James_AL_Downs @magiclantern.bsky.social Writer: 'Anton Walbrook' (2020) 'Joseph Pike' (2018) & 'A Carnal Medium' (2012), photohistorian, archivist of Middle East collections at Exeter University, runs the Digital Archive of the Middle East (https://dame.exeter.ac.uk/), collector & bibliophile
Elizabeth Darling @archhistdarling.bsky.social Architectural historian, lecturer, author, specialising in histories of modernist cultures in Britain, esp 20s/30s; expert on women & architecture 1890s to the present. New book out now: https://www.lundhumphries.com/products/palace-of-the-ether
Matthew Lloyd Roberts @matthewlloydr.bsky.social writing about architecture
Urban History @urbanhistory.bsky.social Urban History features articles covering social, economic, political and cultural aspects of the history of towns and cities. We're worldwide in scope.
🔗 https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/urban-history
Sally Watson @salawatson.bsky.social Cities, cycling, planning and play. Often on a bike or in a museum.
Co-host - activetravelcafe.org.uk
Trustee - historictownstrust.uk
AGRA Genealogy @agragenealogy.bsky.social Association of Genealogists & Researchers in Archives - We are professional researchers supporting the highest standards in family history and genealogy. www.agra.org.uk
Graham Mooney @histgeoghealth.bsky.social Historian of public health at Johns Hopkins University. Manc. Homebrew. Native American plants. Bees. Geography.
Society of Genealogists @sogorg.bsky.social 🌳 A charity with the unique purpose of helping people to discover their place in history.
📜 Preserving the records of everyday lives & promoting family histories.
📍 Explore more: sog.org.uk
#Genealogy #FamilyHistory #HistoryMatters
Kent Maps Online @kentmapsonline.bsky.social Find your own answers to questions you haven’t thought of yet... http://kent-maps.online #JSTORLABS #CCCU #EnglishCreates
Keith Mc - BA/MA @maci55.bsky.social Designer, draughtsman, and researcher (railway architecture, UK), N. Yorkshire.
Joanne Genealogy @joannegenealogy.bsky.social MSc Genealogy, Professional Genealogist, Business Mentor. Staffordshire. PhD Researcher: 19c Women in the Temperance Movement. @temperancehistory.bsky.social
Richard Martin @mimosacymru.bsky.social Producer, Welsh Politics commentary, Welsh Politics Pod/Hiraeth/Yr Hen Iaith 🏆 Pods. Nerth gwlad ei gwybodaeth.
Cymro, Pontypriddian, Proxy Canadian & Æresdansker 🏴 🇨🇦 🇩🇰
(cyfrif personol/personal account)
Pam Smith LHG @genejean.bsky.social Researching the parish of Rillington, North Yorkshire, since 2004. Exploring the relationships between people, place, and time through genealogy, local history, and the landscape itself.
Ginger Goodwin kin
www.rillingtonhistory.com
Christiane Kroebel @whitbyhistory.bsky.social Historian, mostly medieval Whitby, St Hilda churches; fellowship @ihr.bsky.social ; archaeology recorder @whitbynats.bsky.social ; abbey collection curator at Whitby Museum @whitbymuseum.bsky.social
Mark Vasey @markmakingartmarks.bsky.social Scribbling stuff I see, mainly fields and trees.
www.markvasey.art
He/ Him 🏳️🌈🎶
https://linktr.ee/markvaseyart
Bob Marshall @bobmarshall.co.uk Architectural illustrator / 3D reconstruction artist. Edinburgh, Scotland. #Blender3D Pro. https://bobmarshall.co.uk
CarolineJMolloy @carolinejmolloy.bsky.social Writer, plant-lover, water-baby, #healthpolicy nerd. Ex-OpenDemocracy UK editor. NUJ/Unite/Green. Grew up on free school meals. Stroud-based. caroline.molloy@cantab.net
Nick Gibbons @nickgibbons.bsky.social Urbanist
Kathryn White @kathrynww1.bsky.social Dr Kathryn White writes about history: the World Wars, British Empire, religion, and the books she's reading.
kathrynshistoryblog.substack.com
Isle of Wight Archaeology @iowarchaeology.bsky.social Isle of Wight Council Archaeology & Historic Environment Service. We manage the Isle of Wight HER and provide advice on archaeology and the historic environment
Elizabeth Crawford @womanssphere.bsky.social Historian. Researcher and writer. In the past sold books by and about women. European. FRHistS. OBE.
Website womanandhersphere.com
New book - https://tinyurl.com/5cdn7dw9 (Bloomsbury) or https://amzn.eu/d/0j4JlLyR (Amazon)
Suffolk Archives @suffolkarchives.bsky.social The Hold in Ipswich is where Suffolk’s past meets your present. Preserving stories from everyday lives to historic moments, 900+ years of history at your fingertips, discover your story. A Suffolk County Council service. https://linktr.ee/suffolkarchives
Essex Hundred Publications @essex100.bsky.social Publisher, books, distribution, talks, short videos, local history centred on Essex, pre & post 1965.
More www.essex100.com
01702 557828
Dr Amelia Dowler @ameliadowler.bsky.social National Officer FDA Union; Non-Stipendiary Research Fellow at the Institute of Classical Studies; Researcher in numismatics; Poet
Mark French @medwinfrench.bsky.social Folk and roots music
Architecture and place
Natural environment
Climate challenge
'(What's So Funny 'Bout) Peace, Love and Understanding' - Nic Lowe
John Allison @badmachinery.com Cartoonist in Leeds, UK. I brought you such comics as Steeple, Bad Machinery, Giant Days, Scary Go Round, Bobbins, Great British Bump-Off and Solver. The nation's favourite.
https://badmachinery.com
Dr Nicola Sugden @nicolasugden.bsky.social Edinburgh-based researcher looking at data and healthcare.
Formerly history of genetics; genomics; evolution; children; animals; race; minds; brains; psychology /iatry /oanalysis; madness; neurodiversity; disability; bioethics; reproductive technology.
HMS Tern Living Museum @hmstern61.bsky.social We are creating a Living Museum at HMS Tern in Orkney. The team of volunteers and paid staff are recreating the look, smell and feel of a training airfield in World War II on Orkney. The site is open to the public, see our website for opening times.
Dave Stowe @davidstowe1919.bsky.social Independent Researcher and Historian. Interests: Civilian Internment, Crime, Urban History, Interwar Years. TV & Film. Leeds, West Yorkshire.
Formerly https://x.com/InternierungWWI
Blog https://pelicanroad.wordpress.com/page/2/
Marion McConaghie Art @marionmcconaghie.bsky.social Northern Irish Artist. Abstract landscape and seascape paintings inspired by the Causeway Coast.
www.marionmcconaghie.co.uk
Will Clement @historywill.bsky.social Historian of Modern Europe
| poverty & inequality, centre & periphery, health & housing in c19 France🏠🏚️🇫🇷 | Tired dad | posts represent my views | He/him
https://research.manchester.ac.uk/en/persons/will-clement
Louvain Rees ⚰️ @hellohistoria.bsky.social Award-winning Historian & Genealogist ✍️🏻
Death, Wales and Psychiatry 💀
Glamorgan County Lunatic Asylum 🧠
Workhouses | Poor Law | Lunacy 🧠
🥇BBC History Extra '30 under 30' 📚
📍Cardiff | views are my own • she/her
🔗 www.linktr.ee/louvainrees
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
Dr Alice Little @littleamiss.bsky.social Historian of eighteenth-century music, researching folk music, history of collecting, tunebooks, national music, and museums. Also writing books and stories and drinking tea in the garden.
Embrace historia @embracehistoria.bsky.social Youtuber who tries to makes historical documentaries
And works in heritage.
Satirical in nature.
https://youtube.com/@embracehistoria?si=YJtM8RsXS_u0sv48
Gemma Hollman @gemmahauthor.bsky.social Historian, author, and Fellow of the Royal Historical Society. Runs the Just History Posts blog. Specialises in late medieval women and the English court. Find my links: https://lnk.bio/GemmaHAuthor
Dr Naomi Paxton @naomipaxton.bsky.social Freelance historian of the Actresses' Franchise League and suffrage theatre and entertainments... does books, talks, walks, radio, games, exhibitions, and workshops.
Also alter ego of award-winning comedy, cabaret & magic act Ada Campe
naomipaxton.co.uk
Becky @beckylouisa.bsky.social Museums Booking Officer, freelancer and wannabe writing. Obsessed with coffee and chocolate
Plus I have a book review blog https://allatseabookreview.uk
Jacqueline Riding @jacriding.bsky.social Film/TV historian; Art Newspaper Lit Ed; Heritage/Exhibition/Curatorial Consultant; Author #Jacobites #Peterloo #Hogarth SundayTimes ArtBook 2021 #HardStreets + Gainsborough & Reynolds: The Art of Rivalry in Georgian London 2027 https://linktr.ee/JacRiding
David Smith @foodhistories.bsky.social Writer of food histories and The Curry House website. My new book - How to Get a Curry in Victorian London - is out now in paperback and on Kindle.
Duncan Money @mininghistory.bsky.social Historian and consultant. I work on mining, labour, migration and Southern Africa.
More on https://duncan.money
Contact: duncanmoneyhistory@proton.me
Emma Bastin @emmabastin.bsky.social Historian of the early twentieth century; mum; crafter; bibliophile; lover of all things 1930s. Treasurer of Art Deco Soc UK. Founder of the Independent Historians Network Represented by Past Preservers.
www.emmabastin.com
Jack Fraser @muninnherself.bsky.social Writes stuff, edits things, looks at rocks
https://jackiefraser.co.uk/
#DailyMegalith #MDANT #RNA
Simon Jones @simonjones.bsky.social Writes about old, unhappy, far-off things. Late museum curator. Shows polite interest. FRHistS. https://simonjoneshistorian.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
Camille Roux - Generative artist @art.camilleroux.com 🇫🇷 Generative artist • he/him • NFTs on gm.scribe, gm. studio, Bright Moments, 256art, fx(hash), SuperRare...
https://art.camilleroux.com
National Museum Directors' Council @nmdcnews.bsky.social The National Museum Directors' Council represents the leaders of the UK's national collections and major regional museums.
Our Newsletter updates you on what's happening in museums and cultural policy in the UK.
https://www.nationalmuseums.org.uk/
sueytopia @sueytopia.bsky.social multipotentialite. smol, woke, vegan dog-mother. serial worm rescuer. lefty in more ways than one. bird site refugee. fingers in too many pies. (p.s. not called Sue)
York Festival of Ideas @yorkfestofideas.bsky.social Annual award-winning Festival with more than 150 free events. York Festival of Ideas 2026 took place 30 May to 12 June under the overarching theme of ‘Place and Space’.
Mike Taylor @museummike.bsky.social Retired curator. FWW historian. 40th Division.
Author of 'No Bad Soldiers' a look at 119 Inf Brigade and Brig Gen Frank Crozier (Helion)
Trophy guns nerd
Gill Hughes @gillhughes.bsky.social Missing the sea, loving the hills.
Sheffield by way of Liverpool.
(And desperately trying to find all the wonderful people I followed on Twitter since 2009, on here!)
Daniel Wright @danielhwright.bsky.social Escaped transport journalist and transport planner, sometime librarian and Community Rail support person; currently freelance transport writer of various things (inc @thebeautyoftransport.com) as well as working and living in fabulous Orkney. 
The Beauty of Transport @thebeautyoftransport.com Examples, opinions, thoughts, retweets of transport art/architecture/design/branding/logos/liveries/moquettes etc from The Beauty of Transport’s @danielhwright.bsky.social Long form articles at:
www.thebeautyoftransport.com
Philip Butler @artdecomagpie.bsky.social English photographer documenting Britain’s surviving interwar architecture.
Books:
226 Garages out on FUEL
Trackside Transformation - British Railway Stations 1923-1947 out on ADM
Rupert Cook @rupertcook.bsky.social Husband & father | Oram’s Arbour, Winchester | Lamb’s Conduit Street, London
Partner Miltiadou Cook Mitzman | New build | Retrofit | Craft | Comfort | Certified Passive House Designer | Trustee University Design Forum
Vegan | Self-builder | LGBTQI+ Ally
Philip K. Allan - Author @philipkallan.bsky.social Author of Naval Fiction, Writer and Speaker on Naval History
Visit my website to learn more at http://philipkallan.com
Helen Gittos @helengittos.bsky.social Associate Professor of Medieval History, University of Oxford
Chair, Family Expert Reference Group, National Maternity & Neonatal Taskforce
(I can't read private messages here.)
Adam Markham @adammarkham.bsky.social Climate, biodiversity, heritage & archaeology.
Co-chair Climate Change Specialist Group of IUCN World Commission on Protected Areas. UHI PhD student researching Viking/Norse birds. Trustee ICOMOS-USA. #HeritageAdapts #archaeobirds #zooarchaeology
Alison Brackenbury @abrackenbury.bsky.social Poet & broadcaster. New non-fiction prose book, 'Village', OUT!
Witches and wheelbarrows: women's history in my village, 1841-1971: cheerful survival!
To buy, search for
ALISON BRACKENBURY VILLAGE AMAZON
Scott Lyall @scottlyall.bsky.social "Not this. Not at all. I desire to press in my arms the loveliness which has not yet come into the world."
https://napier-repository.worktribe.com/person/110551/scott-lyall
Tom @tomrees.eurosky.social Blogging the slow rehabilitation of the abandoned allotment we just took on. Also, random likes and rebleets of politics, science, climate, computing, and history. Trying to be pleasant.
Alice Bright @alicelbright.bsky.social Writer - Audio/Comedy/Current affairs. 'The Skewer' BBC R4/Dead Ringers
Niall Devitt @historyniall.bsky.social Author, tenacious historian and researcher, love all trains-Camelot, QPR, The Fall, opera, film and comedy, Warner Brothers cartoons, Will Hay and importantly, where to find the best doughnut in London and how to make the perfect pot of tea to go with it!
Helen J @helgaj.bsky.social Community arts, heritage and archaeology. Was on the Thames, now in Cumbria. She/her.
Andrew Furlow @andrewfurlow.bsky.social Book publishing person, formerly of Harper North, @iconbooks & @greystonebooks.
Always on the lookout for new book ideas & authors, esp. in history / politics / music / culture
Joe Scoble 🇪🇺 @joescoble.bsky.social Languages. Animals. Coastal cities.
Public Statues and Sculpture Association @pssatweets.bsky.social Charity advancing understanding & appreciation of public statues & sculpture. Webinars, talks, books, statues of women & sculptors' lives databases, forthcoming sculpture residency & Marsh Awards for Public Sculpture, Conservation & Fountains. pssauk.org
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
Dr Michelle Walker (/Moffat) @moffski.bsky.social Historian of war & society in WWII UK, veteran disability.
Proud NZer 🇳🇿
Researcher @Manchester Met Uni
FRHistS
https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/02684527.2025.2573607
Dr Anna Clark @drannaclark.bsky.social Humanities, history of art, architecture & landscape; museums, libraries & collections
Glen O'Hara @gsoh31.bsky.social Historian. Writer.
Greg Morse @gregmorsedphil.bsky.social Rail history, rail safety, rock etc.
Fellow of the Chartered Institution of Railway Operators.
Author of 'The Clapham Train Accident: Causes, Context and the Corporate Memory Challenge'.
ben bradley @benbradleyca.bsky.social cultural & environmental historian. #bchist and #cdnhist and #envhist. landscape, mobilities, public pasts, fordism, tourism, parks, infrastructure, rowdies, fruit stands, seasonality, 1970+, etc.
@histofgdlsem.bsky.social @histofgdlsem.bsky.social History of Gardens and Designed Landscapes Seminar. Further details for our Thursday term time seminars: https://www.history.ac.uk/seminar/history-gardens-and-designed-landscapes
James Dixon @jimdixon.bsky.social Conservation Officer and Public Archaeologist. Chester Heritage Festival, founder of #Rowvember and Heritage Pub Club. Occasional art-archaeology writer. Leader of long walks. FSA.
Michael Marshall @michael-marshall.bsky.social Freelance science writer covering life sciences, health and the environment. My first book The Genesis Quest is about the origins of life on Earth.
https://www.michaelcmarshall.com
Dr Jennie 🐝 (she/her) @jenruthbailey.bsky.social #HEinFE library lass, writer, wanderer, story slinger, benign menace to society. Refuse to outsource my intellect to generative AI.
Looking for fun, creative workshops? Hit me up: https://www.jenbee.me.uk
Gareth S Jones @garethsjones.bsky.social Welsh climate scientist mostly found buried in the pages of a good book, or wandering the footpaths of East Devon. Also on https://toot.wales/@garethsjones
Liz Yule @lizyule.bsky.social Genealogist, historian, East Anglian.
Mr Emerson @mremerson.bsky.social “Here is where the birds sing. Here is where the sky is blue.” Film, fashion, food & Italy 🇮🇹, 🇪🇺.
LukeBMTB @lukebmtb.bsky.social Usual Twitter transfer. Dog walks, photo's (OM1 + phone), dad puns, education, some politics, some family stuff, trying to maintain a 600 year old house.
Please excuse the typos.
@lenmiddleton.bsky.social @lenmiddleton.bsky.social Archaeologist. East Anglia.
fka all-bran @nubigprinz.bsky.social Generally cheerful. Constantly afraid. Cautiously pessimistic.
Kelly Cornwell @whoamiftr.bsky.social Who Am I? Professional Genealogist, Tutor (with Pharos Tutors) and Family History Speaker. Tells tales about Transportation to Tasmania.
Dr Francis Young @drfrancisyoung.bsky.social Historian of religion and belief | folklorist | Balticist | indexer | lay canon @stedscath.bsky.social | series editor for @universitypress.cambridge.org
David Stevenson @drdavest.bsky.social Trains, trams, beer, food, science, music, travel, history, cycling. Not necessarily in that order!
Retired medic, innovator and researcher.
Hampshire UK
A Perry @manytallpines.bsky.social Cosy homes, old buildings, community projects, football.
Tom Sharpe @tomsharperocks.bsky.social Geologist, writes on the history of geology and palaeontology, especially in the late 18th–early 19th C, and on the history of geology in Antarctica. Patron Lyme Regis Museum. Author of THE FOSSIL WOMAN A LIFE OF MARY ANNING (Dovecote Press 2020).
Dr Cathryn Pearce @cathrynpearce.bsky.social British historian. Author: Cornish Wrecking, 1700-1860 | Researching c18th-19th shipwrecks, the Royal Navy & coastal communities. #CoastalHistory #NavalHistory #MaritimeHistory #SussexCoast 
Beth Gisbey @bethgisbey.bsky.social Sussex by the sea 🌊 // Researcher and cultural historian 📚 // Rustington Museum 🏛️
Antony Firth @antonyfjrth.bsky.social Archaeologist fascinated by all aspects of heritage in, on or relating to water. Posting in a personal capacity.
ateliermodernista.bsky.social @ateliermodernista.bsky.social Art You Can Wear - colourful, affordable jewellery for everyone. ateliermodernista.com
stephen cogbill @coggers.bsky.social Retired. Interests: photography, cycling, archaeology and hiking. Not necessarily in that order🙂
Clyde House Arran Holiday Home @clydehouse.arranlets.com Spacious 3 bed holiday let (2 King, 2 Single) in Whiting Bay on the Isle of Arran. Near the beach and with dedicated library/study. Perfect for families, walking holidays & remote working. Isle of Arran Holiday Cottages
https://www.arranlets.com
Bexhill @bexhill.bsky.social Bexhill is Awesome! Official Bexhill.com community account.. hotels, accommodation, music, nature, arts, photography, business, events and community life.. 🌊🏖️ Feel free to Share your photos, art or info..
Tim Blacklock @yootha.bsky.social Cafe. Culture.
Pierre Purseigle @purseigle.bsky.social Historian at the University of Warwick
Writing a global history of urban disasters for
@bloomsburyacad.bsky.social
Bookshelfie ⭐️ @bookshelfie.bsky.social The Self-Pub Hub (Book Review and Story Site)
Submissions open now:
https://book-shelfie.com/submissions
Book tour inquiries: contact@book-shelfie.com
Emma Gilleece @emma-gilleece.bsky.social Architectural historian with a passion for early to mid 20th century Irish architecture. Read my series 100 Buildings for Culture section of @rte.ie website