VictorianLondon @victorianlondon.bsky.social Lee Jackson, Victorianist, historian, author of 'Dirty Old London' (Yale, 2014), 'Palaces of Pleasure' (Yale, 2019), 'Dickensland' (Yale, 2023) ... new book out soon 'Covent Garden: A People's History' (Yale, 2027)
@opencity-uk.bsky.social @opencity-uk.bsky.social 
Severin Carrell @severincarrell.bsky.social Scotland editor for the Guardian (currently on sabbatical). A personal account. Likes and reposts ≠ approval or endorsements (with thanks to Dr Seuss)
I once played in the second violins for the Edinburgh primary schools orchestra. Just once
Ruskin Society @ruskinsociety.bsky.social Founded in 1997, the Ruskin Society celebrates the life, work and legacy of the Victorian art critic and social thinker John Ruskin. ruskinsociety.uk
holmshawbrian06.bsky.social @holmshawbrian06.bsky.social Elected Heritage Champion for the City of Sheffield. Previously WEA history tutor and community heritage worker. Ready to support buildings, communities, culture, libraries, parks & sport ! Sheffield Green councillor since 2021.
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
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
Art Deco Society UK @artdecosocuk.bsky.social Official acc for the Art Deco Society UK. Follow us to see news, updates & help spread the love for the UK’s Art Deco or join the Society https://artdecosociety.uk/
Sean Coleman @colemandesign.bsky.social Designer, Illustrator, Curiouser
https://linktr.ee/ColemanDesign
David Byers @davidbyers26.bsky.social I'm Deputy Property Editor at The Times and Sunday Times. Politics nut. Runs after 3 small children, thinks far too much about #cpfc. All views are my own.
Stately Home News @statelyhomenews.bsky.social Andrew Triggs - BISH (British & Irish Stately Homes), Lost Ireland https://statelyhomes.wordpress.com/lost-ireland / NI country houses, founding Trustee https://UrbanEye.org.uk. See also https://www.FaceBook.com/groups/595015790578234.
Simon Jones @simonjones.bsky.social Writes about old, unhappy, far-off things. Late museum curator. Shows polite interest. FRHistS. https://simonjoneshistorian.com/
Tony S @oldarchitect.bsky.social Retired Architect and Lecturer, just completed delivery of an Introduction to Built Heritage online course (England). Awaiting next year's recruits.
Cllr Dr Alan Bullion @alanbullion.bsky.social I’m a Labour & Co-op party 🎈 town councillor for Southborough High Brooms and Co-convenor of Labour Food Security Forum
The Dickens Society @dickenssociety.bsky.social Bluesky page for the international Dickens Society www.dickenssociety.org
Miles Glendinning @milesglendinning.bsky.social historian of mass housing (global + HK). New HK housing history: https://www.routledge.com/Hong-Kong-Public-Housing-An-Architectural-and-Policy-History/Glendinning/p/book/9781138680227. Global housing archive: https://datashare.ed.ac.uk/handle/10283/2927
Gargoyle Press @gargoylepress.bsky.social Gargoyle Press. Supporting the heritage and conservation sector with clear, reliable and well-crafted marketing and publishing services.
Nathan Cardon @ncardon.bsky.social Associate Professor of U.S. History @unibirmingham.bsky.social. Wrote a book about world's fairs in Atlanta (1895) and Nashville (1897). Just finished another one about Americans, bicycles, and the world.
Graham Hinch @schadedorf.bsky.social Gooner. Train Nerd. Humanist. Love great Architecture and Art.
Anthony Binns @anthonybinns.bsky.social Theatre & music hall historian. Author of 'The Funniest Man in London - The Life of H.G.Pelissier, Edwardian Satirist & Founder of The Follies'👉 bit.ly/3DcqoAo www.anthonybinns.com & www.pelissiersfollies.com
Julia Ditter @juliaditter.bsky.social Energy Infrastructures & C19 Periodical Press at Uni Bremen | Scottish Literature, EnvHums | she/her
The Brixton Society @brixtonsociety.bsky.social The Brixton Society is the civic society for the whole of the Brixton area, from Stockwell to the South Circular.
The Brixton Society is a registered charity (number 1058103).
Oral History Network Ireland @oralhistoryie.bsky.social OHNI is an organisation with charitable status that aims to promote oral history in Ireland and to provide a network and training for oral historians.
Mike @mikeyashworth.bsky.social Ex-London Underground and retired back to "The North" - transport, design history, things industrial, architecture & heritage - all tickle my fancy. Postings often link to my Flickr account for more things!
Glasgow West End Today @glasgowwestend.bsky.social Celebrating Scotland’s greatest city in words and pictures, and our 10th anniversary in 2026.
🌍 https://linktr.ee/GlasgowWestEndToday
Skionar @skionar.bsky.social Roger Clarke. Author of A Natural History of Ghosts, published by Penguin Books (2012). Former writer for the Independent Newspaper, Sunday TimesUK, Sight & Sound. In it for the long haul with severe chronic illness, dealing with NHS on a weekly basis
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!
Roger Protz @rogerprotz.bsky.social Edited 24 editions of CAMRA Good Beer Guide. Founder British Guild of Beer Writers. Twice winner Glenfiddich Drink Writer of the Year. 20 plus books including Family Brewers of Britain. West Ham fan
protzonbeer.co.uk
Luke Turner @luketurner.bsky.social Author: Men at War - Loving, Lusting, Fighting, Remembering 1939-1945 on British masculinity, sexuality & the cultural memory of WWII on W&N Books/Orion. First 📖 Out of the Woods, 2019. Co-founder: The Quietus. My stuff: https://linktr.ee/luketurner ⚒️🏳️🌈
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
Ian Dinmore @tarkaman.bsky.social Semi-professional railman, into humour, rural railways, community rail, otters, cake and coffee. A passing photographer, Scripophillist, Graphologist, Calligraphist and aged likes a good whine.
Victorian Web @victorianweb.bsky.social All things Victorian: linking scholarship, teaching, and learning since 1994
DerbyshireArchaeology @derbyshirearch.bsky.social Posts from the Archaeology Advisory Team and the Historic Environment Record at Derbyshire County Council
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!
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
June Diamond @jjwy.bsky.social Victorian buildings, culture and social history. Preservation and repurposing of built Heritage. Local History. Feminist. Yorkshire. Wensleydale cheese. Trade Unionist.
Justin Sherin @wychstreet.bsky.social Writer, director.
NYC / London- P Piers Mucklejohn @piersmucklejohn.bsky.social
Morgan. E. Leah @morganellisleah.bsky.social Conservation Advisor @vicsoc | Researcher @wattsandco | @FRH_Europe Young Professionals & Researchers Working Group - obsessed with Gothic architecture ❤️🔥| Uni of Cambridge and Uni of York Alumna
Dr Rough, FSAScot @billyrough.bsky.social Art Historian/Lecturer at University of St Andrews. 19th & 20th century British Art, Music Hall, and Theatre. Occasional folkie / concertina player. Instagram: roughs_drafts
Led By Donkeys @ledbydonkeys.org Art, Activism and Accountability
https://linktr.ee/ledbydonkeys?utm_source=linktree_admin_share
Robert Fletcher @fryerningframe.bsky.social Local historian, cyclist and station adopter (Friends of Ingatestone Station)
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)
Roy Reed @royreed.bsky.social Photographer, website designer (retired), #kite flyer and lover of medieval stuff, London and #Cornwall - and a #ghostsign or two.
Co-author of 'Ghost Signs: A London Story'.
reeddesign.co.uk
reeddesign.co.uk/ghostsignsmap
flickr.com/photos/royreed
Gwawr Faulconbridge @gwawrmai.bsky.social Mam, History especially Health History.
Admin for Whitchurch Hospital Historical Society social media sites.
Anne Louise Avery @annelouiseavery.bsky.social Writer and Art Historian. Old Fox stories. Edward M.Bannister catalogue raisonne and research. Reynard the Fox and Fox for All Seasons published by Bodleian Publishing. Oxford & Dorset. Linktree: https://linktr.ee/AnneLouiseAvery
Dr Alastair G Gunn @draggunn.bsky.social Astrophysicist/Science Journalist & Author/Victorian Ghost Story Researcher/Musician/Painter/Martial Artist/Associate Editor at Royal Astronomical Society
Prof Sunny Singh @profsunnysingh.bsky.social Writer, reader, thinker. Founder & director of the Jhalak Prize
Great Grimsby Ice Factory Trust @greatgift.bsky.social The Great Grimsby Ice Factory Trust (GGIFT) is a small building preservation trust founded in 2010, with the object of preserving the Grade II* listed Ice Factory and initiating a programme of heritage-led regeneration in Grimsby.
Wakefield Civic Society @wakefieldcivicsoc.bsky.social Registered Charity (2360340) established in 1964 to encourage high standards of architecture, town planning and heritage conservation in Wakefield.
Website: https://wakefieldcivicsociety.org.uk
Charlie Hicks @charliehicks.bsky.social Researcher at LSE Cities | Transport, Housing & Future Generations Policy 🚌🏡🌿
SBlandfo @sblandfo.bsky.social Poet. Nature, conservation, history, archaeology, art, architecture, politics & the pleasures of reading. Doyenne of #IronworkThursday. Still #yallmasking
TheNACBS @thenacbs.bsky.social Official Bluesky account for the North American Conference on British Studies (NACBS). We're in Pasadena for #nacbs2026!
Research Society for Victorian Periodicals @rs4vp.org An organization dedicated to researching and teaching about newspapers, magazines, and serial print forms in Britain and its empire throughout the long nineteenth century.
SFEVE - Société Française d'Etudes Victoriennes et Edouardiennes @sfeve.bsky.social 
Robert Walton @waltonbob.bsky.social I take my hat off to built & natural environments, heritage, townscapes & the arts - 'Recorder of the unusual', using #fujifilm #X100VI
Follow my contributions to the Missing Places Project at https://historicengland.org.uk/profile/272036/RobertWalton/
Antony Carpen @acarpen.bsky.social Ex-Whitehall type still with views on public policy, but now local historian in Cambridge (UK) blogging at https://lostcambridge.com/ - also writing about the future of the city on The Cambridge Town Owl.
@alectorious.bsky.social @alectorious.bsky.social UK based - interest in travel, photography, cookery, philosophy. Almost ex X.
Ben Derbyshire Dip Arch Cantab PPRIBA Hon AIA RSA @benderbyshire.bsky.social Architect, urbanist, writer.
Chair of HTA Design LLP, Commissioner at Historic England, President of London Forum, Trustee at SAVE Britain’s Heritage.
Author of Home Truths, an urbanists primer.
Helen Geake @helengeake.bsky.social Archaeology (Time Team, Portable Antiquities Scheme). Politics (Green Party). Always have too much going on to do anything properly.
William Morris Society US @morrissocietyus.bsky.social https://morrissociety.org/
Established in 1971, the William Morris Society in the United States strives to publicize the life and work of William Morris and his associates.
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
DAVIDLOMAX @davelomax.bsky.social Architect / AD: Waugh Thistleton
Chair: Southwark DRP
Tutor (ex): LSA London, UCA Canterbury, Fay Jones School AR
David Gill @dagill.bsky.social Supporter of Heritage, Archives and Libraries; wildlife gardener with more to discover each season; neurodivergent and learning to embrace it. All pictures my own.
Londonist: Time Machine @londonist.com A playful look at London's history from Londonist.
Jo Nightingale @musicandmuseums.bsky.social South Manchester/North Cheshire Britpop goth in South London, guide at John Soane's Museum, former PR, copy-writer and Gothic MA. Expect music, architecture, history, place, ceramics and other old tat, art, screen and my cats. Left and proud.
Dr Sarah Flew @c19thphilanthropy.bsky.social C19th historian fascinated by philanthropy & charity. Latest book examines Lord Overstone's philanthropy in period 1843-83. Oh and I’m a fundraiser as well! https://www.bloomsbury.com/uk/charitable-giving-in-victorian-britain-9781350424593/
Matthew Clay Architects | RIBA Chartered Practice @matthewclayarchitects.co.uk We are a Chartered RIBA Practice based in Corsham near to the World Heritage setting of Bath.
We are imaginative, energetic and successful in what we do, taking great pride in the results we achieve.
Lottie Walker @lotski79.bsky.social A bit of acting, a bit of tour guiding & a lot of reading. Owned by cats. It’s so much nicer here.
Check out my work stuff at @bluefiretheatre.bsky.social
The Prehistoric Society @prehistoricsociety.bsky.social Worldwide society for prehistoric archaeology, established 1935.
www.prehistoricsociety.org
Posts by Tess Machling (membership secretary)
Loughborough Road Histories @roadsw9.bsky.social History of the people, places and events on this south London street and the surrounding neighbourhood 
Simon Rennie @simonrennie.bsky.social Victorianist Prof @exeter.ac.uk. Cotton Famine Poetry. C19th working-class and provincial newspaper poetry. Director of @uniofexetercvs.bsky.social.
Also delusional multi-instrumentalist, veg grower, U12 football coach.
Adam Coleman @adam-coleman.bsky.social PhD candidate at @uni-of-warwick exploring postwar British seaside towns | policy at @artscouncilengland | trustee at @c20society & folkestone’s leas lift | neurodiverse & queer (he/him) 🌈
Robert Piggott @rpiggott.bsky.social Historian. Researching a disparate mix of voluntary action, medical, religious, and media histories in modern Britain.
Leonie Hannan @leoniehannan.bsky.social Teaches History/Public History at Queen's University Belfast. 18thC, gender and material culture.
Author of open access: A Culture of Curiosity: Science in the eighteenth-century home https://www.manchesterhive.com/display/9781526153050/9781526153050.xml
Victorian Turkish Baths @victurk.bsky.social Malcolm Shifrin FRHistS—"Victorian Turkish Baths": 'a major act of historical recovery', 'readable', 'scholarly', 'something in it for everyone'. Profusely illustrated. worldcat.org/title/931082056. Complementary website http://www.victorianturkishbath.org
Friends of Ocklynge Cemetery @ofocklynge.bsky.social https://www.fooc.org.uk/
Also on FB:-
https://www.facebook.com/groups/416039670286740/?ref=share
Andy Cropper 🎨🏳️🌈 @andycropperart.bsky.social A painter of night-time cityscapes and landscapes with uncanny atmospheres of eerie uncertainty. Sheffield, UK
My 'link in bio' 👉 https://bio.site/andycropperart
Husband to Nigel 👬 https://bsky.app/profile/sheffcitynigel.bsky.social
Random Railways @randomrailways.bsky.social Railway/transport writing & photography. SVR PW Volunteer
Cycling/cargo bikes, climate change. Own views etc.
Slava Ukraini!
randomrailways.com
Pic site: https://randomrailways.photodeck.com
Murray Tremellen @drmtremellen.bsky.social Historian and museum curator. #ActuallyAutistic. Views my own. He/him.
Liverpool University Press @livunipress.bsky.social Publishing exceptional research since 1899.
Home to @pavilionpoetry.bsky.social, @oxunienl.bsky.social, @modlangopen.bsky.social, and @lupdistribution.bsky.social.
linktr.ee/livunipress
The VictorianSociety - SouthYorkshire @vicsoc-syorks.bsky.social Campaigning for Victorian and Edwardian built heritage in South Yorkshire. providng education & campaigning through Talks, Walks & a local quarterly Newsletter.
Working across the cities of Sheffield & Doncaster, and the towns of Barnsley & Rotherham.
betancur . n @nelbeu.bsky.social art & architectural historian / visual, material & religious culture
Holly Peters @hollypeters.bsky.social PhD candidate in Creative Writing researching experimental poetics and the spectacularisation of the nineteenth century dead female body
Jen Sugden @jensugden.bsky.social Writer of comic fiction | Wodehouse Prize for Comic Fiction shortlisted | Sunday Times Bestseller | Erstwhile Victorianist (PhD in 19th C fiction) | She/Her
Listen: Victoriocity Podcast & Murmurs (BBC Sounds)
Read: High vaultage (Gollancz)
Save Victoria Tower Gardens @savevtg.bsky.social Still fighting to protect Victoria Tower Gardens from construction and disruption.
Dr James Alexander Cameron @drjacameron.stainedglassattitudes.com Freelance art and architectural historian with focus on English medieval churches but love poking around all buildings. ALL BUILDINGS!
www.stainedglassattitudes.com
https://ko-fi.com/stainedglassattitudes
Timewalkproject @timewalkproject.bsky.social Local Historian in Sheffield, community activist, disabled, believer in environmental justice and cooperative action. I will speak up for the oppressed not because I am, but because I don't like bullies. 
Nigel J.Hetherington @pastpreservers.bsky.social Producer, Casting Agent and Founder of Past Preservers, representing experts, speakers & researchers.
Northerner, lapsed Archaeologist, lives in Cairo and The Lake District.
Britain’s War Memorials @britwarmemorial.bsky.social Exploring Britain’s war memorials. Boer War, First World War (Great War), Second World War et al. Member of the Great War Group #LestWeForget #Remembrance
Marina Amaral @marinamaral.bsky.social Digital colorist, history buff, bestselling author, Forbes Under 30, loves dogs and coffee, etc. #actuallyautistic
Stephen Chambers @stevejchambers.bsky.social Author, Military Historian and Battlefield Guide. Studying 19th & 20th century military history
- Also on Twitter, Instagram & http://redcoatandkhaki.com
Paul Reed @sommecourt.bsky.social Military Historian, author and Battlefield Guide. Occasional wargamer. Host of the Old Front Line #WW1 #podcast.
www.oldfrontline.co.uk
Andy Mabbett @pigsonthewing.org.uk Man of many talents—some of them useful. Multiple monomaniac. Author, 'Pink Floyd: The Music & The Mystery'.
Also Wikipedia, Wikidata &c. OpenStreetMap. Birds. Birmingham. Open data. FoI. Art. Architecture. History. FRSA.
Everything is interesting.
York and District Family History Society @yorkfhs.bsky.social contact@yorkfamilyhistory.org.uk
@chiswickw4com.bsky.social @chiswickw4com.bsky.social 
Fiona @kingfisher-owl.bsky.social Birley Spa Preservation Trust, formerly Friends of Birley Spa aka Schrodingers Oasis. Committed to saving Grade 2 Listed Victorian Bath House, Birley Spa for our Community, education, health and wellbeing, conserving nature and green space. Sheffield
Hackney History Festival @hackney-hist-fest.bsky.social Hackney Society, Hackney Archives, Sutton House & many more host Hackney History Festival each May. Get in touch to help shape future events!