziale Absicherung, mehr Mitbestimmung!
www.geschichte-wird-gemacht.org
Dr Retro @retroramblings.bsky.social Writer, film historian, lecturer, Rondo Award-nominated freelance bonus feature creator, Wild, Wild Podcast co-host, husband and father, your man in Beijing
@indarkwerisepod.bsky.social @indarkwerisepod.bsky.social All Things Dark, History, And True Crime. No Nonsense. No Banter. Just Easily Digestible Stories To Consume On Your Break.
Music Here 👇🏻
https://robertchristopher.bandcamp.com/
Podcast Here👇🏻
https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/in-darkness-we-rise--5918193
Modern Humanities Research Association @themhra.bsky.social The MHRA publishes the Modern Language Review, Legenda, Texts & Translations, the Annual Bibliography of English Language & Literature, and other books and journals. It funds young scholars and edits #MHRAStyle. https://www.mhra.org.uk/
C. Marchlewitz @chmarchlewitz.bsky.social Doktorand germanistische Literaturwissenschaft
Catherine Angerson @sonofanger.bsky.social Archivist and manuscripts curator. Research on Anglo-German cultural relations and literary networks
Simon Tillotson @simontillotson.bsky.social Almost literally the man who once knew too much 🤯 with In Our Time now adjusting to knowing less in my own time 🙂
Paul Ryan O'Connor @paulryanoconnor.bsky.social Blogger & award-winning crime fiction author. MWA. Noir, pulp, monsters, fiction, jazz, writing, film, comics. Went by @LBoxGraveyard at that other place.
https://www.paulryanoconnor.com/stories
University of Hertfordshire UCU @uhertfordshireucu.bsky.social UCU branch of the University of Hertfordshire
https://www.ucuherts.org.uk/
James Dalrymple @jamesewand.bsky.social Teaching/lecturing in France. Occasional academic.
Cinema, books, music, vintage television, podcasts (usually while cooking for the family), teaching, life in France etc.
Film reviews at: letterboxd.com/jamesewand/
Owls in Towels @owls-in-towels.bsky.social Wildlife rehabilitators often wrap owls so they can be weighed and fed. If not, the owls get in a flap.
The result? Loads of pictures of #owlsintowels
https://owlsintowels.org
Barn Owl Trust @barnowltrust.bsky.social A small charity in Devon, UK, working hard to conserve the Barn Owl and its environment 🦉💚
barnowltrust.org.uk
If you’d like to help Barn Owls, consider becoming a Friend of the Trust: barnowltrust.org.uk/support-us/friends-of-the-barn-owl-trust 💚
John Hodson @mgcroadster.bsky.social Journalist since '73, now retired, film geek for longer. Rejoiner, lefty, love films of all eras. Recovering Man Utd. fan of six decades. Uses admiration of John Ford as a Rorschach test. No followers without a profile - sorry!
Sean Coleman @colemandesign.bsky.social Designer, Illustrator, Curiouser
https://linktr.ee/ColemanDesign
GSFLS | Global Summit 2026 @lgbtqstudies.bsky.social Official account of the 11th Global Summit on Feminist & LGBTQ+ Studies
Uniting global scholars and leaders in gender studies, feminism, sexuality, and social justice.
Berlin, Germany, 24–25 Sept 2026.
https://genderandfeminist.com/
Alan Godfrey Maps (3,900+ publications and counting!) @alangodfreymaps.bsky.social Reprinted Old Ordnance Survey Maps across Britain & Ireland introduced by specialist authors.
https://www.alangodfreymaps.co.uk/
USA sales - https://www.ebay.co.uk/str/alangodfreymaps?_trksid=p2334524.m570.l113337
#CombatCartography #MatchMap
jelena jovanovic @hitdelight.bsky.social |Photographer |Digital Artist |No OF&DM!
Fine Art Prints✦Book CoverImages✦Image Licensing
🎨Published in various digital and print media worldwide.
https://prints.hitdelight.com/
https://hitdelight.pictorem.com
#FineArt #photography #print #imagelicensing
Led By Donkeys @ledbydonkeys.org Art, Activism and Accountability
https://linktr.ee/ledbydonkeys?utm_source=linktree_admin_share
Jülide Etem @julideetem.bsky.social Author of Film Diplomacy: A Media History of Turkey-US Relations | Assistant Professor of Media Studies & Director of Film Studies Concentration at the University of Virginia
kinopolis.bsky.social @kinopolis.bsky.social A personal screening room for early cinema
http://www.kino-polis.com
Criterion Channel subscriber? Check out Criteria, an advanced search and browse companion. http://www.search-criteria.com
Created by @mcelreath
Matthew Fox @mattfoxwriter.bsky.social THE LOVELY DARK is nominated for the Kirkus Prize 2026 🇺🇸 | Kirkus ★ | Financial Times Best Children's Books '23 | Barnes & Noble Children's Book Award Shortlist '24 | No AI |🌱
linktr.ee/mattfoxwriter
Everyone Hates Elon @everyonehateselon.bsky.social Pissing off billionaires one small action at a time. Get involved ⬇️
https://bio.link/everyonehateselon
Oleksandra Matviichuk @avalaina.bsky.social head of the Center for Civil Liberties (Ukraine)/ Nobel Peace Prize 2022/ Democracy Defender Award of OSCE 2016
Music and the Holocaust @holocaustmusic.bsky.social Reflecting the Music and the Holocaust website from World ORT. Posting music and history news, performances and remembrance events. Suggestions welcome.
Bruce Springsteen @brucespringsteen.net brucespringsteen.net
Council for Global Anthropological Linguistics @theglocal.bsky.social This is the official profile of The GLOCAL,The global council for Anthropological Linguistics
Regina Kantorowicz @rkantorowicz.bsky.social freie Lektorin, mit einer großen Liebe zur Literatur, aber auch zu modernen Kommunikationsformen, interessiert an dem, was man 360° Publishing nennen könnte
Maitlis @maitlis.bsky.social Co host @thenewsagents .
Formerly @bbcNewsnight - interviews with Prince Andrew Donald Trump Bill Clinton Mark Zuckerberg etc etc .
Chaucer Doth Tweet @levostregc.bsky.social Geoffrey Chaucer (Le Vostre GC): Servaunt of the Kynge. Blogger. Wryter of verse. Wearer of litel woolen hatte. Deputy Forestere of North Petherton. He/hym/hys.
The Never Seen It Podcast @neverseenitpodcast.bsky.social Welcome to the official Never Seen It Podcast Bluesky, a show for forgetful movie buffs! Find bonus scenes, live events & sketches. Subscribe here and on YouTube, Spotify or wherever you get your podcasts from.
https://shorturl.at/Csm2x
Michael Waldron @michaelwaldron.bsky.social curator @crawfordartgallery.bsky.social,
art historian, writer, cat dad
curious about collections, mad about modernism
my own views and musings
he/him 🏳️🌈🇪🇺🇮🇪
Jean-Luc Umbre @jean-lucumbre.bsky.social I am an artist and musician living in Paris. My work has been featured in Le Monde. I am also the creator of the experimental electronic group known as THE UPRIGHTS, featured in Rolling Stone and Buzz Magazine.
Nina Willburger @drnwillburger.bsky.social Archaeologist | Permanent Representative of the Director, Archäologisches Landesmuseum Baden-Württemberg | Adjunct lecturer State Academy of Fine Arts Stuttgart | Private account, views are mine 🖖
WILDsound Podcast @wildsoundpodcast.bsky.social Daily podcast showcasing interviews with filmmakers, screenwriters, actors, and artists
https://podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/wildsound-the-film-podcast/id1406973270
www.wildsoundpodcast.com
Judah Grunstein @judah-grunstein.bsky.social Editor-at-large, World Politics Review. Spent more than a year in Provence. Used to be an American in Paris. Currently bringing coal to Newcastle.
https://www.worldpoliticsreview.com/
@wpr.bsky.social
Ben Collins @bencollins.bsky.social Facebook Beef
Sean Woodard @swoodard7326.bsky.social American West, Horror & Giallo Scholar | PhD Candidate | Writer | https://linktr.ee/swoodard7326
Elizabeth Janik @kulturplease.bsky.social German-English translator. Kulturfreundin. Follower of German history and culture in the English-language media. Human rights advocate.
Nina Hahne @ninahahne.bsky.social 💻 Science manager @cais-research.bsky.social
📙 Deputy editor @policyr.bsky.social
PhD from @unihalle.bsky.social
✒️ #writing #digitaltransformation #openaccess #ruhrgebiet📍
Xan Brooks @xanbrooks.bsky.social Novelist, journalist. THE CATCHERS (https://tinyurl.com/TheCatchers2024)
Joelle McTigue 📷 @joellemctigue.bsky.social Artist examining memory as unstable matter shaped by movement, repetition, access, power, and erasure. Madrid. joellemctigue.com
More Movies @moremovies.co.uk Movies, movies and more movies 🎬
Links: linktr.ee/moremovies4u
British Online Archives (BOA) @boapublishing.bsky.social Our skilled team curate and digitise unique collections of primary sources that illuminate key historical concepts, events, and themes.
Konstantin Schischka @justakidfromvienna.bsky.social Research Associate at the Institute for Contemporary History (@univienna) | Digital Humanities | HGIS | Public History
https://zeitgeschichte.univie.ac.at/ueber-uns/projektmitarbeiterinnen/konstantin-schischka/
Matteo Lisi @mlisi.bsky.social lecturer • research on human perception and decision-making • principled statistics • computational models • he/him • https://mlisi.xyz/
AidinAzarkerdar| AidinVision @aidinvisionco.bsky.social Aidin Azarkerdar | Film Editor | Independent Researcher| humanities| Media studies | Film Studies | Pop Culture | Visual communication
He/Him
John Sutton @suttonprofessor.bsky.social Director, Centre for the Sciences of Place & Memory, Stirling Uni, Scotland. Skill, memory, embodied cognition, philosophy, cognitive history, cricket, music, collaboration, wayfinding. Leverhulme International Prof: johnsutton.net & placememory.net
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
Austin Glatthorn @glatthorn.bsky.social Musicologist & cultural historian, Royal Northern College of Music | Fellow, Royal Historical Society | Author, ‘Music Theatre and the Holy Roman Empire’ (CUP) | Current project: 'The Cambridge History of German Opera to the Early Nineteenth Century'
Sabrina Huber @sabrinahuber.bsky.social Literaturwissenschaftlerin | Erzählen & Gegenwart | politische Narrative | Literaturvermittlung | Lesung & Moderation | Personalberaterin | Kunst & Kultur
MNG Social Sciences @mngssbooks.bsky.social Featuring the latest social science titles from a range of international publishers. Part of the Mare Nostrum Group. Based in Harrogate, UK.
David Wearing @davidwearing.bsky.social Assistant Professor in International Relations at the University of Sussex (own views, obviously).
Interested in British (and Western) foreign relations in the Middle East and elsewhere, and how they're shaped by legacies of colonialism.
University Press Sales Bot @unipresssalesbot.bsky.social 
Mieke Roscher @docroscher.bsky.social Historian, Animal Studies Scholar, Music Lover, HWM super fan, Antifascist
Julia Laite @julialaite.bsky.social Teller of small stories. Professor of history at Birkbeck. Rider of bikes, grower of vegetables, Brook custodian & friend to five ducks. Townie Cantabrigian. Eternally homesick Newfoundlander; researching the island's history & the legacies of empire.
Radiohead @radiohead.wastehq.social https://radiohead.com
https://waste.lnk.to/radiohead.linksBS
Research Professional News @resprofnews.bsky.social Global research policy, funding & HE news from Research Professional News, including Research Fortnight, Research Europe and Research Africa. Part of Clarivate.
Yejun (Erica) Zou @ericazou.bsky.social Associate Professor in German at Sun Yat-sen University. DDR and China, Comparative Literature. https://fls.sysu.edu.cn/teacher/3593. she/her. likes cats
Rutger Hauer Fans @rutgerhauerfans.bsky.social Celebrating the film, TV, gaming, and charity career of the legendary Rutger Hauer. 1944-2019.
For general content follow me here: @thehandsofrutger.bsky.social
#rutgerhauer #moviesky #actorsky
Letterboxd: https://boxd.it/cvAbl
@eraldo.bsky.social @eraldo.bsky.social https://eraldosouzadossantos.com/
Comedy FEEDBACK Film & Screenplay Festival @comedyfilmfestival.bsky.social Since 2016, the FEEDBACK Film Festival has been showcasing the best of COMEDY Directors, Producers, Writers, and Actors at the festival.
https://filmfreeway.com/TorontoComedyFilmandScreenplayFestival
https://festivalforcomedy.com/toronto/
Christian Rau @christianrau.bsky.social Historian @leibniz-ifz.bsky.social
| East German & Eastern European History | History of Democracy | Protest History | Urban History| Gender History |
Und sonst so: Betriebsrat a.D., Demokrat, Schallplatten-Nerd
Hier ganz privat
Jennifer Vandever @jennifervandever.bsky.social Novelist (The Bronte Project, American Tango), Screenwriter, Educator
Script on BEST OF IWC 2024
Repped by Hill/Nadel
jennifervandever.com
Views my own
@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
@pchibb.bsky.social @pchibb.bsky.social Filmmaker/critic/festivals,
vegan, minimalism, art,
stock market, international politics
Female Feedback Film Festival @femalefilmfestival.bsky.social The FEEDBACK Female Film Festival (FFFF) was created for women filmmakers and screenwriters. The goal is to showcase the best of female talent from around the world.
https://femalefilmfestival.com/
https://filmfreeway.com/FEEDBACKFemaleFilmFestivalFFFF
Roland Meyer @bildoperationen.bsky.social Digital Cultures and Arts | UZH & ZHdK | operative images, synthetic media and visual culture
@digitalculturesandarts.ch
https://digitalculturesandarts.ch/
https://linktr.ee/bildoperationen
Olivia Mackender @livimack.bsky.social MA in Media & Politics | Looking for writing opportunities in film, board games, video games & culture
Patrick McKelvey @pmckelveyphd.bsky.social
Performance historian, disability historian.
Disability Works: Performance After Rehabilitation (NYU, 2024)
30% off with code NYUP30
https://nyupress.org/9781479824878/disability-works/
https://linktr.ee/patricktmckelvey
Georgie Carr @georgiecarr.bsky.social PhD in Film Studies at University of Sussex. Media historian researching policing, cinema & urbanism. Writer and film critic, the TLS and Another Gaze.
Britta C. Jung @brittajung.bsky.social Lecturer in German Studies in IRL | comparative literature | memory | transculturarlity | migration | multi- and plurilingualism | children & youth lit | popculture enthusiast | loves travelling & exploring new places and worlds
Alex von Tunzelmann @alexvont.bsky.social Historian, writer, broadcaster. She/her. Latest book, FALLEN IDOLS, shortlisted for the Wolfson History Prize 2022. HISTORY’S SECRET HEROES and THE LUCAN OBSESSION on BBC Radio 4. One of the Silk Road Slippers https://www.silkroadslippers.com
Kathleen Loock @kathleenloock.bsky.social American studies and media studies | Leibniz University Hannover, Germany | New book: Hollywood Remaking: How Film Remakes, Sequels, and Prequels Shape Industry and Culture (UC Press, 2024) | Emmy Noether Research Group: Hollywood Memories
🗃️ Women’s Screen Work in Archives Made Visible @womensscreenwork.bsky.social Our AHRC-funded project aims to make the history of women’s screen work better known by working with #archives, #museums and #filmmaker donors. 🗃️ 🎞️ 🎥 https://womensscreenwork.exeter.ac.uk/ Posts by Project Team, project lead: @helenexeter.bsky.social