David Kneale
Isle of Man based press photographer and maritime historian. MA dissertation published in the International Journal of Maritime History. Writing about press gangs, steam packets and whatever the tide brings.
@pharology.bsky.social
All things lighthouse-related, with the occasional detour into maritime history, heritage preservation, and related fields, by an indifferent photographer, inarticulate polyglot, and unlicensed pharologist. Typos guaranteed. #lighthouse
@martindahlstrom.bsky.social
Naval officer, security and defence with focus on the Nordic and the Baltic Sea area. Father of 4, sailor, runner and trekker.
@lisabachelor.bsky.social
Editor of the Guardian’s Seascape series, all about the state of our oceans. Previously deputy news editor on the Observer.
@richardslee.bsky.social
Marketing. PR. Building a contrarian approach to marketing the Isle of Man. Words and voices @julesvernetheory.bsky.social
@paulspeller.bsky.social
Live on a rock in the Irish Sea. Podcast: https://www.manxradio.com/podcasts/the-speller-series/
@paulsinha.bsky.social
Two heart attacks, bypass surgery, Parkinsons. Still fighting. https://www.penguin.co.uk/books/456343/one-sinha-lifetime-by-sinha-paul/9781529908534
@rossexpedition.bsky.social
The Ross and Crozier Antarctic Expedition of 1839-43 in real(ish) time.
@leilama.bsky.social
PBS Newshour Special Correspondent traversing the wider Middle East & Africa. Ex-TheEconomist. Mother of hounds, proud daughter of immigrants. leilamolanaallen.com
@karlbell.bsky.social
Associate Prof in Cultural History @uophistory.bsky.social Historian. Author. C19th fantastical, supernatural folklore, Gothic cities & seas. Co-director of port.ac.uk/portcities. New book: The Perilous Deep: A Supernatural History of the Atlantic (2025)
@jjponcevazquez.bsky.social
Historian, sevillano, and USian. Spain, LatAm, Caribe & Atlantic. Opinions are my own. Author of Islanders and Empire. He/Him/Él. Nick Fury of the Spanish Bureaucratic Legal Universe.
@friendlesschurches.bsky.social
We are the Friends of Friendless Churches — we rescue, repair & protect historic ‘closed’ places of worship in England & Wales.
@piratebeckalex.bsky.social
Historian: Public Executions & Piracy | PhD King’s College London | Seen on History Channel, Discovery Channel, Netflix, BBC | New Book: Pirates’ Code: Laws and Life Aboard Ship Find my work and more about me here: https://linktr.ee/piratebeckalex
@questchronicle.org.uk
Polar Exploration:The Shackleton-Rowett Expedition and the broader Quest family. Antarctica. South Georgia. Polar science. Rowett. https://questchronicle.org.uk/
@stonefishweirs.bsky.social
Join us at Indigenous People, Traditional Ecological Knowledge, and Climate Change: The Iconic Underwater Cultural Heritage of Stone Tidal Weirs Project Group. https://oceandecadechfp.org/.../indigenous-people.../
@natachakafer.bsky.social
Historian of healing practices, witchcraft, and death. Assistant Professor at the Centre for Privacy Studies (University of Copenhagen)
@naomiohreally.bsky.social
Irish Times Europe Correspondent. Previously with Reuters, Politico, AFP. Keep calm and report the facts.
@mattsteinglass.bsky.social
Europe correspondent for The Economist. If you don’t use your real name, the bar for mute/block is low. Send me tales of corruption, the most important story in the world.
@historians.org
The American Historical Association is the largest professional organization serving historians in all fields and all professions. http://historians.org/join
@janeruffino.bsky.social
Content designer, UX writer, facilitator, contemporary archaeologist. Human mom and dog mom. She/her. Allergic to unwanted advice.
@vonderleyen.ec.europa.eu
President of the @ec.europa.eu Mother of seven. Brussels-born. European by heart. 🇪🇺
@mikeroyden.bsky.social
Writer, Historian & archaeologist; Maritime/social/landscape/WWI & II. Shipbuilding and shipwrecks of the 19thc EvertonFC Heritage Society (Vice-chair/WebsiteAdmin) Messin' about in boats. Liverpool/Chester www.roydenhistory.co.uk
@bymyong.bsky.social
"Estimable" Sir Jonathan Jones KC Associate Prof in Public Law, Durham Law School. Looks at how legislatures and govt works. https://www.durham.ac.uk/staff/benjamin-y-yong/ Mastodon: @[email protected]
@jayroszman.bsky.social
Historian of 19th-c Ireland, Britain, & Empire at University College Cork. An 🇺🇸in 🇮🇪. Book on agrarian violence and British policy w Cambridge (2022). Next project on Irishmen, education, and empire.
@maryhicks.bsky.social
Author: Captive Cosmopolitans: Black Mariners and the World of South Atlantic Slavery https://uncpress.org/book/9781469671468/captive-cosmopolitans/
@jamesafox.bsky.social
Social historian of numeracy, communication, knowledge, books | Postdoc at Glasgow Uni researching early modern how-to books howtobook.eu | PhD from St Andrews on numeracy in early modern Britain | Writer and co-editor at scilicet.org.uk
@brookenewman.bsky.social
Historian & cocktail enthusiast. Upcoming book—THE CROWN’S SILENCE: The Hidden History of the British Monarchy & Slavery (Mariner, Jan. 2026). Link: https://tinyurl.com/5erj7z6x All views, my own. Website: www.brookennewman.com
@joplingn.bsky.social
PhD Researcher at the University of Birmingham, specialising in the Seventeenth Century English Atlantic, and Piracy 🏴☠️
@marcusrediker.bsky.social
Historian (from below), award-winning author, filmmaker, playwright, Distinguished Professor, University of Pittsburgh marcusrediker.com
@tomcutterham.bsky.social
Historian of class and capital in the American Revolution. Working on Angelica Schuyler and her friends. Previously, *Gentlemen Revolutionaries* https://press.princeton.edu/books/hardcover/9780691172668/gentlemen-revolutionaries
@voetnoot.bsky.social
Historian - Amsterdam - Suriname - migration history - 17th century - typos - was 17,5 jaar op Twitter http://voetnoot.org
@randybrowne.bsky.social
Historian of Atlantic slavery & the British Caribbean | Professor | Author of THE DRIVER'S STORY: LABOR AND POWER IN THE WORLD OF ATLANTIC SLAVERY (2024) and SURVIVING SLAVERY IN THE BRITISH CARIBBEAN (2017) | randymbrowne.com
@kmccullo.bsky.social
Historian of modern Scottish history/Atlantic world and Indigenous-settler relations in Canada. Settler on lək̓ʷəŋən and W̱SÁNEĆ territories. First Nations claims researcher.
@nfrykman.bsky.social
Historian of capitalism, revolution, and the sea. Author of THE BLOODY FLAG: MUTINY IN THE AGE OF ATLANTIC REVOLUTION (tinyurl.com/2p8e79yz)
@ageofrevolutions.bsky.social
Online journal for the history of #revolutions, #revolutionaries, & the idea of “revolution” itself. Est. by @bryanbanksphd.bsky.social & @cindyermus.bsky.social. ageofrevolutions.com
@joelherman.bsky.social
Research Fellow @virtualtreasury.bsky.social @tcddublin.bsky.social, Houses of Parliament | Historian of the press, publicity, and popular political action in Ireland, America, Britain, and the Eighteenth-Century Atlantic World
@janejanealogy.bsky.social
Fled X, tried Mastodon, optimistic about Bluesky. Almost retired pro genealogist, Black Isle dweller (Scotland), Orkney-born, French, Welsh, bit of running, bike & hills, one-place study #NorthWallsAndBrims Orkney, janealogy.co.uk
@historiankarol.bsky.social
▪︎ Cultural, Social, Public Historian ▪︎ Associate Professor @ulhistory.bsky.social ▪︎ Ireland 🇮🇪
@bradbeaven.bsky.social
Professor of History; author of C19 books on Leisure, Citizenship & Working Class Men; Visions of Empire; The Devil's Highway: London's Sailortown,1850-1900. Co-Director of Port Cities & Maritime Cultures Research Centre: port.ac.uk/portcities.
@molliecarlyle.bsky.social
Maritime musicologist and author of 'The Shantyman's Compendium'. Recently completed a PhD on ‘the last shantyman’, Stan Hugill, at the University of Aberdeen.
@danpascoe79.bsky.social
Maritime archaeologist specialising in the investigation of shipwrecks. PhD.
@joetidy.bsky.social
Cyber Correspondent @ BBC News. Cyber security, online safety, crypto, AI, social networks and everything 💻📱📡. Global news mainly. DMs always open for tips/ feedback.
@jayrayner1.bsky.social
Eats and writes for The Financial Times. Piano for the JR Sextet; chairs Kitchen Cabinet for R4. Doesn’t accept comps. [email protected] https://linktr.ee/jayrayner1
@theresthistory.bsky.social
History + bad accents, with Tom Holland and Dominic Sandbrook. From Goalhanger Podcasts
@hillemmalouise.bsky.social
Recently quit my PhD but have created a census of John Flamsteed’s two star catalogues (AMA).
@jennyrlee.bsky.social
Curator (Exhibitions & Special Projects) at the National Maritime Museum Cornwall. Historical Geographer of imperialism, design, visual culture, exhibitions, maps, and communication. Chair of Trustees for Museum of Cornish Life. AuDHD. Views my own.
@timtimothy87.bsky.social
Historian of 19th-20th c Ireland & the British Empire. Faculty at Marquette University (WI, USA). Researching national identity, empires, decolonization, popular culture, especially religion.