@thefnl.bsky.social
Friends of the Nations’ Libraries, or FNL, awards grants for acquisitions to regional and national archives, libraries and museums. www.fnl.org.uk.
@sophiecoulombeau.bsky.social
Senior Lecturer in English Literature & Creative Writing. Burneys, book history, 18thc reading habits & naming practices. Novelist: MONSTER: A TALE coming from @northodoxpress.bsky.social in 2026. Maker of radio. Mother & carer. Yotam Ottolenghi superfan.
@robgmacfarlane.bsky.social
Books: Is A River Alive? (May ‘25), Underland, The Lost Words, The Old Ways etc | Films: River, Mountain, Upstream | Music: The Moon Also Rises, Lost In The Cedar Wood, etc Nature, climate, people. Prof at Cambridge. https://linktr.ee/robmacfarlane
@theulspeccoll.bsky.social
Cambridge University Library Special Collections, featuring our manuscripts, archives, maps, music, rare books, photographs, objects and more. https://www.lib.cam.ac.uk/collections/special-collections
@jessicagardner.bsky.social
University Librarian and Director of Library Services, University of Cambridge and Fellow of Selwyn College. Loves libraries, archives, research and all things books and learning. Reads a lot of books.
@niallharbison.bsky.social
On a mission to save 10,000 dogs a month. Living in Thailand. Read more about the dogs and help here https://www.happydoggo.com/donate
@silverpebble2.bsky.social
Sunday Times bestselling author: how nature & craft improve #mentalhealth | BBC Springwatch | Etsy (silverpebble)| Creative & mental health workshops #AuDHD 🏳️🌈| Agent: Juliet Pickering
@drjaninaramirez.bsky.social
Oxford historian, best-selling writer fiction & non-fiction, documentary maker, cat lover, vegetable grower, unrelenting optimist. Gotta lotta love to share.
@lbflyawayhome.bsky.social
Devoted to vintage Ladybird books and the other work of their artists. My exhibition The Wonderful World of the Ladybird Artists has been travelling since 2018. Twitter: @lbflyawayhome
@ystadaucymru.bsky.social
Sefydliad Ymchwil Ystadau Cymru | Institute for the Study of Welsh Estates. Research centre at Bangor University. www.bangor.ac.uk/iswe History - Culture - Landscapes - Archives - Heritage - People - Places - Wales
@theunhurriedreader.bsky.social
Careful reader, thoughtful writer, nature-lover, garden-potterer, history-dabbler. 'Whatever is rational is tolerable.' theunhurriedreader.substack.com @the_unhurried_reader on Instagram (yes, I know that's confusing). 🇺🇦
@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. Linktree: https://linktr.ee/AnneLouiseAvery
@amyjsolomons.bsky.social
Postdoctoral Research Assistant at Oxford working on Reading the Room: https://www.english.ox.ac.uk/reading-room-books-access-and-community-heritage-spaces Interested in women readers, libraries, access to books in the long 18th c.
@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
@cathfeely.bsky.social
Cultural historian of modern Britain. Senior Lecturer at the University of Derby and Councillor of the Royal Historical Society. All views my own.
@19birkbeck.bsky.social
Online open access journal dedicated to advancing interdisciplinary study in the long nineteenth century. https://19.bbk.ac.uk/
@dbellingradt.bsky.social
Historian of communication flows currently at Universität Augsburg | Co-editor of JbKG https://t1p.de/JbKG | Team #skystorians | I do enjoy my work | 🐘 https://historians.social/@dbellingradt | linktree: https://linktr.ee/danielbellingradt
@gladlib.bsky.social
A unique residential library; a place to read, write and rest. Book a stay through our website and discover our beautiful Reading Rooms and boutique bedrooms! www.gladstoneslibrary.org
@chilton-bb.bsky.social
Head of Archive & Library at The Red House, http://brittenpearsarts.org. Archives, music, metadata; side orders of architecture, landscape history & electronic noise.
@emmadonoghue.bsky.social
writer of fiction (The Paris Express, Learned by Heart, Haven, The Pull of the Stars, The Wonder, Room, etc), films, plays...
@gregjenner.bsky.social
~Public Historian 📜🤓 ~Host & creator of BBC YOU’RE DEAD TO ME comedy & history podcast😆🧐📻📜🏛️ ~Hon. Fellow, University of York IPUP 🧑🎓 ~ Author of 7 funny history books ✍️📚 ~ CBBC HORRIBLE HISTORIES TV (series 1-9) 🎭🤣 ~Spurs fan #COYS ⚽️ www.gregjenner.com 🧑💻
@ies-sas.bsky.social
Research centre specialising in the history of the book, manuscript and print studies, textual scholarship, digital editing and new critical approaches to literary history at the School of Advanced Study, University of London https://ies.sas.ac.uk/
@saracharles.bsky.social
Medieval manuscript practitioner, bringing the manuscript making process to life. Author of The Medieval Scriptorium. Cat lady. www.teachingmanuscripts.com PhD in medieval martyrologies. Editor of Historical Research journal.
@dpc-chat.digipres.club.ap.brid.gy
The Digital Preservation Coalition (DPC) is building a welcoming and inclusive global community, working together to bring about a sustainable future for our […] [bridged from https://digipres.club/@dpc_chat on the fediverse by https://fed.brid.gy/ ]
@cmstaylor.bsky.social
Loves food, sky, hills & trees. Coffee. Crochet. Learning how to live a better life & love myself. Be kind. Don't judge. Keep moving. Gay. Christian.
@williamkilbride.bsky.social
... mostly about digital preservation but also everything else too. Works for the Digital Preservation Coalition. Occasionally Professor at Glasgow Univ. Personal opinions.
@lizzybarchivist.bsky.social
@joekrulder.bsky.social
Proud dad, lucky husband, an existentialist historian of the 18th-century Atlantic, laughing as I go. Author of “The Execution of Admiral John Byng as a Microhistory of Eighteenth-Century Britain” (2021)
@hips-project.bsky.social
Hidden in Plain Sight is a collaboration between @qmul.ac.uk, @QMUL_HSS, @theul.bsky.social, @MAACambridge, @NLWales, and other leading libraries. Website: https://projects.history.qmul.ac.uk/inplainsight/
@drfernriddell.bsky.social
Historian. Author. On your TV/Radio. Expert: Suffragette Terrorism, Music Hall, 19thC Sex + Culture. www.fernriddell.com **PREORDER Victoria’s Secret NOW** https://lnk.to/victoriassecretbook
@dj-acid-reflux.bsky.social
Author of Villager, 1983 and 13 other books. LP recommendations. Folklore. Psychedelic countryside pics. Sheep & cattle-based nonsense. Essentially a thinly disguised attempt to persuade you to subscribe to my Substack: tomcox.substack.com
@scarthinbooks.bsky.social
A bookshop for the majority of minorities in the historic village of Cromford, Derbyshire, UK. 100,000 books, 13 rooms, one vegan/vegetarian café and someone else's cat. For all enquiries please ☎️ or email.
@uoyborthwick.bsky.social
The Borthwick Institute for Archives at the University of York, for records of the archdiocese, local parishes, businesses, hospitals etc. borthwick-institute@york.ac.uk
@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
@bencowell.bsky.social
Director general, Historic Houses. Author, The British Country House Revival (2024).
@historic-houses.bsky.social
Supporting the future of independently owned heritage. Celebrating the impact of historic houses and gardens across the UK. Run by the policy team 🏰
@catsofyore.bsky.social
Hi! I’m Molly Hodgdon. I live in Vermont with my beautiful FIV+ cats Fergus and Francie. Banner photo by W. Eugene Smith. Profile pic is a postcard from my collection mailed 1908. Not a bot. Not selling anything. Just a keeper of forgotten cats.
@porticolibrary.bsky.social
The Portico Library is Manchester’s original 19th-century home of literature and learning. Uncovering, imagining, and sharing new histories together.
@carlyannrichardson.bsky.social
Jisc Archives Hub Product Manager💫 Software and Digital in #GLAM ✨ #histsci and material culture studies (big love for volvelles 🤩) MCR 🐝 she/her
@camlibresearch.bsky.social
Director, Research and Collections, Cambridge University Library and CUL Research Institute; Bye-Fellow, Pembroke College; FSA FRHistS; University Deputy Proctor; The Country House Library (Yale, 2017); private views
@richove.bsky.social
Bodley's Librarian, @bodleianlibraries.Bsky.social & Head of Gardens, Libraries & Museums @ox.ac.uk OBE. FSA. FRHistS, FRSE President, DPC. Fellow, @Ballioloxford.Bsky.social. Member, @AmPhilsociety.Bsky.social
@liamsims.bsky.social
Rare Books Specialist at Cambridge University Library | Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries | Bibliographical Society Council Member | Venetophile | Bellringer | PhD on antiquarian networks in 18thC Lincolnshire (see pinned post for link to thesis) 🌈
@mkirschenbaum.bsky.social
Grimdark media, theory of the present, and critical tech, including AI. Better times: letterpress printing and tabletop gaming. Distinguished University Prof., U. of Maryland; speaking only for myself here though. Default content: cats. Pests: blocked.
@digivictorian.bsky.social
Historian • Broadcaster • Victorian Pop Culture • Presenter of 'Killing Victoria' on BBC Sounds 🎙️ • www.bobnicholson.co.uk