Historia – the HWA @historia-hwa.bsky.social Historia Magazine is the online magazine of the Historical Writers’ Association
historiamag.com
historicalwriters.org
Dr Romany Reagan @msromany.bsky.social Arts Council England funded research fellow, audio artist & storyteller weaving hidden histories into pieces of creative public engagement at museums & heritage sites. Dark heritage, feminist history, layers of memory in place, folklore 📜🕯️
Lola Ruiz-Berdun @lolaruizberdun.bsky.social Professor in #Histmed #Histsci 🧪at @uahes.bsky.social; I research in #HistMidwifery and #HistBirth; President of LVCINA, Spanish Society of History of Birth and Secretary of Spanish Society of History of Sciences. Member of @eurohealthhist.bsky.social
Emily Cuming @emilycuming.bsky.social Associate Professor in Literature and Cultural History; author of Maritime Relations (CUP, 2025) and Housing, Class and Gender in Modern British Writing (CUP, 2016)
https://profiles.ljmu.ac.uk/11398-emily-cuming
ESRC School Meals 🍽 @esrcschoolmeals.bsky.social The School Meals Service: Past, Present, and Future?
https://www.theschoolmealsproject.co.uk/
An ESRC-funded research project exploring the history, present and future of the UK School Meals Service #histed #histchild #foodhist
Rosa Schling @rosaschling.bsky.social Oral historian researching the history of childcare activism https://childcarehistory.org.uk/ Co-founder of On the Record. Trainer with Oral History Society. Doctoral student at Institute of Education, UCL.
The Society of Authors @societyofauthors.bsky.social Empowering authors since 1884. The largest UK union for writers, illustrators and literary translators. #societyofauthors #humanauthored
The Literary Consultancy @thelitconsultancy.bsky.social The UK's longest-standing editorial consultancy. Offering editing, mentoring and events. Home of Being A Writer. #ACEsupported. Official BlueSky account.
Actors and Writers London @actorsandwriters.bsky.social We're a professional play-reading forum for actors & writers, established in 1973. Performed readings at POSK Centre, Hammersmith. New members welcome - FREE for under-30s. Join us!
Website: https://www.actorsandwriters.london//index.php
Arvon @arvonfoundation.bsky.social The Home of Creative Writing. Writing courses and retreats online and at three UK countryside homes. https://linktr.ee/arvon_
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)
Voices of Motherhood @voicesofmotherhood.bsky.social Investigating the history of maternal activism in the UK since 1914 | Partnered with @gmmedicalmuseum.bsky.social | Funded by a @ukri.org Future Leaders Fellowship | Profile picture © Charles Hastings Education Centre |
voicesofmotherhood.wp.worc.ac.uk
Uncertain Stories @uncertainstories.com www.uncertainstories.com
The Fiction Desk @thefictiondesk.com We’ve been publishing anthologies of new short fiction since 2010. Based in Scotland.
Liberating Histories @liberatinghistorys.bsky.social Liberating Histories: Women's Movement Magazines, Media Activism and Periodical Pedagogies | funded by the AHRC | Northumbria University UK | Women's Library LSE
Chingford Historical Society @chingfordhist.bsky.social Promoting the history of Chingford through regular talks, meetings and visits. Non-members welcome.
Oral History Society @oralhistsoc.bsky.social Founded in 1973, the Oral History Society is dedicated to collecting, preserving and promoting the use of recorded memories. Run by volunteers, the OHS plays a key role in supporting and developing oral history practice in the both the UK and abroad
Journey to Justice @journeytojustice.bsky.social We share galvanising stories to spark action for social justice. ✊️📣 Human Rights Education Charity: Arts, History, and Community.
https://journeytojustice.org.uk/
Admirable Women @admirablewomen.bsky.social Celebrating admirable women and girls (historical & contemporary). Their courage, resilience, perseverance, triumphs. Highlighting "firsts." Raising awareness of injustices and our struggles, obstacles, erasure, and more. #WomenInSTEM & in everything else!
Rupert Rivett @rupertrivett.bsky.social 📸 Photographer | capturing life's candid moments with my camera 📸
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#RealStreetPhotography #Photojournalism|
Skilled in unobtrusive, authentic #storytelling
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The Flytrap @theflytrapmedia.com Worker-owned, community-oriented intersectional feminist journalism to unfuck your algorithm.
🔗 theflytrapmedia.com
The Atlantic @theatlantic.com Exploring the American idea through ambitious, essential reporting and storytelling. Of no party or clique since 1857. http://theatlantic.com
Huffington Post Today @huffington.bsky.social Read the latest headlines, news stories, and opinion from Politics, Entertainment, Life, Perspectives, and more. https://www.huffingtonposttoday.com/
Huck Magazine @huckmag.com Sport • Music • Rebellion
The New Yorker @newyorker.com Unparalleled reporting and commentary on politics and culture, plus humor and cartoons, fiction and poetry. Get our Daily newsletter: http://nyer.cm/gtI6pVM
Follow The New Yorker’s writers and contributors: https://go.bsky.app/Gh5bFwS
Mother Jones Magazine [Unofficial] @motherjones.com.web.brid.gy 🌉 bridged from 🌐 https://motherjones.com/: https://fed.brid.gy/web/motherjones.com
Novara Media @novaramedia.com 📺 📰🎙🚩 People-powered media. https://linktr.ee/novaramedia
The Washington Post @washingtonpost.com Democracy Skies in Blueness
The New York Times @nytimes.com We seek the truth and help people understand the world. Not a subscriber? Your first month is now free in our app. https://nytimes.onelink.me/Xpht/zbx4nci9
The Independent @the-independent.com News, comment and features from The Independent, the world's most free-thinking newspaper.
Dr Beckie Rutherford (she/her) @beckierutherford.bsky.social Historian of disability, gender and sexuality in modern Britain | UKRI Research Fellow @voicesofmotherhood.bsky.social | Editor @historyworkshop.org.uk | erstwhile Warwick and IHR
HOWL @howl2025.bsky.social HOWL aims to create a welcoming online home for all oral, written and photographic memories of the Women's Liberation Movement 1969-1990s.
We invite all older feminists to contribute!
Visit our website to find out more >> https://howl-uk.org/about <<
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez @aoc.bsky.social Waitress turned Congresswoman for the Bronx and Queens. Grassroots elected, small-dollar supported. A better world is possible.
ocasiocortez.com
Sue Gill @suegill.bsky.social Passionate member of the Women's Institute - let's end violence against women and girls now! 
@Northern Soul Consultancy CIC @northernsoulcic.bsky.social Based in Manchester, UK, we support and celebrate the people driving positive social change across the North and beyond.
https://linktr.ee/northernsoulconsultancycic
London Heritage Volunteering Group @londonhvg.bsky.social Peer support network for individuals and organisations engaging volunteers in the heritage sector in Greater London.
We're free to join via HVG here (https://heritagevolunteeringgroup.org.uk/join-us/) - select LondonHVG as your regional network!
Claire Adler @cladle.bsky.social Heritage, Culture & Communities Consultant: NLHF Mentor; supporting and developing NLHF museum & community heritage projects, audience development research and also Chair of Queen Edith’s Community Forum, Cambridge (she/her) www.claireadler.co.uk
Museum of Homelessness @ourmoh.bsky.social We are a grassroots community museum in Finsbury Park North London led by people with experience of homelessness
We do direct community action, independent investigations, collecting and unforgettable art. Find out more:
museumofhomelessness.org
Social History Curators Group @shcg.bsky.social Not just for curators! Social history? Museums? Join us!
No bio, no follow back.
https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/shcg-conference-2025-curating-communities-tickets-1353581481649
Wellcome Collection @wellcomecollection.bsky.social A free museum and library in London and online. Explore the past, present and future of health with us.
wellcomecollection.org
The Heritage Alliance @heritagealliance.bsky.social The voice of the heritage movement | Uniting 200+ heritage organisations
Esther Fox @appleyardfox.bsky.social Passionate about Museums and Galleries; particularly in making them more porous and representative of the diverse and vibrant communities they serve. Currently leading Screen South's Accentuate programme, heading up ACE funded Curating Visibility.
Kids in Museums @kidsinmuseums.bsky.social We work with museums, heritage sites and cultural organisations to help them welcome and include children, young people and families.
www.kidsinmuseums.org.uk
Autism in Museums @autisminmuseums.bsky.social Sharing Autism in Museums events #AutisminMuseums #Autism #ASC #inclusion #access #culture #museums Run by Claire Madge
Sign up for our monthly email on events and info via the website.
https://www.autisminmuseums.com/
Sarah Woolley @sarahwoolley.bsky.social Investigations and features. Got a story? Get in touch: https://sarahwoolley.com/
Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social Green Party Leader (England & Wales)
London Assembly Member.
🏳️🌈
Promoted by Elfrede Brambley-Cranshaw on behalf of the Green Party of England and Wales. c/I po box 78066, London. SE16 9GQ
Carve Her Name @carvehername.bsky.social Every day women have, and are, making history. Follow us to get daily posts on what women have done #OnThisDay. 🗃️
We check replies on weekdays, but not always at weekends.
https://carvehername.org.uk/ and https://linktr.ee/CarveHerName
IHR Women @ihrwomen.bsky.social IHR Women's History Seminar, Schools of Advanced Study, University of London
The Anne Lister Society @annelistersociety.bsky.social Fostering knowledge of Anne Lister’s undaunted life and extraordinary writing; working to relay and interpret her legacy (Prof Laurie Shannon posting).
🪶 https://english.northwestern.edu/about/anne-lister-society/index.html
📸 West Yorks. Archive Service
Gillian Murphy @gillianmurphy.bsky.social Archives The Women's Library Hall-Carpenter Archives @lselibrary.bsky.social
John Henry @priveteye.bsky.social I'm on Substack :- @johnhenry362661
Life is what happens while you're making other plans
Einstein believed socialism was the way to progress beyond our predatory phase.
Ulster Rugby . Stand Up For The Ulstermen🤚
Pen and Sword Books @penandswordbooks.bsky.social Independent publisher of military, aviation, maritime, family history, transport, social & local history, true crime & more!
Tim Reedy @elitelipreader.bsky.social Expert forensic lipreader. Trusted by legal and law enforcement professionals. I can lipread video footage without sound and create court-admissible transcripts.
https://www.elitelipreader.com
Kate Bod @katebod.bsky.social Book #Editor, #Writer and #Lipspeaker (@se-lipspeakers.bsky.social)
Waltham Forest Migrant Action @wfmigrantaction.bsky.social Supporting migrants and refugees in Waltham Forest │ info@wfma.org.uk or campaigns@wfma.org.uk │ http://linktr.ee/wfma
Philippa Hellawell @pbhellawell.bsky.social Historian | Head of Collections Research at The National Archives (UK) | Maritime & colonial history | History of science & medicine | Currently researching Royal African Company/Company of Merchants.
The Hackney Society @hackney-society.bsky.social We work to preserve Hackney's unique heritage and built environment, and make the area a better place in which to live and work. Founded in 1967
Working Class History @workingclasshistory.com History isn't made by kings or politicians, it's made by us: billions of ordinary people. https://patreon.com/workingclasshistory
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/
SAVE Britain's Heritage @savetoreuse.bsky.social New Life for Remarkable Buildings
📢Join the movement, sign up to our monthly news and events bulletin➡️ bit.ly/4kaRFqC
Michael Rosen @michaelrosenyes.bsky.social Writer, performer, broadcaster, university professor
Website: www.michaelrosen.co.uk
YouTube Channel: 'Kids' Poems and Stories with Michael Rosen'
Radio show: BBC Radio 4 'Word of Mouth'
Goldsmiths University of London, Prof Children's Lit., teaching MA
Alistair Brown @alistairbrown.bsky.social Head of Museums, Libraries and Archives Policy at the National Lottery Heritage Fund
The National Lottery Community Fund @tnlcommunityfund.org.uk Awarding #NationalLottery funding to strengthen society and improve lives across the UK. #ItStartsWithCommunity
www.tnlcommunityfund.org.uk
Siobhán McGuirk @siobhan.bsky.social Researching, writing & teaching on immigration, LGBTQI+ rights, social movements, queer culture, art, film /// PhD Anthropology /// Editor Red Pepper magazine /// Book: Asylum for Sale
Red Pepper Media @redpeppermag.bsky.social 🌶 Spicing up the left since '94.
🗞️ Issue 248: ‘Striking back’ is out now.
⤵️ Subscribe today for just £3 a month!
Helen Pankhurst @helenpankhurst.bsky.social 
Heritage Volunteering Group @heritagevols.bsky.social A membership organisaiton, helping you unlock the power of volunteering. Sign up at heritagevolunteeringgroup.org.uk
Gillian Martin @gillmartin.bsky.social Seamus Heaney
it’s time to swim/out on your own & fill the element /with signatures on your own frequency/echosoundings,searches, probes, allurements/elver-gleams in the dark of the whole sea
Socialist
☆no gods☆no kings☆no fascists☆
#whatwoulddollydo
Judith Garfield @judithgarfield.bsky.social Director Eastside Community Heritage, Labour Cllr for Barkingside, Chair of Strategy and Resources Policy Development Committee. Trustee Redbridge Rainbow 🌈 🌹
UnLtd @unltd.org.uk We are UnLtd. We find, fund and support social entrepreneurs, empowering them to transform our world for good
Transition Walthamstow @ttwalthamstow.bsky.social Transition Walthamstow is a community led response to the pressures of climate change, fossil fuel depletion and increasingly, economic contraction
Noel Park Goes Green @noelparkgoesgreen.bsky.social Proud to call Noel Park in Haringey home.
siân pattenden @sian-superman.bsky.social stuff
Rock ‘n’ Roll Book Club @rnrbook-club.bsky.social We host great author events and have a podcast called Music Maps @musicmaps.bsky.social
https://rocknrollbookclub.co.uk/
Walthamstow, London and beyond…
Zoë Grünewald @zoegrunewald.bsky.social Political journalist & broadcaster |
Westminster Editor at the Lead UK |
Presenter on Fubar Radio |
Chatting on Oh God What Now |
Find my work and commission me here: https://www.zoegrunewald.com/
Sarah J. Jackson @sjjphd.bsky.social Prof @ Penn studying media, race, tech, feminism, politics.
Author of A SECOND SIGHT (Mariner, 2026), co-author #HASHTAGACTIVISM (MIT Press, 2020) + more.
Typos and opinions both mine.
Co‑Director: @miccenter.bsky.social
The Media, Inequality & Change Center @miccenter.bsky.social The Media, Inequality & Change Center explores the intersections between media, democracy, technology, policy, and social justice.
Karen Averby 🌊 @karenaverby.bsky.social karenaverby.co.uk
Buildings Historian/Consultant
Seaside Heritage, House History, Hotels, Architecture, Local History, Archaeology, Other Delights
Director ArchangelHeritage.co.uk
FRHistS ACIfA
Extreme Seagazer/ex-Archivist
Rep PastPreservers
Brum/London
Layers of London @layersoflondon.bsky.social https://www.layersoflondon.org/ Mapping London's history & heritage through time using maps, images, films & Londoners' stories. Part of @chppc.bsky.social and @ihr.bsky.social
George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social Ungainly on land
British Association for Local History @balhnews.bsky.social The British Association for Local History is the national charity which promotes local history and serving local historians throughout the UK #WeAreLocalHistory
Save Lea Marshes @saveleamarshes.bsky.social Follow our campaign to protect the Lower Lea Valley (Leyton, Walthamstow & Hackney Marshes) from inappropriate use and development.
https://www.saveleamarshes.org.uk
Natural Intelligence only
Bylines Network @bylinesnetwork.co.uk Powerful citizen journalism | Regulated by Impress
https://bylinesnetwork.co.uk
A network of 10 volunteer-led news publications from across the UK
Donate via https://bylinesnetwork.co.uk/donate/
Email info@bylinesnetwork.co.uk
@opendemocracy.net @opendemocracy.net Free thinking for the world 🌍 We're an independent media organisation. Find us > opendemocracy.net Also at @openDemocracy@newsie.social for those who toot too.
The Victorian Society @thevicsoc.bsky.social The national charity campaigning for Victorian and Edwardian Built Heritage. Join us!
linktr.ee/victoriansociety
Non-Governmental & Nonprofit Organization in England and Wales
Stef Dickers @stef-dickers.bsky.social Archives Manager at Bishopsgate Institute. Rather passionate about London, Activist, LGBTQ+ & Fetish Archives. Bass Player.
E7-NowandThen @e7nandt.bsky.social Host of www.E7-NowandThen.org. Interested in #CPFC, food, local history, politics, our dogs. Ex hack.
History Workshop @historyworkshop.org.uk // Radical History in a Digital Era // https://www.historyworkshop.org.uk/ //
|| enriching the work of History Workshop Journal || https://academic.oup.com/hwj/ ||
\\ continuing the democratising spirit of the History Workshop movement \\
Owen Jones @owenjones.bsky.social Socialist, antifascist, writer in various places, geriatric millennial, GQ's 9th Worst Dressed Man in 2016. He/him. YouTube channel http://bit.ly/33iARb3 🏳️🌈- W David Boote @wfwalkingpast.bsky.social Keen on the history of Leyton, Leytonstone and Chingford, and walking for pleasure in and around the borough of Waltham Forest.
Women's Institute @womensinstitute.bsky.social The WI is the largest voluntary women’s membership organisation in the UK, all about fun, friendship, & campaigning for change. 190,000+ members #InspiringWomen
https://linktr.ee/womensinstitute
www.thewi.org.uk
Fawcett Society @fawcettsociety.bsky.social UK’s only member-powered org fighting sexism and misogyny in all its forms.
💷 Revolutionising Work
🤖 Creating Feminist AI
🚆 Demanding Dignity and Safety in Public Services
Join us to build a feminist future. Est. 1866
https://www.fawcettsociety.org.
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/
LGBT+ History Month UK @lgbthm.bsky.social LGBT+ History Month UK, which takes place in February each year, was founded by @SchoolsOUTUK.bsky.social in 2004, and was first celebrated in 2005. The 2026 theme was Science and innovation.
https://lgbtplushistorymonth.co.uk/
Greg Jenner (Historian) @gregjenner.bsky.social ~Public Historian 📜🤓
~Host & creator BBC YOU’RE DEAD TO ME podcast😆🧐🎙️📻📜🏛️
~ Author of 8 funny books for kids & adults ✍️📚
~ BBC HORRIBLE HISTORIES (2008-19)
📺🤣
~Hon. Dr & Fellow, University of York IPUP 🧑🎓
~Spurs fan #COYS ⚽️
www.gregjenner.com 🧑💻
This American Life @thisamericanlife.org Each week we choose a theme. Then anything can happen. A weekly public radio show and podcast hosted by Ira Glass.
Institute of Historical Research @ihr.bsky.social The Institute of Historical Research is the UK’s national home for history. Supporting historians with digital resources, library, seminars & training
https://www.history.ac.uk/ Part of @sasnews.bsky.social
Society for the Study of Labour History @sslh.bsky.social Society for the Study of Labour History: the UK’s principal organisation dedicated to the study of labour history & publisher of Labour History Review sslh.org.uk
LSE Library @lselibrary.bsky.social Sharing our collections, celebrating our community and letting you know about our free events! Home to @lsepress.bsky.social and proudly #PartOfLSE.
lse.ac.uk/library
Spitalfields Life @thegentleauthor.bsky.social Join me for a ramble through 2000 years of culture and history at the heart of old London. www.thegentleauthorstours.com