Darren McLean
Building conservation practitioner and university teacher.
Historic building materials, construction techniques, conservation and architecture.
Interested in forgotten methods and materials
UK/Italy
@katherineschof8.bsky.social
Historian: Mughal & colonial India and Hindustani music, FRAS FRHistS. Head of Music @ KCL. Musicians at risk 🇦🇫 Act justly, love mercy, walk humbly (work in progress). Whippet owner. Immigrant. https://www.kcl.ac.uk/people/katherine-butler-schofie
@ruralindexing.bsky.social
Buildings, signs, and symbols indexed by keyword. Original photographic documentation since 2010. Chicago, IL — www.ruralindexingproject.com
@privateeyenews.bsky.social
Britain's best-selling news and current affairs magazine with a unique mix of jokes and investigative journalism. Website: https://private-eye.co.uk Subscribe: http://subsonline.co.uk
@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
@helspencer.bsky.social
Head of Research at Society of Antiquaries of Scotland. PhD in archaeological glass science. Consultant in museum and heritage collections care. Trustee at Tarbat Discovery Centre. Interested in all things #archaeology #museums #glass #Scotland #heritage
@dasdoak.bsky.social
Gentleman adventurer, mostly decent bastard, only slightly pessimistic optimist. I ride bikes, tinker, program, and read way too much.
@danielkayhertz.bsky.social
Personal account. Housing Director at Impact for Equity, a law and policy center in Chicago. Former policy director, Chicago Department of Housing. Book "The Battle of Lincoln Park" on the origins of gentrification in Chicago. 🍝& 🚌
@tedgrunewald.bsky.social
🍉 • art • architecture • historic preservation • urbanism • ecology • advocacy • NYC Landmarks whisperer • wit wry and champagne dry Distractedly commencing a dilatory relocation from that other place.
@stephenjacobsmith.com
Executive director of the Center for Building in North America, [email protected]. Personal account. Brooklyn, NY.
@eicathomefinn.bsky.social
Historian of Britain and colonialism, material culture, the EIC. Also works on equalities, museums, open access & research policy. Download the EIC @ Home open access volume here: https://www.uclpress.co.uk/products/88277 (or individual chapters via JSTOR)
@thesahgb.bsky.social
Bringing together all those interested in the built environment's history. All Periods, All Places, All Welcome. www.sahgb.org.uk
@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
@tnmnttiles.bsky.social
An archive of historical design. Discoveries from Scottish tenements & beyond. Originally a Twitter project, est 2015. Now found on Instagram, FB, & here! Images taken by myself, unless otherwise credited. Happy to share your finds? Give us a tag.
@martingillie.bsky.social
Mostly a structural engineer now Ex various things. Like apple trees. Don't like custard creams. Toast thought-leader
@hamishharvey.bsky.social
Engineer, masonry bridges and tunnels. Bill Harvey Associates Ltd. (consultancy, photogrammetric survey) and Obvis Ltd. (Archie-M software).
@varchgroup.bsky.social
The Vernacular Architecture Group was formed in 1952 to further the study of traditional buildings, originally those of the British Isles. Today the VAG also reflects a growing interest in buildings from other parts of the world. https://www.vag.org.uk
@boydellandbrewer.bsky.social
Independent. Employee-owned. Publishing Medieval & Early Modern History, Musicology, Literature, African Studies, German Studies, Hispanic Studies and more.
@rafa.piaille.fr.ap.brid.gy
Jack of all trades, master of none. Constantly switching between woodworking, photography, open source hardware and software, hacking and a whole lot more... [bridged from https://piaille.fr/@rafa on the fediverse by https://fed.brid.gy/ ]
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@sarahebond.bsky.social
Roman historian, digital humanist & contributor at Hyperallergic Book 📕 Strike: Labor, Unions & Resistance in the Roman Empire (Feb. 2025) : https://yalebooks.yale.edu/book/9780300273144/strike/ Pasts Imperfect: https://pastsimperfect.substack.com
@politybooks.bsky.social
The home of independent thinking Find us elsewhere http://linktr.ee/politybooks Polity is an independent publisher in the social science & humanities.
@bobmarshall.co.uk
Edinburgh-based architectural illustrator and 3D reconstruction artist. #Blender3D Pro. Member: Society of Architectural Illustrators (MSAI), Scottish Castles Association, Caithness Broch Project. https://bobmarshall.co.uk
@k8lister.bsky.social
Blonde Bombsite. Sex Historian. Author of A Curious History of Sex & Harlot, Whores, & Hackabouts. Host of Betwixt the Sheets Podcast. Consider this your fair dos warning.
@vindolandatrust.bsky.social
The Vindolanda Trust is a registered charity running the Roman Army Museum & Roman Vindolanda, in the central sector of the Hadrian's Wall World Heritage Site.
@oldenoughtosay.bsky.social
chaos feed. heritage, history, old buildings, social justice. 🏴🇺🇸🏳️🌈. sea witch, professional gargoyle, teller of tales. (she/her)
@drjacameron.stainedglassattitudes.com
Art historian/lecturer at weird medieval architectural history projects incorporated. perpetually for hire www.stainedglassattitudes.com https://ko-fi.com/stainedglassattitudes
@michaelpearce.bsky.social
History, Scotland. Probably writing about material culture, costume, household accounts, letters, and recipe books Blog, remember them? https://vanishedcomforts.org/about/
@natlibscot.bsky.social
Scotland’s living memory. If you can think of it, we probably have it.
@uolconservation.bsky.social
Official profile for the Conservation of Cultural Heritage programmes at the University of Lincoln, UK. Part of @uolhumanities.bsky.social. 🔗 https://www.lincoln.ac.uk/hh/ Posts by @LeahWW.bsky.social
@lynnpearson67.bsky.social
Architectural historian and early portable buildings enthusiast, working on a book about 'tin tabernacles' (and suchlike) and their wooden friends
@kathleenconti.bsky.social
Asst. prof of public history and historic preservation at Florida State University. Writing on race and representation at US historic sites.
@adamsharr.bsky.social
Architect | Professor at Newcastle University | practice with Design Office | Editor at arq journal | Series Editor of Thinkers for Architects | thinking about architecture, risk, populism, replicas, and lots else
@dendrochronicle.bsky.social
I’m a heritage dendrochronologist in Scotland. My consultancy Dendrochronicle undertakes projects in tree-ring dating, archaeology, buildings, cultural wooded landscapes for archaeological, environmental & community bodies. https://dendrochronicle.co.uk/
@thedoorrestorer.bsky.social
Repair Restore Re-use Recycle ♻️ #TheDoorRestorer Tony Bones. Self-Employed 40+ years Also on Facebook and X www.doorrestorer.co.uk
@louisepriestman.bsky.social
Cathedral Architect to Blackburn Cathedral. Lover of all things old and Ukrainian.
@scotindustria.bsky.social
SIHS promotes the heritage of Scottish industry, past and present. Founded in 1984 by combining the Scottish Society for the Preservation of Historical Machinery and the Scottish Society for Industrial Archaeology. www.sihs.co.uk/
@traj-journal.bsky.social
The Theoretical Roman Archaeology Journal #TRAJ publishes peer-reviewed #OpenAccess articles on #RomanArchaeology by @openlibhums.bsky.social | Edited by @emilyhanscam.bsky.social https://traj.openlibhums.org/
@adamchapman.bsky.social
Medieval historian interested in Wales, Somerset exile, inept cricketer, General Editor of the longest-running and largest local history project yet devised, the Victoria County History of England. Probably drinking tea.
@gmoult.bsky.social
architecture + history // phd candidate researching the slavic midwest
@friendlesschurches.bsky.social
We are the Friends of Friendless Churches — we rescue, repair & protect historic ‘closed’ places of worship in England & Wales.
@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.
@lizzieswarbrick.bsky.social
Art & Architectural Historian - Leverhulme ECF at Uni of Edinburgh - Scottish Medieval and Early Modern - Currently researching Rosslyn - She/her
@monashcmrs.bsky.social
Community of Medieval & Renaissance Studies at Monash University, Australia. The past is not as distant as you imagine. (Banner: Lincoln County Archives, BNLW 1/1/55/1; Profile pic: Monash, Bischoff frag. 002, MS 1821) Skeets by KN.
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@lancastercounty.bsky.social
Architecture historian in Lancaster, Pennsylvania. My interests: Lancaster County, vernacular architecture, Lancaster City, Amish & Quaker history, Pennsylvania German history. https://www.lancasterstreetscape.com
@julienburcher.bsky.social
@chicagovtfloor.bsky.social
🏳️🌈 🏳️⚧️ It's definitely mostly about the floors. 🏳️⚧️ 🏳️🌈