Alistair Fair @alistairfair.bsky.social Reader in Architectural History, University of Edinburgh. C20 architecture in Britain. New towns. Theatres. Book 'Building Modern Scotland' available open access. Own views. No age ID so no DMs but I can do e-mail!
Nancy Freund @nancyfreund.bsky.social Writer. Reader. Wife, Mom & Mum. #T1D. Mostly vegan. Cambridge & UCLA & just finished year 1, CW PhD @Brunel! 🇺🇸🇬🇧🇨🇭 My mom painted the above. She was amazing.
Jack Cox @jackandrewcox.bsky.social PhD History studying convict transportation to America, Australia and within British-Occupied India.
Archives Assistant at Northamptonshire Archives and Heritage Service.
HistoryLab+ and HistoryUK ECR Survey Fellow.
cmcdgroup.bsky.social @cmcdgroup.bsky.social The Creative Methods, Creative Dissemination Group. Based at Keele University.
National Trust Research @researchnt.bsky.social News, stories, opportunities, and occasional memes from the National Trust's Research Team. You're welcome to contact us at research@nationaltrust.org.uk.
Black Country Society @blackcountrysoc.bsky.social The Society is concerned with the history, people, places and lifestyles of the generations that lived, worked and played in the area and those currently making a difference. https://www.blackcountrysociety.com/
Modern British Studies Association @modbritstud.bsky.social The Modern British Studies Association offers a thriving, interdisciplinary space for debate and intellectual exchange relating to British history, society, politics and culture at its regular Modern British Studies conferences.
https://modbritstud.org.uk/
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
Historic Towns Trust @historictownstrust.bsky.social An educational charity working to map the urban histories of 🏴🏴🏴 in partnership with local historians & communities.
Historical Association @histassoc.bsky.social The Historical Association is the voice for history. For over 100 yrs we have brought, teachers, students, academics and enthusiasts together to explore the past and inspire future historians. We provide digital and in-person resources. www.history.org.uk
Museums and Galleries History Group (MGHG) @mghg.bsky.social http://www.mghg.info/about
Voluntary Action History Society @vahs.bsky.social VAHS aims to promote the study of voluntary action history and to develop an understanding of this history for the public, for academics, and for people working in the voluntary sector.
Construction History Society @constructionhist.bsky.social Construction history worldwide. Materials, technologies, systems and people relating to construction in the past. Journal, members' magazine, conferences etc
To get a follow-back tell us your construction interests.
https://www.constructionhistory.co.uk
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
BSSH @bssh.bsky.social British Society of Sports History promotes the study of sport history and physical education
The Urban History Group @urbanhistorygroup.bsky.social https://urbanhistorygroup.wordpress.com/ We organise biennial conferences and occasional talks to promote the study of Urban History in the UK. Established in 1966 and now working with the Pre-Modern Towns Group on our conference in September 2025
Raphael Samuel History Centre @rshc.bsky.social Outreach and research centre devoted to encouraging the widest possible participation in historical study and debate.
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
Society for One-Place Studies @oneplacestudies.bsky.social www.one-place-studies.org – For excellence and enjoyable engagement in #OnePlaceStudies, where #FamilyHistory and #LocalHistory unite. Studying and celebrating places, their people, and their shared histories. Post about your OPS on #OnePlaceWednesday!
Cambridge Group for the History of Population & Social Structure @camunicampop.bsky.social Interdisciplinary research group at the University of Cambridge.
https://www.campop.geog.cam.ac.uk/
Follow our blog: 60 things you didn't know about family, marriage, work, and death since the middle ages. https://www.campop.geog.cam.ac.uk/blog
C20 Society @c20society.bsky.social The national charity campaigning to protect Britain’s modern architectural and design heritage. Reuse Them or Lose Them!
www.c20society.org.uk
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/
History & Policy @historyandpolicy.bsky.social We publish high-quality historical research freely accessible online and create opportunities for historians, policy makers and journalists to connect and learn from each other.
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
Victoria County History @vch-home.bsky.social Begun in 1899, the Victoria County History is an encyclopaedic record of England’s places & people.
https://www.history.ac.uk/research/victoria-county-history
Institute of Historical Research Wohl Library @ihrlibrary.bsky.social The Wohl Library of the @ihr.bsky.social is a national resource for everyone researching or writing history. Membership is free to everyone and we are an open access, reference library holding over 200,000 books and journals.
Archives and Records Association UK and Ireland @araukie.bsky.social The membership body for recordkeeping professionals in the UK & Ireland.
Posts are by Deborah Mason, Head of Communications for ARA. You can reach her on deborah.mason@archives.org.uk (quicker than a DM).
Find our more about ARA here www.archives.org.uk
Past and Present @pastpresentsoc.bsky.social The Past and Present Society: making cutting edge social history accessible since 1952. Our journal Past & Present is published by Oxford University Press.
https://academic.oup.com/past
The Linnean Society of London @linneansociety.bsky.social
Working towards a world where nature is understood, valued and protected.
https://www.linnean.org/
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
The British Academy @britishacademy.bsky.social We mobilise the humanities and social sciences to understand the world and shape a brighter future.
British History Online @bho.bsky.social British History Online is a digital library of primary and secondary sources for the history of the Britain, Ireland and empire. Part of the Institute of Historical Research.
https://www.british-history.ac.uk/
Women Also Know History @womenknowhistory.bsky.social media + curriculum tool for promoting women & nonbinary historians | 🏳️⚧️🏳️🌈 | https://womenalsoknowhistory.com/ #WomenAlsoKnowHistory
#HistoryBeyondTheBinary
Museums Association @museumsassociation.org Membership organisation and network for everyone working in museums and heritage 🤝 based in the UK 📍 museumsassociation.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/
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
Sam Wetherell @samwetherell.bsky.social Historian of Britain and the World at the University of York. Interested in cities, art-making and the future. Liverpool and the Un-Making of Britain out now: www.samwetherell.com
Centre for Modern British Studies @mbsbirmingham.bsky.social Interdisciplinary research centre at the University of Birmingham.
MBS2026 conference, June 3-5 2026. Registration now open!
https://www.birmingham.ac.uk/research/mbs
HAPI @hapi-conference.bsky.social https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/tension-fragmentation-conference-university-of-bristol-17-19-august-tickets-1987831431322?aff=oddtdtcreator&keep_tld=true
History Lab Plus @historylabplus.bsky.social We are the UK’s national network for early career historians. Are you #postdoc or writing up your #PhD? Did/does it involve historical research? Whatever sector you do/want to work in, the HistoryLab+ network is for you! 👉 https://historylab.plus/
Adam Dixon @adam-dixon.bsky.social PhD Researcher at Northumbria University
Interests: Environmental History, Transport, Mobility, Built Environment, Tyneside, 20th Century, Oral Histories.
Specialist subject: Metros, Motorways, Modernism and Municipal Ferries
@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
Otto Saumarez Smith @osaumarezsmith.bsky.social Historian of shopping precincts, derelict landscapes, leisure centres, power stations, inner cities, housing, the Potteries, Telford new town, & city centre redevelopment. @c20society casework & trustee.
Sian Broadhurst @sianbroadhurst.bsky.social Urbanism, housing, garden city movement |PhD student at York University | Trustee at Curious Arts and Groundwork SANT
Buckinghamshire Archives @bucksarchives.bsky.social Your favourite archive's favourite archive.
We're the archives and local studies library for the historic county of Buckinghamshire, England, and the home of Buckinghamshire History Festival.
Website: buckinghamshire.gov.uk/culture-and-tourism/archives/
Jay Hulme @jayhulmepoet.bsky.social Poet. Speaker. Educator. Performer. Adult, YA, and Children's poetry. Occasionally picture books. Lots of posts about churches. Unapologetically trans (he/him) jayhulme.com
Scottish Transport & Industrial Collections & Knowledge Network @sticknetwork.bsky.social Discover Scotland’s transport and industry collections, both in museums and private collections. Membership of STICK is open to anyone. Website: stickssn.org
Churchill Archives Centre @chuarchives.bsky.social Where the modern history of Britain is open to all. Home to the personal papers of 600 political, military, and scientific figures.
https://archives.chu.cam.ac.uk/
Land of Iron @landofiron.bsky.social Born of Iron. Made of steel.
Land of Iron is Teesside's industrial heritage museum.
www.landofiron.org.uk
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 \\
Lancaster Historical Postgraduate Conference (LHPC) @l-h-p-c.bsky.social LHPC 2026: Legacy and Lens will take place from 24th-26th June at Lancaster University. Our Call for Papers is open now until the 28th April, email the committee via our Linktree for more details!
https://linktr.ee/lhpc2026
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.
The Middle Ages in Modern Games @midagesmodgames.bsky.social Annual Asynchronous Conference, other events and publications. Sponsored by CMRR Winchester, Intellect Books, and Slitherine Games. middleagesinmoderngames.net
Dr Cherish Watton-Colbrook @cherishwatton.bsky.social 📦 Community Research Initiative Coordinator, UCL
📚 PhD in the history of scrapbooking in Britain during the twentieth century.
🚜 Founder http://womenslandarmy.co.uk
Views own.
Natasha Anson @natashaanson.bsky.social Collaborative PhD student (Durham) & museum person (Beamish) researching nostalgia and working class heritage, interested in all things open-air museums/heritage/memory 🪩 she/her, views own, sporadic skeeter
Lou Bell @louisebell.bsky.social Researches artificial limbs in #ww1 and #ww2 | Committee member @socialhistsoc.bsky.social | co-founder @ukdishisthub.bsky.social | goes to a lot of gigs | she/her
Dr Claire Markham @culturalclare.bsky.social Senior Lecturer in Sociology & Criminology. Rurality, pubs, communities, social harms, sustainability, co-production. Also💜 history. Views my own. @britbeerwriters.bsky.social
@drinkingstudies.bsky.social
Megan Schlanker @meg-sch.bsky.social She/Her | PhD Researcher in History | MSc BioArch🦴 | BA Ancient History and Archaeology🏛 | Underrepresented Archaeologies + Youth Engagement + Neurodiversity Acceptance
Kit Barton @kmbarton.bsky.social Morris dancer by day, PhD student by night | They/Them
PhD Studentship in 'Gender and the Material Culture of Wills: England 1540-1790'
Ask me about early modern sailmakers
Can't receive bsky DMs so please pop me an email: kb878@exeter.ac.uk
Centre for the History of People, Place & Community @chppc.bsky.social Based in @ihr.bsky.social, @sasnews.bsky.social. Engaged, outward-facing and co-produced research into place and history: rural to urban & parish to metropolis. Home to Victoria County History & Layers of London. Posts by team.
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
Modern Records Centre, University of Warwick @mrcwarwick.bsky.social Archives rich in social and political history from the late 19th century onwards.
Follow the MRC for highlights from our collections, details of our online resources and more!
https://warwick.ac.uk/services/library/mrc
Oh! What a Lovely Podcast @owalpodcast.bsky.social The First World War meets popular culture and the media. A podcast presented by @thehistorygirl1.bsky.social, @chriskempshall.bsky.social, & @anguswallace.bsky.social
ohwhatalovelypodcast.co.uk
HistoryLab @ihrhistorylab.bsky.social History Lab is the UK's national network for postgraduate students in history and related disciplines. https://linktr.ee/ihrhistorylab
@ihr.bsky.social
NorthLan Heritage @nlheritage.bsky.social Connecting you with North Lanarkshire's industrial & social heritage | Explore museum, archive & local studies collections | Visit our museums & search rooms
Social History Society @socialhistsoc.bsky.social Promoting the research, teaching and sharing of social and cultural history since 1976.
Tides of History @tidesofhistory.bsky.social Commentary on Labour History, British Politics and Working Class Culture - Author of Hope & Glory
Northern History @northernhistory.bsky.social Academic journal that publishes work on the history of the seven historic Northern counties of England. 
Modernism in Metro-Land @modinmetro.bsky.social Art Deco, Modernism and Brutalism in London's suburbs and beyond. https://www.modernism-in-metroland.co.uk
Dr. Sophie Kay @scientistsoph.bsky.social Pro Genealogist & Scientist at www.khronicle.co.uk, #Genealogy Expert for Time Team. Oxford D.Phil.(SysBio), Fiend for #maps & #research methods. Big hair, big heels, weakness for cake.She/her.
Blog: www.parchmentrustler.com
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
Dan @fraternalwriter.bsky.social Researcher, author, mostly UK & 18th-20thC social history especially friendly societies, banners, the Open University, the Labour Party and the history of local history. Escapes through running.
Ruth Slatter @ruthslatter.bsky.social Material & participatory approaches to everyday histories of faith | Lecturer in Historic Environment at @ihr.bsky.social | Member of @chppc.bsky.social | Co-General Editor @vch-home.bsky.social | https://www.history.ac.uk/people/ruth-slatter
Dr. John Price @jpaprice.bsky.social Public and Community Historian; Director, Museum of Everyday Life; Visiting Research Fellow, KCL. Historian, educator, author, walker, talker, academic, freelancer, wild swimmer, taphophile.
www.drjohnprice.net
www.moel.org.uk
buildingstories.co.uk
Joseph Finlay @josephfinlay.bsky.social Historian of British Jews and race relations. Composer and Musical Director. Socialist and דאָיִקער. Writing on Jewish issues at www.toratalbion.org.uk
Laura Tisdall @lauratisdall.bsky.social Senior lecturer in modern British history at Newcastle University. C20th/C21st British childhood, adulthood & age. Writes & reviews fiction: loves the speculative, sapphic and uncanny. Lesbian. 🌈 https://drlauratisdall.wordpress.com
Dr Mirjam S. Brusius @mideastineurope.bsky.social Heritage & History Professor btw Germany, the UK & the Mid East
Writes on Photography, Memory, Preservation, Destruction, Museums & Museum Storage. PhD Cambridge/HPS
Co-curates @100histories.bsky.social
https://ethnologie.uni-koeln.de/content.php?kid=542
Marc Palen @mwpalen.bsky.social Historian. Editor, The Imperial & Global Forum. Author, Pax Economica: Left-Wing Visions of a Free Trade World https://press.princeton.edu/books/hardcover/9780691199320/pax-economica. New Yorker “Best Books” list. Financial Times “Best Books.”
Jenny Crane @jennycrane.bsky.social Lecturer in health geographies at Bristol, treasurer of RGS Geographies of Health and Wellbeing Group; interested in activisms and feelings entangled in welfare states, "gifted" children, childbirth and trauma, participatory art.
Gary Love @garylove.bsky.social Professor of British History & Culture @NTNU, Trondheim. Researching history of British Conservatism & centre-right internationalism; writing politics in modern Britain; & women in British politics
Nick Garland @npjgarland.bsky.social Think tanker, political speechwriter, historian.
Linda Maynard @lindamaynard.bsky.social Historian, writer, researcher, museum crawler
Alex Mayhew @alexmayhew.bsky.social Assistant Professor @lsehy.bsky.social | Great War + Morale + Crisis + Resilient Gardening + Mesopotamia + Technological Innovation
Written a book for Cambridge University Press | Past me: University of Birmingham, LSE100 and LSE LIFE.
Ali Bennett @alibennett.bsky.social Art Historian at University of Oxford. Interests = material culture, collecting, gift exchange & the ivory trade in East Africa and the British empire.
Emily Robinson @emilyrobinson.bsky.social History, politics. Usually modern Britain. Currently taking a detour to the lost medieval island of Ravenser Odd (and, relatedly, Humberside). Professor at Sussex.
Joanne Ella Parsons @joparsons.bsky.social Associate Professor of Popular Literature and Culture at Falmouth University
Iain @iainandteddy.bsky.social Proud dad of three. Husband. Anglo-Scot. Dog lover. Naval, Military and Aviation history. Enjoying the ridiculous. RPs not endorsements etc. NO DMs!! NO BITCOIN!! 🇬🇧🏴🏴⚓🐕
Bob Henderson @roberthenderson.bsky.social Historian of the Russian revolutionary emigration. Formerly Russian curator at the British Library. Based in East Neuk & Edinburgh, Scotland.
Latest book (pbk. ed.):
https://www.bloomsbury.com/uk/spark-that-lit-the-revolution-9781350344730/
Vale Rawlings @valerawlings.bsky.social 'Friendship, Love and Truth' - book about early 20th Century activist Vale Rawlings. All profits to Burton charities #SocialHistory #Staffordshire #TradeUnion #ConscientiousObjector #WW1
Part of the Forgotten Burton Stories project.
QMCBS @qmcbs.bsky.social Queen Mary Centre for British Studies
Website being developed at: https://projects.history.qmul.ac.uk/qmcbs/
Shirin Hirsch @shirinhirsch.bsky.social Anti racist historian. Views my own
Drawing Blood Podcast @drawingbloodpod.bsky.social A podcast about art & visual culture, the histories of science & medicine, and the macabre. Hosted by Christy Slobogin (@slobogin.bsky.social) and Emma Merkling (@emmamerkling.bsky.social)
Nan Sloane @nansloane.bsky.social Labour, historian, feminist, author, LWN trainer & Leeds Utd fan, so accustomed to winning, losing and living in hope. (Pic: Emily Goldie)
Charlotte Cull @charlottecull.bsky.social History PhD at KCL on Anarchism, the Freedom Defence Committee and the British Left 1940-1960. Admin at RHS. Views my own.
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
Helen Antrobus @helenantro.bsky.social 📚 Curator & historian working for a big conservation charity, nattering about 20th c women, political and landscape histories (sometimes all at once).
🎧 Presenter and giddy kipper of #BackWhen, the National Trust's history pod: https://shorturl.b
Ralph Darlington @ralphdarlington.bsky.social Emeritus Professor of Employment Relations, Uni Salford; ‘Labour Revolt in Britain 1910-14’ @PlutoPress; researching for a new political biography of the legendary labour leader Tom Mann https://www.salford.ac.uk/our-staff/ralph-darlington
Sarah Crook @sarahcrook.bsky.social Senior lecturer & historian of modern Britain. Activism & experience. Books: mothering & feeling; student mental health. Director of GENCAS & Co-Ed Modern British History. Mother x 3. Book: https://manchesteruniversitypress.co.uk/9781526140128/
National Coal Mining Museum @ncmme.bsky.social Open Wednesday-Sunday. Visit for a unique all-weather adventure! Meet a miner, explore exhibitions and enjoy the great outdoors.
Explore more: www.ncm.org.uk