Dr Sarah Whittingham FSA
Historian. Buildings, design, nature, landscape, gardens. Wrote ‘George Oatley: Architect of Bristol’, and ‘Fern Fever: The Story of Pteridomania’ among other books. Now writing social and cultural history of bracken in Cumbria. Mainly on Instagram.
@21rosa.bsky.social
Museums, galleries, medieval and Irish literature, folklore, poetry, botany, Cumbrian walks, Oxfam bookstores. Remainer trying to do the right thing in a world that's going/gone off balance
@iconoscape.bsky.social
Iconoscape | Architecture • Design • Culture Unveiling iconic spaces & untold stories Subscribe: youtube.com/@iconoscape
@heritagejohn.bsky.social
Senior lecturer in planning and the historic environment and course leader of planning apprentices. Interested in all things historic environment and planning, currently writing a PhD on the use of a heritage significance toolkit. Motivated by 🫖 and 🍰
@nnicholsonpoet.bsky.social
The Society was formed in 2006 to promote, study and discuss the work of the English poet and writer Norman Nicholson who lived in the Cumbrian coastal town of Millom his whole life, 1914 - 1987. Plenty more information at www.normannicholson.org
@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
@nitzkesolvejg.bsky.social
Plant-Book-Person, academic with a tree-twist, fern-obsessed Books: Farne. Ein Portrait @ Matthes und Seitz Fremde Verwandtschaft. Eine Kulturpoetik der Bäume @ Wallstein Verlag
@pharology.bsky.social
All things lighthouse-related, with the occasional detour into maritime history, heritage preservation, and related fields, by an indifferent photographer, incorrigible bibliophile, and unlicensed pharologist. Typos guaranteed. #lighthouse
@westcountrymodern.bsky.social
A journey around mid century modernist buildings in the West Country. By @magslhalliday.bsky.social Subscribe to the newsletter: https://buttondown.com/WestCountryModernism
@northernstudies.bsky.social
The Scottish Society for Northern Studies (SSNS) was founded in 1968 to explore the inter-relationships between the Scandinavian, Celtic, and Scottish cultures. https://ssns.org.uk
@scothistnetwork.bsky.social
@seasidenetwork.bsky.social
Connecting people, groups & businesses who care about the heritage of Britain's seaside resorts. https://linktr.ee/seasideheritage
@lizziwake.bsky.social
All’s well that ends well. Author of Sketching a Year in Lakeland (Pub: https://www.inspiredbylakeland.co.uk/collections/books/products/liz-wakelin-sketching-a-year-in-lakeland
@springheadbooks.bsky.social
Specialising in cult authors, artists and designers Simon Ford, former librarian, art historian, art critic Author: Wreckers of Civilisation (1999) Hip Priest (2002) https://www.abebooks.co.uk/springhead-books-rochester/54278647/sf
@jimchesh.bsky.social
Associate Prof. Gothic Revival, Tennyson, stained glass ; https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2371-2142; Co-Director http://www.lincolnconservation.co.uk; Honorary Secretary, Tennyson Society https://tennysonsociety.com/
@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.
@harrietrycroft.bsky.social
Notorious for gardening in pots. Author, speaker. Interested in greenery of all sorts
@leebey1.bsky.social
Architecture critic for Chicago Sun-Times and ABC7 Chicago. Author/photographer of Southern Exposure: The Overlooked Architecture of Chicago's South Side. I dig vintage TV/movies and 20th century funk, soul and jazz.
@heritagenetwork.bsky.social
The Heritage Network (formerly Heritage Trust Network) is the UK's umbrella body for organisations that are rescuing, restoring and re-using historic buildings, structures and spaces. https://heritagetrustnetwork.org.uk
@morethanadodo.bsky.social
A stunning Victorian building home to 7 million objects. Free entry, open 10-5 every day.
@antiquaries.bsky.social
Based in the heart of London, we are the centre of antiquarian learning, discovery and community. As a royal learned society, our Fellows have been inspiring scholarship, debate and research for over 300 years. We also own Kelmscott Manor, Oxfordshire.
@pittriversmuseum.bsky.social
Anthropology and archaeology collections from world cultures past and present. https://www.prm.ox.ac.uk
@bradfordmuseums.bsky.social
Home to some of the best museums in Yorkshire - find out more https://linktr.ee/bradfordmuseums
@gettymuseum.bsky.social
Bringing people together through art. Based in Los Angeles, working globally. getty.edu
@btfstills.bsky.social
A bot randomly posting images taken from films made by British Transport Films, a government film unit active from 1949-1986. 3 posts a day. Expect trains. by bsky.app/profile/joegrassby.bsky.social
@nhm.org
Inspiring wonder, discovery, and responsibility for our natural and cultural worlds. Open 9:30am - 5pm daily, closed the first Tuesday of every month. 🔊 http://linktr.ee/nhmla
@johnwalterswildife.bsky.social
Wildlife artist and ecologist based in Buckfastleigh, Devon, UK
@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.
@kathleengjones.bsky.social
I'm an author and poet from the English Lake District. Left wing, passionate environmentalist, hater of bullshit www.kathleenjones.co.uk
@susiefielding.bsky.social
Historic Buildings Investigator @ Royal Commission Wales | Nonconformist Chapels | C20 Built Heritage | Digital Technologies in Heritage | Countryside & Dogs | O Gymru - Dysgwr | Personal Account
@lakelandwalker.bsky.social
Hiking the fells of Lakeland, Yorkshire and the North of England.
@grasdialectplays.bsky.social
Researching & sharing information about the extraordinary village plays performed in Grasmere from 1893 to 1937. Most were written and produced by Eleanor Rawnsley (nee Simpson); all were in Westmorland dialect. #LakeDistrict #Cumbria #GrasmereDialectPlays
@emilyvcole.bsky.social
Senior architectural historian at Historic England. Expert in early modern country houses, C20 pubs and various things in between. FSA. Book on the Woolwich Rotunda forthcoming. Own views.
@lakesandbooks.bsky.social
Museum professional, VE consultant, writer, lover of books & outdoors LL Times/Chicken House Comp 23 Top 100 Bath Children's Novel Award '24 X @lakesandbooks
@adam-dixon.bsky.social
PhD Researcher at Northumbria University Interests: Transport, Mobility, Built Environment, Tyneside, 20th Century, Oral Histories. Specialist subject: Metros, Motorways, Modernism and Municipal Ferries
@smeadleonard.bsky.social
Art historian, PhD. Victorian #MaterialCulture and #HistoricLandscapes, that kind of thing.
@davidpott.bsky.social
Landscape artist living in North West England. I paint the Lake District and The Pennines a lot, and sometimes venture over to Whitby. Website at www.davidpottart.co.uk
@lakesstiles.bsky.social
'gradually the sense of disappointment wears away' Shap, this account, etc Mainly here for stiles, clouds and general nonsense.
@jjwy.bsky.social
Victorian buildings, culture and social history. Preservation and repurposing of built Heritage. Local History. Feminist. Yorkshire. Wensleydale cheese. Trade Unionist.
@carolineirwin3.bsky.social
Passionate about natural history, environment and conservation, visiting historic buildings, churches and gardens. Love reading and photography.
@stroudstory.bsky.social
Writer, speaker, storyteller, folklorist and museum curator. Arts and Crafts Movement lover. William Morris fangirl. Church crawler.
@patrickbarkham.bsky.social
Guardian Natural History Writer, author of The Swimmer – the Wild Life of Roger Deakin, Wild Child, Islander, Badgerlands, The Butterfly Isles and a few others. President of Norfolk Wildlife Trust. Special interests: butterflies, trees, restoring nature.
@chiffchat.bsky.social
📚Natural history from Bloomsbury Publishing 🌳Nature writing, field guides & more 🍃Imprints include Bloomsbury Wildlife, Helm and Poyser
@rebeccasmithauthor.bsky.social
Writer, journalist. Rural: The Lives of the Working-Class Countryside out now. Published by William Collins Beckcsmith.com
@drdavidcooper.bsky.social
Literary geographer writing about writing about place. Co-Director of the Centre for Place Writing at Manchester Metropolitan University.