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Joe Brown @joebrownlondon.bsky.social Cartographer, author, railway historian, former train driver, current transport manager, LGBTQ+ network leader 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️ Visit Crecy Publishing for my titles
Community Rail Network @communityrail.bsky.social Championing the community rail movement 🙌
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Beardy Bloke @sgrairl.bsky.social Trains, Planes and Automobiles are my thing. Flight Sim, real flying, railways, IT and politics.
IRL in my handle = Ireland
Katie Parker @kparkerhistorian.bsky.social Cartographic Collections Manager at the RGS-IBG. Teach history of London architecture at NYU London. Cultural historian interested in books, maps, museums, exploration, and the early modern maritime world, esp. the Pacific.
Talyllyn Railway @talyllyn.co.uk The Railway With a Heart of Gold - Part of The Slate Landscape of Northwest Wales UNESCO World Heritage Site - The World's First Preserved Railway.
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ianVisits @ianvisits.co.uk London's history, architecture, public transport -- and offbeat events to enjoy.
Dr Jane Draycott @handle.invalid Roman historian and archaeologist. Lecturer
@UofGlasgow. She/her. Represented by
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Small Robots @smolrobots.bsky.social here are some drawings of helpful small robots for you #SmallRobotsRemastered
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House Historian @househistorian.bsky.social Historian • author • speaker • TV consultant • presenter. Specialist in researching the history of houses. Otherwise known as Mel Backe-Hansen. Books incl. #AHouseThroughTime and #HouseHistories Rep #PastPreservers http://www.house-historian.co.uk/
Fenix Simulations @fenixsim.com Fenix Simulations is the development studio behind the high-fidelity A32X fleet for Microsoft Flight Simulator.
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World Bollard Association™️ @worldbollardassoc.bsky.social The official Bluesky account of the World Bollard Association™️. MERCH STORE - https://worldbollardassociation.team-togs.com/shop/storeorderform.php
English Civil War @englishcivilwar.bsky.social We're passionate about the English Civil Wars and 17th Century history! We're also reenactors - step into history and have an incredible weekend for just £10! www.earlofmanchesters.co.uk
Petroc Trelawny @petroc.bsky.social Presenter BBC Radio 3, author of Trelawny’s Cornwall.
Signal of the Day 🚦🚥🚂 @signaloftheday.bsky.social One signal, every day. 🚦 Direct Message us your submissions and we'll feature them here. #SignalOfTheDay
Shel @shellienic.bsky.social Train Driver. Mum of 2. Cat Lover. Lego Builder. Growing Up is Overrated. Love to travel. My own opinions, not reflective of my employer. Photos taken safely.
Every Last Station @everylaststation.bsky.social Visited Every Last Station in the UK & Ireland! Not as dull as it sounds!
http://ko-fi.com/everylaststation
Kate @katesonanadventure.bsky.social Learning Disabilities Nurse and mum of two
Railway Enthusiast, History Lover, One third of the Wessex Ways podcast team
Let’s go on an Adventure!
Just Flight @justflight.com Flight Simulation developer and publisher
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/
Aidaventures @aidaventures.bsky.social Formerly Thesciencemom on the Meta apps. 😑 trying to do this again….
Dr Nicola Tallis @nicolatallis.bsky.social Historian. Author. Contributor.
Tracy Borman OBE @tracyborman.bsky.social Historian, author and joint chief curator of Historic Royal Palaces. A Lincolnshire lass and chancellor of Bishop Grosseteste University.
Claire Ridgway @claireridgway.bsky.social Author, historian, Tudor history lover, owner of The Anne Boleyn Files and Tudor Society, loves talking Tudor and transporting people to the past. Also dog lover, cat lover, fitness fanatic and veggie.
https://linktr.ee/claireridgway
Natalie Grueninger @onthetudortrail.bsky.social Author & podcaster. Host of the podcast, Talking Tudors.
Latest book: The Final Year of AnneBoleyn. Support my work on Patreon! https://www.patreon.com/TalkingTudors
Estelle Paranque @estelleprnq.bsky.social Historian, Author, Associate Prof, YouTuber, Broadcaster.
Author and editor of 6 books.
University of Cambridge Museums @camunivmuseums.bsky.social Eight University of Cambridge Museums & the Botanic Garden | Five million marvellous objects to discover | Come on in! museums.cam.ac.uk
NETWORK SOUTHEAST LATCHMERE 🟥🟦⬜️ @nse-latchmere.bsky.social Model railway creator. Stuck in the 1980s and early 1990s. Capturing urban grime. Lover of #NetworkSoutheast. Twitter (X) escapee… also on insta.
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Emily Liu @emilyliu.me this bio is left as an exercise to the reader
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Yorkshire Tea @yorkshiretea.bsky.social Let's have a proper brew
Ed Davey @eddavey.libdems.org.uk Leader of @LibDems.org.uk, husband, father, carer, and MP for Kingston & Surbiton.
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Dr Elizabeth Norton @enortonhistory.bsky.social Historian and Archaeologist. Author of The Lives of Tudor Women and England’s Queens. Appears on TV. Likes travel.
🔞Kimmi🔞 @that-girl-atco.bsky.social 🛬Approach ATCO🛫 Swears violently & creatively, just not on the RT. Views, snarky opinions & insults all mine. Retweets ≠ endorsements. She/her
Modern Railways @modernrailways.keypublishing.com Updates from the team at Modern Railways magazine, which has provided news, views and analysis on the UK's railways for 60 years.
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The Railway Duck @therailwayduck.bsky.social Train Driver on GWR. Average Cricketer. Lover of Greggs and Star Trek 🖖 Volunteer with Showmasters. Views are my own.
Dwell in possibility
Tim Dunn @mrtimdunn.bsky.social Historian, geographer, part of #Railway200 team, presenter @UKTV’s #TheArchitectureTheRailwaysBuilt & #SecretsOfTheLondonUnderground, Trainspotter, 🏳️🌈, and always an enthusiast. Own views, obv.
Miles and Chains @miles-and-chains.bsky.social Railway worker👨🏼🔧 and enthusiast. All views expressed are personal, and not those of my employer. All images posted are my own and subject to copyright.
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Emily Pettitt @emilyp.me
APPG on Europe @appgeurope.bsky.social The APPG on Europe, with European Movement UK as secretariat, aims to provide parliamentarians with a forum to discuss the UK’s relationship with Europe.
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Calling all Stations - The Transport Podcast @callingallstations.bsky.social
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Newark Air Museum @newarkairmuseum.bsky.social Official Newark Air Museum Bluesky feed. Aviation history #OnYourDoorstep open 10am until 5pm everyday throughout the autumn months!
https://www.newarkairmuseum.org
Orkney Library & Archive @orkneylibrary.bsky.social Books and Archives since 1683.
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RAF Air Defence Radar Museum @rafadrm.bsky.social Award-winning, Norfolk Broads-based, volunteer-run museum of all things radar and air defence from 1941 onwards at the former RAF Neatishead base.
Open Easter-November, Tues-Sat, 10am-5pm.
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The Cromwell Museum @cromwellmuseum.bsky.social World's best collection of items on life & times of Oliver Cromwell (1599-1658), telling his story 'warts and all'. "National Museum in a Matchbox". Huntingdon, UK
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British Transport Films Stills @btfstills.bsky.social A bot randomly posting images taken from films made by British Transport Films, a government film unit active from 1949-1986. 3 posts a day. Expect trains.
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RAIL Magazine @railmagazine.bsky.social Covering news, views and analysis from across the rail industry |
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Buitengebieden @buitengebieden.bsky.social You will know me.. I’m Sander from the Netherlands
East Anglia Bylines @eastangliabylines.co.uk Powerful citizen journalism in the East of England | Regulated by IMPRESS
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Robin Hutchinson MBE @lordscroley.bsky.social Human (almost) Director The Community Brain, Chair Creative Youth Charity, FUSEBOX, FUSE International, Mayor of London Design Advocate and organiser of @glovewatch.bsky.social
Matt Chapman @mattchappers34.bsky.social KC Chiefs Fan, Norwich City Fan , Professional button pusher, I live in Ely, Cambridgeshire with my family.⚽️🏈🇪🇺
No.3417, ‘Gordon Pettitt’. @gordon3417.bsky.social The last operational 4VEP. Owned by the Bluebell Railway, restored & operated by the S.E.T.G. YorkshireTea approved & allowed to say #Smeg. #WomblesForever
Based at Strawberry Hill in SW London.
GWR @gwr.com We are GWR! Welcome aboard.
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Andrew Murdin @andym13.bsky.social Rail Services Driver, get to work with trains from 60 years old to 60 days old.
Keen photographer, anything that moves. Sunrises and Sunsets a particular favourite.
Noel Dolphin @noeldolphin.bsky.social Electrify - everything today.... oh yes and public transportify it all. Was @noeldolphin on X.
Capt. Osbert Twinge Bt. KCB. @rm86.bsky.social Railway Route Controller, trying to run a patch of railway across the North and North East. Sometimes I succeed.
Likes trains, which is probably just as well.
Hunslet the 🐻 @hunsletthebear.bsky.social A rescued bear who worked at Soho depot, gets up to mischief with his antics, brings a smile and a laugh to those around him and raises money for charities close to his ❤
Hunsletthebear.co.uk
Graham Eccles FCIRO @gceccles.bsky.social A grumpy pensioner from East Sussex.
Retired railwayman, healthcare worker and vingneron.
Chief financial supporter to a 1965 MGB.
Anne • アン 🇵🇭 @version3point1.co.uk 🚂 ᴛʀᴀɪɴ ᴡʜɪꜱᴘᴇʀᴇʀ
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Heather Waugh @heatherwaugh.bsky.social Freight Train Driver. Creator of Railway Family Fundraiser. Hate Xenophobia, Bigotry, Homophobia, Racism, Transphobia, and all prejudice. Love loyalty and trust. She/ Her
TM Blake - Eurostar @tmblakeeurostar.bsky.social International Train Manager for Eurostar based in London. Here to share my adventures and stories from the UK, France and Belgium.
Bessie @bessbbe.bsky.social I’m just here to keep an eye on my dad 👁️👁️
@arlosadventures.bsky.social
BennyBizzle1 @bennybizzle1.bsky.social Railway preservationist. Pedmeister General. Takes average photos and spouts positivity about all things diesel powered
JenOnTheMove 🏳️⚧️🏳️🌈 @jenonthemove.com Exploring the country using every station as a gateway to lesser known places, sharing my journey via YouTube | parkrun addict | https://youtube.com/@JenOnTheMove | she/her
Down On The Stour (DOTS) @downonthestour.bsky.social Rail Enthusiast 🚂 | Opinions are strictly my Personal views ✋ | PEP Connoisseur 😏| Work in the Rail Industry 😎| OGs know the original acronym 🫡|
Graeme Pickering @pickgs.bsky.social Railway Magazine Senior Correspondent. Ex-broadcast journalist and news editor. Husband. 'Dad' to a Greek cat. Aspiring novelist.
The Man in Seat 61 @seatsixtyone.bsky.social Mark Smith, the Man in Seat 61, the chap who runs that train travel site http://seat61.com. YouTube: http://youtube.com/c/seat61.
Chris the Driver @christhedriver.bsky.social Hello, I am a driver for SWR. All views my own and don't necessarily reflect those of South Western Railway. DM always open.
That Tall Bloke @thattallbloke.bsky.social Long haired, train driving sausage roll fan who looks for the positivity in everything. Welcome!
Officer Wibble @officer-wibble.bsky.social Railway worker since 1994, usually found on a train somewhere between Portsmouth & Waterloo. LGBTQIA Ally. He/Him.
Mike Galsworthy @mikegalsworthy.bsky.social Chair of European Movement UK. 🇬🇧 🇪🇺
Founder of the Bylines Network.
Founder of Scientists for EU.
Lover of science, Europe and humanity. 🙌
Arthur Seaton #FBPE #Wessex @southsaxon.bsky.social Working class history, photography, railways, skiing, cats, corvids and goats! A sense of humour is essential. Cat butler. Reluctant intellectual. Rare disease survivor. Born at 314.3ppm.
https://railthing.blogspot.com/?m=1
DriverGeorge 🚂 @drivergeorge32a.bsky.social - Husband
- Dad
- Professional people mover
- Former West End light wiggler
Jon Sopel @jonsopel1.bsky.social Host of daily podcast The News Agents. And author of Strangeland. Available at all good bookshops….
R.P.Marks @rpmarks.bsky.social Train driver, husband, dad/grandpa, snapper, whippet owner, cider & ale fan, centre-left. ASLEF. Part-time misanthrope. Opinions unrelated to employer.
https://www.flickr.com/photos/rpmarks/
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Sarah @sydneybridgetmd.bsky.social Crewe Alexandra, New England Patriots, Neurodivergent, Railway Enthusiast and Photography, Train Presentation Operative #RailwayFamily
National Secular Society @natsecsoc.bsky.social Campaigning for separation of religion and state, challenging religious privilege and promoting equality between all citizens regardless of religion or belief.
#Secularism #Secular
Royal Television Society @rtsmedia.bsky.social The Royal Television Society is for everyone with an interest in TV. Follow us for TV news, events and awards.
Private Eye Magazine @privateeyenews.bsky.social Britain's best-selling news and current affairs magazine with a unique mix of jokes and investigative journalism.
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Dr Owen Emmerson @drowenemmerson.bsky.social Historian & Assistant Curator at Hever Castle. Consultant: #WolfHall (BBC, 2024). Broadcaster: Boleyns: A Scandalous Family (BBC); Blood, Sex, & Royalty (Netflix).
Dr Lauren Mackay @regina-saba.bsky.social Historian & Author with Bloomsbury Academic, Consultant, FRHistS
📺The Boleyns, Blood,Sex & Royalty
Tour Leader & podcast host with Academy Travel | Agent: @donaldwin.bsky.social @watsonlittle.bsky.social
Lucy Isabel @lucypilot.bsky.social pilot, wanderer, lover of ducks, geography, Rammstein and eurovision.
Charlie @charlierwalker.bsky.social Train Driver in the North East. 🚉
Photographer 📸
Boy Dad 👨🍼
Cat Dad 🐈⬛️
Views are my own and not those of my employer.
Photography is my own unless otherwise stated.
https://charliewalker.railmiles.me/journeys/
Coastway Will @coastwaywill.me First Class Host in Purple | Hastings Diesels and 225 Preservation Volunteer | Neurodiverse, Asexual, He/Him
Dr Tessa Dunlop @tessadunlop.bsky.social Agitator and agitated. Historian. Writer. Talker.
Hannah Greig @hannahgreig.bsky.social Historian. Hon. Prof at Royal Holloway, Uni of London.
Experienced consultant to film & TV who actually enjoys making period dramas (Bridgerton, Buccanneers, The Favourite, Poldark, The Duchess, Death Comes to Pemberley & more). Author of THE BEAU MONDE
@katewilliamsme.bsky.social @katewilliamsme.bsky.social
Adam Rutherford @adamrutherford.bsky.social I had a marvellous time ruining everything.
Professor of Genetics @UCL, Public Humanities Fellow @SAS. Ex-President of @Humanists_UK Genetics, race, eugenics, books, cricket, +–=÷×
@kbjmanagement
adamrutherford.com
OldRailwayAccidents @rwldproject.bsky.social Welcome to the 'Railway Work, Life & Death' project, collaboratively researching British & Irish railway staff accidents pre-1939. Posts by Mike Esbester.
#RailwayHistory #TransportHistory #MobilityHistory #Railway200
www.railwayaccidents.port.ac.uk
History of Parliament @histparl.bsky.social Creating a comprehensive account of parliamentary politics in England, then the UK, from the thirteenth century to the present day.
You can find us at other places, here: https://linktr.ee/historyofparliament
Amy McElroy @amymcelroy.bsky.social Author of:
☆Educating the Tudors - Jan 2023.
☆Women's Lives in the Tudor Era - Feb 2024.
☆Mary Tudor, Queen of France - Feb 2025.
☆ Desiderius Erasmus - March 2026.
All published by Pen & Sword
Working on the next book!
HWA Crown Awards Judge
Annie Gray @dranniegray.bsky.social Food historian, mainly British food ca1650 on. Writer, consultant, speaker. #BBCTKC panellist. Linktree: https://linktr.ee/dranniegray
British Library @britishlibrary.bsky.social We’re the national library of the UK.
Kate Wiles @katemond.bsky.social Medievalist, linguist, manuscript botherer ❧ Co-Editor of History Today ☞ LOST VOICES (Penguin/Stanford, forthcoming, one day) ❧ Posting in a personal capacity ❡