Maurice J. Casey @mauricejcasey.com Historian of intimacy and revolution in 1920s-40s Europe. New project: anti-Nazi vegetarians.
Author of Irish Book Awards shortlisted HOTEL LUX — about a hotel in 1920s Moscow — and radical history newsletter Archive Rats:
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Ilkley Literature Festival @ilkleylitfest.bsky.social The north of England's longest-running literature festival.
Coming in 2026: 2-18 October 2026.
#ILF26 | Produced by @thewordupnorth.bsky.social
Jack El-Hai @jackelhai.bsky.social #Author: THE NAZI & THE PSYCHIATRIST (adapted to movie NUREMBERG). Coming: THE CASE OF THE AUTOGRAPHED CORPSE. #Writer of DAMN #HISTORY newsletter. Bookstore: https://bookshop.org/shop/el-hai
Faber Books US @faberbooksus.bsky.social
Laura King (she/her) @lauracking.bsky.social Historian, latest book Living with the Dead (open access, OUP, 2025). Interested everyday life, emotional relationships, and how history gets passed on.
Love collaborating with people in and outside the University
Tom Holland @holland-tom.bsky.social New translation of Suetonius out in February! Dinosaur enthusiast. ‘A leading English cricketer’ - The Times. Podcast: theresthistory.bsky.social
The Rest Is History @theresthistory.bsky.social History + bad accents, with Tom Holland and Dominic Sandbrook.
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Zach Schonfeld @zachschonfeld.bsky.social Freelance writer and editor. Contributor to Pitchfork, Paste, Vulture, The Guardian, etc. Author of two books. Still sitting in a room. Email: zschonfeld@gmail.com.
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/
Clive Webb @clivewebb.bsky.social Historian and author, University of Sussex. Regular contributor to Shindig! magazine.
John Canning @johngcanning.bsky.social Senior Lecturer, Learning and Teaching Enhancement Centre, Kingston University London
Agnes C. Poirier @agnescpoirier.bsky.social Journalist, writer & broadcaster.
📚LEFT BANK, Arts, Passion and the Rebirth of Paris 1940-1950 (Bloomsbury)
📚NOTRE-DAME, The Soul of France (OneWorld)
✍️ 🎤 📺 UK and French politics, Arts and History
Ruth Fox @ruthfox.bsky.social Director of the Hansard Society, working to make Parliament more effective.
🎧 Co-host of the Parliament Matters podcast | https://hansardsociety.start.page/
Catherine Barnard @cbarnard.bsky.social Professor of EU law and Employment law, Trinity College Cambridge, senior fellow, UK in a Changing Europe. Knows a little bit about EU and Brexit things.
Kenan Malik @kenanmalik.bsky.social Writer & Observer columnist. Latest book: Not So Black and White (Hurst). “Unsettles the pieties of contemporary race-talk” - Paul Gilroy. “A work of immense scholarship” – Jon Bloomfield. Website: https://kenanmalik.com/
Tim Bale @timbale.bsky.social Professor of Politics at Queen Mary University of London & author of The Conservative Party after Brexit: Turmoil and Transformation (now out in paperback). The bits and pieces I do for websites and newspapers turn up eventually at https://proftimbale.com
Peter Geoghegan @petergeoghegan.bsky.social Irishman in London. Founder of award winning investigative news site Democracy for Sale https://democracyforsale.substack.com/
Rob Ford @robfordmancs.bsky.social Politics Professor, University of Manchester. Sky News Elections Analyst
Author of "The British General Election of 2024" & "Brexitland". All takes are mine only.
"The Swingometer", is here: https://swingometer.substack.com/
https://www.robertford.net/
Rothermere American Institute @raioxford.bsky.social The RAI is a Department of the University of Oxford, dedicated to the interdisciplinary and comparative study of the USA. Check out our podcast, The Last Best Hope with our Director, Professor Adam Smith!
https://www.rai.ox.ac.uk/
City Lights Booksellers & Publishers @citylightsbooks.bsky.social A literary meetingplace since 1953, City Lights is a landmark bookstore and publishing house, known for our commitment to innovative writing and progressive ideals.
Hasan Kwame Jeffries @profjeffries.bsky.social Bklyn Morehouse Duke (not bball, PhD) Hist Prof at Ohio St. Author Bloody Lowndes & Understanding Teaching Civil Rights Mvt. Podcast: Teaching Hard History. Author Audible Series: Great Figures Civil Rights Mvt. Also, we who believe in freedom cannot rest!
Frank Finlay @frankjf.bsky.social Emeritus Professor of German, University of Leeds. Former Executive Dean of the Faculty of Arts, Humanities and Cultures. Chair/Trustee: Word Up North, Skipton Music. #bwfc
University of Leeds @universityofleeds.bsky.social Celebrating what makes Leeds special ❤️🏳️🌈🌍
The Last Best Hope? Podcast @tlbhpodcast.bsky.social The podcast from Oxford University's Rothermere American Institute that explores how history has shaped America.
Host: aipsmith.bsk.social
John A. Kirk @johnakirk.bsky.social Author/editor of ten books. Check them out here: https://www.amazon.com/author/jakirk
Mark Hamill @markhamillofficial.bsky.social Believe in yourself! Work hard, never give up & anything's possible! OR: Kick back, relax & aim low: You'll never be disappointed...😜
@midwestmodern.bsky.social @midwestmodern.bsky.social Architecture, Art, and Design from the Midwest | Prints: shopmidwestmodern.com | Patreon: http://patreon.com/midwestmodern | Contact: josh.lipnik@gmail.com
C20 Society @c20society.bsky.social The national charity campaigning to protect Britain’s modern architectural and design heritage. Reuse Them or Lose Them!
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LGBTQ History @lgbtqhistory.bsky.social Perusing archives for LGBTQ+ History. Forever #LGBWithTheT.
John Grindrod @grindrod.bsky.social Social historian of modern places. Tales of the Suburbs, on LGBTQ+ history, out now. Wrote Concretopia and Outskirts. Disappointingly unserious. Podcast: Monstrosities Mon Amour
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James Richardson @acjimbo.bsky.social Hosts @totallyshow.bsky.social, a podcast about football
Jim Al-Khalili @jimalkhalili.bsky.social Jim Al-Khalili CBE FRS. Academic, author, broadcaster. Distinguished Emeritus Professor of Physics @UniofSurrey,
https://jimal-khalili.com
https://www.youtube.com/@UnbaffledScience
David Leavitt @davidleavitt.bsky.social Award-Winning Multimedia Journalist.
Bylines: CBS, AXS, Yahoo, Examiner, etc.
I love #Games, #Lotr, #StarWars, and #StarTrek.
Casual #MTG #TTRPG, & #Boardgames player.
Work w/me: DavidLeavitt@gmail.com
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National Review @nationalreview.bsky.social Standing athwart history, yelling Stop.
A magazine founded by the late William F. Buckley Jr.
https://www.nationalreview.com
Catherine Fletcher @catherinefletcher.info Writing history, usually in Manchester, when possible in Italy. 'Renaissance skulduggery' - The Guardian. THE FIREARM REVOLUTION out now. Previous books include THE BEAUTY AND THE TERROR; ROADS TO ROME.
George Takei @georgetakei.bsky.social Husband, Actor, Activist, Uncle George to the Internet 🖖
Martin Lewis @martinlewis.moneysavingexpert.com Founded MoneySavingExpert, @moneyandmentalhealth.org, (ish) the Martin Lewis Money Show ITV & Martin Lewis Podcast
Arthur Snell @snellarthur.bsky.social Writer, podcaster and former diplomat.
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Dr Catherine Bateson @catbateson.bsky.social American History Lecturer/Ithaca College London/ British Online Archives Academic Liaison Manager/Associate Editor http://irishamericancivilwar.com / FRHistS/“Irish American Civil War Songs” https://lsupress.org/books/detail/irish-american-civil-war-songs/
Danielle Terrazas Williams @drdanielletw.bsky.social Award-winning Author. Associate Professor, School of History, University of Leeds. Author of The Capital of Free Women: Race, Legitimacy, and Liberty in Colonial Mexico. Research: Black people, Women, Slavery, Freedom, Law, Jesuits.
Kendrick Oliver @koushist.bsky.social Professor of American History, University of Southampton
Interested in many things, but mostly writing these days about technology, physics and cosmology
Dr Jenny Woodley @jennywoodley.bsky.social Historian and Lecturer. US History. Race and Memory. Current project: Mourning at the Museum
Daniel Rowe @danrowe.bsky.social Historian. Director of Academic Programmes, Rothermere American Institute, University of Oxford. Political economy, capitalism, urban, and policy history.
Adam Kinzinger @adamkinzinger.substack.com Dad. Husband. Former GOP congressman. Voted to impeach Trump. Now fighting for our democracy. Lt. Col. Air National Guard (ret). Founder of Country First
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The Bulwark @thebulwark.com Political analysis and reporting free of tribal prejudices. Sign up for our newsletters here: https://thebulwark.com/subscribe
Iain Dale @iaindale.bsky.social LBC Radio presenter
Gob on a Stick
Serial book editor
Co-host of the WHERE POLITICS MEETS HISTORY podcast
David Frum @davidfrum.bsky.social Staff writer for the Atlantic. Host of the David Frum Show webcast. Formerly ... quite a lot of things.
Washington DC and Wellington, Ontario.
Reach me via Producer@TheDavidFrumShow.com
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@davidgauke @davidgauke.bsky.social Recovering politician, writes columns, editor of The Case For The Centre Right.
The Lincoln Project @lincolnproject.us "You cannot escape the responsibility of tomorrow by evading it today.” – Abraham Lincoln 🏴☠️ | Home of #TheBreakdown and LP Podcast
George Conway ⚖️🇺🇸 @gtconway.bsky.social Recovering lawyer | Owned by a Pembroke Corgi | Host of Psycho Politics pod and contributor, @TheBulwark.com | Crappy pol | Trying to figure out Substack
substack.com/@gtconway
Dan Snow @thehistoryguy.bsky.social Creative Director of the world's best History Channel https://linktr.ee/HistoryHit | I host the Dan Snow’s @HistoryHit podcast
Timothy Snyder @timothysnyder.bsky.social Temerty Professor of Modern European History, Munk School, University of Toronto; Permanent Fellow, IWM Vienna; Emeritus Levin Professor, Yale. Author of "On Freedom," "On Tyranny," "Our Malady," "Road to Unfreedom," "Black Earth," and "Bloodlands"
Richard Coles @richardcoles.bsky.social Writer, podcaster, musician, priest.
Anne-Marie Angelo @dr-ama.bsky.social Historian at University of Sussex: transnational race, gender, imperialism, migration C19-20. TV writer. Daughter, aunt, Shawn's sister. She/her. Hove/Virginia Beach. Own opinions.
marybeard @wmarybeard.bsky.social Classicist
Eline van Ommen @elinevanommen.bsky.social Associate Professor of International History at the University of Leeds, UK. Historian of Latin America, revolutions, peace processes, and the Cold War. Author "Nicaragua Must Survive: Sandinista Revolutionary Diplomacy in the Global Cold War" (UC Press)
John Gallagher @earlymodernjohn.bsky.social Irishman between Yorkshire and Addis Ababa. Historian of language, education, migration at the University of Leeds. Editor of Renaissance Studies. Occasional BBC radio presenter. Currently learning Amharic/አማርኛ እየተማርኩ ነው. Dad!
Kate Dossett @katedossett.bsky.social Historian of theatre, culture, archives; Author of Radical Black Theatre in the New Deal; Collaborator on STAGING THE ARCHIVE: bringing to life plays by Black Theatre Makers working in early 20th Century Britain in the Lord Chamberlain’s Plays Collection.
Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social Historian: White Flight; New Suburban History; Fog of War; One Nation Under God; Fault Lines; Voter Suppression; Myth America. CAMPAIGN TRAILS: campaign-trails.ghost.io
Joshua Zeitz @joshuamzeitz.bsky.social Historian. Politico Magazine contributing writer. NYT best-selling author.
Jeanne Theoharis @jeannetheoharis.bsky.social Distinguished Professor at Brooklyn College, Author of The Rebellious Life of Mrs. Rosa Parks and King of the North: Martin Luther King Jr.'s Life of Struggle Outside the South
Say Burgin @sayburgin.bsky.social 20th C US Historian. Author of Organizing Your Own: The White Fight for Black Power in Detroit (NYU Press 2024). Bylines @ The Nation, WaPo, HuffPo.
WifiMarxist @wifimarxist.bsky.social Woke bozo, pessimistic of intellect, optimistic of will; Heaton Stan, West Brom, men in shorts
Susie Dent @susiedentwords.bsky.social Always in the Corner
Faber Books @faberbooks.bsky.social Publishing independently since 1929.
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London Review of Books @lrb.co.uk Critical thinking, published every fortnight.
Read at lrb.co.uk
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Tom McTague @tommctague.bsky.social Editor in Chief of the New Statesman
Rafael Behr @rafaelbehr.bsky.social Political columnist, The Guardian
Author, Politics, A Survivor's Guide
Website: https://rafaelbehr.com/
Jonathan Portes @jdportes.bsky.social Professor of Economics and Public Policy, King's College London; Senior Fellow, UKICE. Immigration, economics, public policy. Personal views only; usual disclaimers apply. https://jonathandportes.github.io/
Torsten Bell @torstenbell.bsky.social Member of Parliament for Swansea West
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
Nigella Lawson @nigella.bsky.social Just to let you know, there are many, many recipes waiting for you on www.nigella.com
Ian Dunt @iandunt.bsky.social Journalist. Author. Podcaster. Liberal extremist.
Gary Sheffield @profgsheffield.bsky.social Military History & other stuff. Visiting Prof, Defence Studies Dept, KCL. Husband, father, grandpa. Christian. Arsenal. Labour. Spaniel magnet. All opinions are just mine. Reposts do not = endorsement.
Nicholas Guyatt @nicholasguyatt.bsky.social I teach American history at Cambridge. Views/opinions strictly personal. Content 40% political, 30% historical, 30% cat photos but ratio under constant review
honor sachs @drhonor.bsky.social Historian, professor, tired.
Sarah Churchwell @sarahchurchwell.bsky.social Public Humanities Prof, School of Advanced Study, Univ London. American abroad. Journalism, US politics, cultural & literary history esp 1920s & 30s & F. Scott Fitzgerald. Podcast: Journey Through Time with David Olusoga. @throughtimepod.bsky.social
Heather Cox Richardson (TDPR) @hcrichardson.bsky.social Historian. Author. Professor. Budding Curmudgeon. I study the contrast between image and reality in America, especially in politics.
Tom Sutcliffe @tds153.bsky.social Presenter, Radio Four’s Front Row and Start the Week.
Gavin Esler @gavinesler.bsky.social Writer, broadcaster, new book “Britain Is Better Than This” gavinesler.substack.com
Contact: lfennimore@noelgay.com
Marie Le Conte @youngvulgarian.marieleconte.com jack of like five to six trades / journalist, author, radio person, art dealer, etc / marie.s.leconte@gmail.com
Jonathan Coe @jonathancoe.bsky.social Writer. New novel coming in November: LESSONS IN HARMONY. Previous titles include What a Carve Up!, The Rotters' Club, Middle England, The Proof of My Innocence ...
https://linktr.ee/coelinks
Alan Rusbridger @arusbridger.bsky.social EX Editor, the Guardian/ prospect magazine. The New World. ARusbridger.com/ Speaking: karen@chartwellspeakers.com.
George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social Ungainly on land
Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social Berkeley professor, former Secretary of Labor. Co-founder of @inequalitymedia.bsky.social and @imcivicaction.bsky.social.
Substack: http://robertreich.substack.com
Buy my new book: https://sites.prh.com/reich
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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- A Andrew Hogan @andrewhogan.bsky.social Barrister at Kings Chambers,
blogger and Labrador owner.
Alex Massie @alexmassie.bsky.social Columnist for The Times and The Sunday Times, specialising in Scottish affairs. Also, co-host of The Ponsonby & Massie podcast, available on all pod-platforms.
Glenda Gilmore @glendagilmore.bsky.social Historian who lives in Connecticut and County Kerry. Latest book is Romare Bearden in the Homeland of His Imagination.
Adam Smith @aipsmith.bsky.social Professor of US Political History at Oxford. Director of the Rothermere American Institute. Research conservatism, parties, Civil War. Host of The Last Best Hope? Podcast.
Andrew Hartman @andrewhartman.bsky.social "Chill Commie." Professor of History at Illinois State University. Intellectual historian. I write books about US history, Karl Marx, culture wars, history of education.
Glen O'Hara @gsoh31.bsky.social Historian. Writer.
Peter Whitewood @pwhitewood.bsky.social Associate Prof & Head of History @YSJ. Early Soviet history and Stalinism. The Red Army and the Great Terror (2015); The Soviet-Polish War and its Legacy (2023). Working on POWs and the Soviet Red Cross. Occasional drummer https://shorturl.at/LRaWz
Michael Patrick Cullinane @mikecullinane.bsky.social NJ by birth, Cork by marriage, historian, NY Yankees fan, cocktail lover.
Let's talk about Theodore Roosevelt. Or the Gilded Age. Or whiskey.
https://shows.acast.com/gildedageandprogressiveera
Andrea Major @andreamajor.bsky.social Historian of C18 and C19 Britain, India and empire, esp. East India Company colonialism, sati, slavery and social reform. Views my own etc. She/her.
Sandra Scanlon @sandrascanlon.bsky.social Historian of the US at University College Dublin
Social Movements, Cold War, Vietnam, Iraq, History of American Conservatism, author The Pro-War Movement
http://umasspress.com/9781625340184/…
Patrick Andelic @pkandelic.bsky.social Historian of US liberalism, Congress, and the C20th Democratic Party. Trade unionist. Lanyard class warrior.
Chris Renwick @chrisrenwick.bsky.social Historian. Influencer. Athlete
Randall Stephens @randalljstephens.bsky.social American historian, religion, environment, pop culture, the South. Author: The Devil's Music (Harvard, 2018). Prof of Am & Brit Studies, Univ of Oslo. Fulbright alumnus.
Jo Wolff @jowolff.bsky.social Jonathan Wolff,
Political Philosopher.
Fellow British Academy
Emeritus Professor Blavatnik School of Government, Oxford
Wolfson College
President The Royal Institute of Philosophy
THFC supporter in 'what's football again?' mode.
#academic