Dr Jen Baker @jendeavour.bsky.social Lecturer in c19th and c20th Literature. #Gothic #DeathStudies #Childhood
Assoc Editor @ Gothic Studies
Ewan Gibbs @ewangibbs.bsky.social Historian of work, energy, industry and protest. Author of An Injury to All: The Unmaking of the British Working Class and Coal Country. Should be running or writing.
Fiona Chartres @chartresfi.bsky.social Former picture framer who loves churches, art, history and cheese...
EcoMuseum of Scottish Mining Landscapes @mininglandscapes.bsky.social Posts from Scotland’s first industrial eco-museum commemorating and recording mining landscapes through a series of community created cycling and walking routes.
Victoria Anne Pearson @vapearsonduffy.bsky.social PhD candidate, Ulster University
researching the life & work of Dr Francis Moylan, RC Bishop of Kerry & Cork, 1735-1815
https://pure.ulster.ac.uk/en/persons/victoria-anne-pearson/
The Material Culture of Wills Project @materialwills.bsky.social The Material Culture of Wills, England 1540-1790: a Leverhulme Trust funded project using digital tech & volunteers to transcribe 30,000 wills.
Visit our website: https://sites.exeter.ac.uk/materialcultureofwills/
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. Conall Ó Fátharta @ococonuts.bsky.social Ex-hack now PhD. Adoption/M+B institutions/Laundries.
Fulbright Scholar @Fulbright_eire @Glucksman Ireland House NYC
@IrishResearch Scholar
John Hume Scholar @maynoothuni
'Oh Conall is on, the bee in Conall’s bonnet'
Ciarán Wallace @cwallacedublin.bsky.social Historian of Urban 19-20th c. Ireland/UK.
Director @VirtualTreasury
Views are all my own.
Russ Rowlett - Lighthouse Directory @lhdirectory.bsky.social Retired UNC math ed professor and longtime lighthouse fan
The Black Country Dying Museum @bcdyingmuseum.bsky.social The BCDM is a virtual museum enjoying history, art and the natural world in the Midlands . All photos by the BCDM.
http://thebcdyingmuseum.blog
Remembering Srebrenica @srebrenicauk.bsky.social Remembering Srebrenica is the UK charitable initiative that promotes Srebrenica Memorial Day on 11th July and educates about the consequences of hate. https://linktr.ee/SrebrenicaUK
Jude Sherry @judesherry.bsky.social Artist Activist Designer
#DerelictIreland
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anois.org
Edinburgh O'Clock @edinburghclock.bsky.social Hourly images - 3 minutes early - of Scotland's capital city (and beyond) in all seasons, all sorts of weather & even its foulest mood. Run by Tom Duffin, @TomDuffinPhotos.bsky.social, www.tomduffin.com, and weekly newsletter tomduffin.substack.com
Mother Jones @motherjones.com Investigative journalism 🕵️, politics 🗳️, chart-tastic 📊, and sometimes sarcastic 🙄😌🤪
Join our people-powered nonprofit newsroom: motherjones.com/subscribe
Alexander Luckmann @aluckmann.bsky.social PhD candidate, modern German architecture | religion, preservation, environment | he/him views mine | New Orleans (for now)
With jazz and conversation
From the foot of Mount Belzoni
Old Burying Ground, Halifax @buryingground.bsky.social Founded 1749. A National Historic Site in downtown Halifax. Official account of the Old Burying Ground Foundation.
https://oldburyingground.ca/donate/
IHR Modern Religious History Seminar @ihrmodernrelighist.bsky.social Exploring new research and debates in the history of religion, across centuries, geographies and cultures. Co-convened by John Wolffe, John Maiden, Alana Harris, Hannah Elias and Grace Heaton.
Project Infant @projectinfant.ie Official account of Project Infant - the site dedicated to every victim of the Mother & Baby Homes in Ireland. Founder - @danielloftus.projectinfant.ie
All our links: https://projectinfant.carrd.co
Outside Write (Chris Lee) ⚽️ @outsidewrite.co.uk The curious fan’s football Substack and podcast by Chris Lee, author of 📕 Origin Stories (2021), 📘 The Defiant (2022), and 📗 Shades of Green (2025). DM to commission me
Groundhopping and football culture and history.
More 👉 https://linktr.ee/outsidewrite
@cocobank.bsky.social @cocobank.bsky.social
Tim McMahon @timtimothy87.bsky.social Historian of 19th-20th c Ireland & the British Empire. Faculty at Marquette University (WI, USA). Researching national identity, empires, decolonization, popular culture, especially religion.
Refusing to Forget @refusing2forget.bsky.social An award-winning public history project committed to sharing the history of state-sanctioned violence against Mexicans and Mexican Americans in Texas.
Irish Genealogical Research Society (IGRS) @igrs1936.bsky.social We are the “Great Granddaddy of all Irish Family History Societies”. Founded in 1936, we’re the world’s oldest society dedicated Irish family history - and now in our 90th year. 🎉☘️
https://www.irishancestors.ie
Association for the Study of Death and Society @asdsdeath.bsky.social The Association for the Study of Death and Society promotes the study of death in the arts, humanities, and social & allied sciences. Become a member today: deathandsociety.org
Folkloring Podcast @folkloringpodcast.bsky.social Welcome to 'Folkloring,' the podcast that invites you to actively engage with practical folklore in your daily life. Created by writer and folklore researcher Tracy Nicholas Find us online at: https://folkloringlife.com/ #folklore
Simon Paris Tours Cemeteries @simonparistours.bsky.social Simon Paris Tours is here to connect you with the incredible stories of Paris.
All photos were taken by a human (moi)
📍 Paris
📍 Père Lachaise Cemetery
📍 Montmartre hill & Cemetery
📍DM for walking tours info
Patrick Gleeson @papgleeson.bsky.social Archaeologist and Deputy Head of School Natural and Built Environment, Queen’s University Belfast. Munster fan, coffee enthusiast.
New book with FCP: Landscapes of Kingship in Early Medieval Ireland
https://pure.qub.ac.uk/en/persons/patrick-gleeson
Peter Gabriel @itspetergabriel.bsky.social 'Looking For The Happy' is out now.
Archiseek Canada (Paul Clerkin) @archiseek-winnipeg.bsky.social Winnipeg based account for new additions to https://www.archiseek.com/buildings/canada/
#winnipeg #winnipegarchitecture #architecture #canadianarchitecture #canada
Edinburgh Images 📷 @colognuh.bsky.social Trying to post a daily picture from around Edinburgh, things the tourists don’t see or arty stuff or things I just like.
All the images are my own.
Barb Drummond @barbdrummond.bsky.social Self publishing historian mostly on 18th century Britain. Books on wife selling, machines of the Enlightenment, and much more. Latest book The Great Flood of 1607 published September 2024. Love photography, churchcrawling, curiosity
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
Andy Arthur💃🏰⚓🦌 Threadinburgh 🧵 @threadinburgh.scot Overlooked tales of Edinburgh, Leith & Scottish local history. Expect the unexpected: people, buildings, transport, maps & occasional attempts to be funny. Stories also published at https://threadinburgh.scot 🐦 ex-Cocteautriplets
The International Network for Crimean War Studies @crimeanwar.bsky.social INCWS fosters communication between individuals around the globe who research or have published/presented scholarship on/related to the Crimean War. Visit https://crimeanwarnetwork.wordpress.com/
ihta_ria.bsky.social @ihtaria.bsky.social The IHTA is a research programme of the Royal Irish Academy & produces historic atlases of towns on the island of Ireland from earliest times to 1900
Go deeper: https://www.ria.ie/research-programmes/irish-historic-towns-atlas//
The Friends of Mount Moriah Cemetery Historical Stories @mountmoriahhistory.bsky.social The Friends of Mount Moriah Cemetery is a 501(c)3 nonprofit organization dedicated to the preservation and promotion of Mount Moriah Cemetery of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA. https://friendsofmountmoriahcemetery.org/
@lucygobag.bsky.social @lucygobag.bsky.social
Matt Houlbrook @tricksterprince.bsky.social History, Britain, culture, cities, selfhood, sexuality, gender, #20s30s.
Now - The Institute: The untold story of Pelmanism and its followers
Just out - Songs of Seven Dials: An intimate history of 1920s and 1930s London (MUP)
He / him
Library of the Royal Irish Academy @rialibrary.bsky.social Premier research library @ria.ie. Manuscript, book, pamphlet & drawings collections, outreach programmes, master classes & visits, exhibitions & lectures.
Cork Folklore Project @corkfolklore.bsky.social Collecting Cork's Stories for 30 Years
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
History Hub at UCD @historyhub.bsky.social History Hub is based at the School of History, University College Dublin. Our ambition is to make the most recent academic research available on-line to everyone who loves history.
https://historyhub.ie
@lunchtimedisco.bsky.social @lunchtimedisco.bsky.social
@foldedsunset.bsky.social @foldedsunset.bsky.social British in NYC. Longtime in Brooklyn, now in Queens. Arts, housing, green spaces, maps, buses & subways, stuff on the street.
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
Cork City FC @corkcityfc.ie The official account of The Rebel Army on Bluesky! #CCFC84 🇮🇹
Irish Writers Centre @irishwriterscentre.bsky.social Leading support and development organisation for writers in Ireland. Programmes | Resources | Courses | Events | #InternationalDebutNovelCompetition 📚
Supported by Arts Council of Ireland.
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
Henry Long @henrylong9.bsky.social Postboxes | London | urban architecture and streets | parks and gardens | urban rivers | theatre | opera | art | churches | cricket | Norfolk Terriers | decent beer | RNLI supporter. AI sceptic. All views personal.
The Journal of Transport History @jtransporthist.bsky.social The Journal of Transport History aims to circulate and promote the best and the widest possible range of peer reviewed analysis and commentary on all facets of transport pasts. More here: https://journals.sagepub.com/home/JTH
Dark Black Effect @ramsghetto.bsky.social Musician, video editor and very amateur photographer...
All photos and reposts are of my hometown
#Ramsgate #Kent #UK
Remember It - Recuérdalo @recuerdalo.bsky.social I post here images of cemeteries, monuments, and memorials. All photos, except reposts, are mine. Thank you very much to all who follow, like, and repost.
Dr Michael Clifford @drmikeclifford.bsky.social Paediatric intensivist, anaesthetist, atheist, skeptic, member of the “Guardian Reading, Tofu eating, Wokerati”, former animal eater and alcohol self medicator
Still learning to partner, parent, and appreciate the small things (like compost microbes)
Found View @foundview.bsky.social Time is a brisk wind.
Archival-quality photography prints available.
@stjohnsgraveyard.bsky.social @stjohnsgraveyard.bsky.social
The Wanderer @wandererphotos.bsky.social Railway Professional, Enthusiast, Photographer, Events programme Officer for Dublin Branch of Irish Railway Record Society http://irrs.ie
See my transport photographic website at www.thewandererphotos.com
Socials at https://linktr.ee/wandererphotos
Ways With Weirds @wayswithweirds.bsky.social Ru Callender. Undertaker, ritualist, raver and author of "What Remains? Life death and the human art of undertaking." Described as "Best undertakers of all time, by a country mile." by Charles Cowling of Good Funeral Guide.
Kevin Burke @kevburkeie.bsky.social Urban Planner specialising in sustainable transport. Liveable cities advocate. Daon-Phoblacht Chorcaí.
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.
Rebecca Nagle @rebeccanagle.bsky.social Cherokee writer and journalist, check out my substack: https://gohini.substack.com/
Author of BY THE FIRE WE CARRY. Host of First America podcast. Out June 22. Subscribe now! firstamerica.info
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
Time is hungry @time-is-hungry.bsky.social Old Feelings, New England
David Toms @daithitoms.bsky.social Writer. Hold Over Fire (2026) out now from Veer2.
Pacemaker (Banshee Press, 2022). Northly (Turas Press, 2019). Writing recently in Magma, DRB, aswirl, Banshee, Gorse.
🇮🇪 living in 🇳🇴.
Good Grief Festival @goodgrieffest.bsky.social Festivals, events and courses exploring love and loss. https://www.goodgrieffest.com/
Donate: https://justgiving.com/fundraising/goodgrieffest
National Monuments Service @nationalmons.bsky.social Promotion, Preservation and Protection of Ireland's archaeological heritage.
#ProtectOurPast #CheckBeforeYouDig #ClimateActionIRL #UCHIreland #WorldHeritage #CMF #MonumentMonday #HeritageIreland
www.archaeology.ie
https://linktr.ee/nationalmonumentsservice
cbnewham @parishchurches.org FSA. Author. Photographer. IT specialist.
Church architecture & contents.
If you want to know what churches are open during the day then get my Keyholder for Parish Churches app (Android and Apple).
Bio:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cameron_Newham
Merriam-Webster @merriam-webster.com noun | a reference source containing words alphabetically arranged along with information about their forms, pronunciations, functions, and etymologies
Stephen O'Neill @oneillsb.bsky.social Irish Culture and Partition, 1920-1955 (Liverpool University Press, April 2026)
Jess Dunkin @jdunkin.bsky.social settler, feminist, paddler, writer, historian | grad of TWSO | @utpress author, CANOE AND CANVAS | producer, HOW I SURVIVED PODCAST | research associate @AuroraCollegeNT | adjunct @UAlberta | principal, Dunkin Creative
Katie Crane @ohfolkthat.bsky.social She who hangs out a lot in cemeteries | PhD candidate in Folklore | She/Her
Karen @songthrush83.bsky.social History nerd. Nature lover. Cat magnet. Cemetery wanderer.
Rspinelli @librarianchef.bsky.social Independent researcher, archivist and librarian researching in the fields of conspiracy theories and death studies. Always open to discussing new projects and collaborations.
https://www.robert-spinelli.com
Church Monuments Society @churchmonuments.bsky.social We offer a focus for those with an interest in church monuments of all types and periods. Posts by @heritagepilgrim.bsky.social
Colette Kelleher @colettek.bsky.social Bleeding heart
Andy Sheridan @andysheridan.bsky.social Dublin, Ireland
Architecture/music/photography - not necessarily in that order.
www.andysheridanphotography.com
https://www.instagram.com/bakerjnr/
Ormston House @ormstonhouse.com Ormston House is a meeting place for the arts in the heart of Limerick city. Queries to info@ormstonhouse.com
Welwyn Archaeological Society @welwynarchsoc.bsky.social The Society's Blue Sky feed run by the Director with an interest in all things archaeological especially archaeological method, geophysics and fieldwork. Have been known to publish a few things on coins and stats too. Always looking for speakers!
Wendy @hyssop.bsky.social Minneapolis, France, dogs, books, food and criminal justice reform. If I’m not here I’m out walking.
The Backtracker History Show @backtrackeruk.bsky.social The history show on Bradley Stoke Radio in Bristol, released as a podcast later, all about interesting historical true tales from the UK and beyond. Also a trustee of Steep Holm Island in the Bristol Channel.
Caring for God's Acre @caringforgodsacre.bsky.social Caring for God’s Acre works nationally to support groups and individuals to investigate and care for burial grounds
George Marshall Medical Museum @gmmedicalmuseum.bsky.social Small & mighty. Exploring changes in history of medicine in the Charles Hastings Education Centre. Open Monday to Friday 9am to 5pm. Mannequins, life and death, medical instruments. Worcester, UK. Closed Bank Holidays.
Caroline Champion @ceechampion.bsky.social Writer/Researcher, author of Liverpool Ghost Signs, working on 2 books, contributor to BFI & a book on Nigel Kneale's 'Beasts', lover of folklore & dark history
Cedar Lounge Revolution @clrevolution.bsky.social For lefties too stubborn to quit.
https://cedarlounge.wordpress.com/
The Past and other Places @pastandotherplaces.bsky.social Kay W. Historical geography (PhD) researching housing, local and family history. Edinburgh 🏴 Resources at The Past and other Places (blogs rarely). Takes photos (kaysgeog on Flickr). Pedestrian non-driver.
https://thepastandotherplaces.wordpress.com/
Alison Martin @alisonmartin.bsky.social Writer and historian focusing on the Irish revolutionary period 📚✍️
Irish Place Names @irishplacenames.bsky.social Unusual and interesting Irish placenames #speirgorm
Apotropaios @folkmagicman.bsky.social Researcher of strange things found in walls and under floors since 1999... FSA. Author of Magical House Protection & Bredon Hill. Guitar player!
www.apotropaios.co.uk
@a3minutewonder.bsky.social @a3minutewonder.bsky.social Son, Sibling, Husband, Father. All photos are my own unless noted.
Paracelsian @paracelsian.bsky.social Pagan, RE Teacher, Letter-carver, Metalhead, ex-Dog-walker, wanna-be runner, post-Cancer.
"The only proof, of who you are is in the way you hear the truth. Don't be scared, live to win, although they're always gonna tell you it's a sin".
Norma Explores @normaexplores.bsky.social Exploring the darker side of East Anglian history, researching war graves, and sharing lesser known snippets from local history. Side-quest : The Jeevar Archive of East Anglian images from 1974 - 85
🥀🪦 @graveyardgirly.bsky.social I walk amongst the stones not to mourn,but to witness love that has nowhere to go but back to the earth.
All photos in media are my own.
Alt text friendly.
Chris Woodyard @chriswoodyard.bsky.social Author A is for Arsenic: An ABC of Victorian Death, The Victorian Book of the Dead, 10 books on ghostlore. Death, mourning, dress history, Forteana. No politics. Podcast: Boggart and Banshee
Blog: https://thevictorianbookofthedead.wordpress.com
Fiona McLees @mclees-fiona.bsky.social Paper conservator in Wales. Manuscripts, drawings, artists’ materials, studios, sideline interests in holy wells, roodscreens, and all manner of heritage at the end of long country lanes. Colour-related Instagram posts @chromatic_dispatches
Centre for Open Thanatology @openthanatology.bsky.social The Centre for Open Thanatology is the Open University’s interdisciplinary research centre dedicated to the study & education of death, dying, loss, & grief across the life course & in diverse contexts. Directors: Prof Erica Borgstrom & Dr Joanne Jordan.
INDY-HIST @indy-hist.bsky.social Independent Historians Working Group
. . . a collaboration between independent historians for mutual support.
www.bit.ly/INDY_HIST
Ulster Archaeological Society @ulster-archaeology.bsky.social The Ulster Archaeological Society aims to promote the involvement of the public in local archaeological activity across Ulster. We hold regular lectures & publish the Ulster Journal of Archaeology.
Find out more at www.qub.ac.uk/sites/uas/
David McCullagh @mcculld.bsky.social Journalist with RTE, presenter of the Today show, Springsteen and Leinster fan, views mine not RTE's. RTs are not an endorsement. Get my new book here linktr.ee/mcculld
Rebecca Graff-McRae @poliscirish.bsky.social Political researcher. Deconstructor of discourses. Dancer of jigs. Spectator of spectres. Herder of hooligans.
PhD in Irish political history. QUB alum. Research manager at Parkland Institute