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.
@samreadbookseller.bsky.social
Est. by Sam Read in 1887. Award-winning small bookshop in the Lake District. Posts from @likewinterblue.bsky.social Insta: samreadbookseller Browse a selection from our virtual shelves: www.samreadbooks.co.uk
@amybateman.bsky.social
Photographer, Author and Curator of ‘Forty Farms’ book & exhibition. Lakeland Book of the Year 2023. Multi award winning photographer. Creating high quality visual & written content. Agricultural Specialist. Storyteller.
@pollyrowena.bsky.social
Writer, Lake-swimmer, Bookseller. FRSL hEDS/Haemochromatosis/all the comorbs she/her rep @PortyLiterary Basic Nest Architecture Much with Body Recovering Dorothy Some Of Us Just Fall The Company of Owls https://linktr.ee/pollyatkin
@kitzingercelia.bsky.social
Promoting #OpenJustice in the Court of Protection #NotSecretCourt Check out our website: openjusticecourtofprotection.org Also all things Lake District + Cumbria including hiking, literature, & other stuff that interests me!
@likewinterblue.bsky.social
Book peddler, book reviewer, book hoarder, academic and freelance writer.
@theyorkshiretony.bsky.social
Lucky enough to lead on tourism for North Yorkshire. Posts mostly about my travels.
@bookendscarlisle.bsky.social
Indie bookshops, family owned & run; one mega-sized in Carlisle, t'other tiny-ish in Keswick + Cumbrian titles & signed editions at www.bookscumbria.com. + partners in Words by the Water festival in Keswick [Mar12-16 in 25]
@drpennybradshaw.bsky.social
Associate Professor of English Literature at the University of Cumbria. ‘An A-Z of Beatrix Potter’ forthcoming with Bloomsbury Academic. Programme Leader for ‘MA Literature, Romanticism, and the Lake District’ at Ambleside.
@tutty352.bsky.social
Interested in wildlife, the countryside and all things historic.
@suecumbria.bsky.social
Cumbrian cultural historian, folkie and writer. Here for intelligent conversation, Romanticism, social history of long nineteenth century, dialect, folklore… and cats, of course. https://independent.academia.edu/SueAllan1
@postalpathsguy.bsky.social
Author of books on UK footpaths. My book, Postal Paths, is due out April 2025 detailing the route used by rural postmen and women in the 19th and 20th Centuries. Follow me if you love walking footpaths. https://linktr.ee/postalpaths
@countrystride.bsky.social
www.countrystride.co.uk - celebrating the landscapes, culture, heritage and people of Cumbria and the Lake District. Produced by David Felton and presented by Mark Richards
@mike-hill.bsky.social
CEO of landscape charity Friends of the Lake District. Before that, 35 years in media and technology, mostly at the BBC. Now usually up a mountain in #Cumbria UK. @friendsoflakes.bsky.social
@onloughrigg.bsky.social
Lichens and other stuff from the beautiful English Lake District and beyond.
@braithwaiteshop.bsky.social
Award winning village shop in the heart of Braithwaite.Local produce, cafe, groceries, offlicence Insta: thevillageshopbraithwaite
@friendsoflakes.bsky.social
The only membership organisation dedicated to protecting and enhancing Cumbria's landscapes. Join us today. www.friendsofthelakedistrict.org.uk Thanks to John Macfarlane for providing us with our banner image. https://linktr.ee/friendsofthelakedistrict
@richardnorth.bsky.social
Landscape photographs in the Lake District and beyond. Fell wanderer, walker: W214x2+, C2C, Hadrian's Wall, Dales Way, Cumbria Way, Cleveland Way, St Cuthbert's Way https://www.flickr.com/photos/199204818@N08/
@tonybeales.bsky.social
Wildlife photography, ecology, outdoor stuff, hills. Inching my way back into Georgian naval history too. Cumbria, UK 🇬🇧 📷 🦊 All photos © as normal. UK Wildlife Photos feed: https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:yeq6jei6vki27ex6qpixoutx/feed/aaacvnx2qihgg
@stephengrae.bsky.social
Druid and poet as the Bard of Cumberland; filmmaker at Land of Lore Films; writer at The FolkLore Press; monthly tales in Cumbria Lakeland Walker magazine; contemporary artist. Fellow of the RSA
@suewilkinson.bsky.social
Lake District landscape, literature, history and culture. #GrasmereDialectPlays Fell-walking, landscape photography, geology. #Cumbria #LakeDistrict Twitter: @sue_wilkinson
@cumbriawildlife.bsky.social
We're a conservation charity dedicated to protecting nature in Cumbria. Become a member today to support wildlife and wild places! 🐿️🌱👇 https://www.cumbriawildlifetrust.org.uk/join
@rolandjackson.bsky.social
History & politics of sci/tech, & Cumbria. Author: The Ascent of John Tyndall #histsci; Scientific Advice to the Nineteenth-Century British State #c19. Chair Cumbria County History Trust & Trustee Lowther Castle & Gdns. Web: https://www.rolandjackson.co.uk
@keatsbabe.bsky.social
Writer (Hist. Med. and mental health &FWW) ghostwriter, social historian, proofreader and bookseller. Survive my anxious life with poetry,especially John Keats, classic detectives, Lake District holidays, coffee and chocolate.
@mplandscapes.bsky.social
Landscape Photographer #landscapephotography #scotland #nikon #naturallandscapes #authenticphotography #lakedistrict www.mikeprince.org
@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
@chapmanbookman.bsky.social
I help authors/indie presses publish non-fiction books. Editor of 3 British history magazines, including northernearth.co.uk (folklore, archaeology, psychogeography, landscape). Writer, walker, ambulomancer, neoantiquarian. andrewchapman.info
@paulfson.bsky.social
Ex-Keswick Cumbrian exile, lost in literature, environment, ecociticism, weird fiction, capitalocene, fiddle, traditional and non-traditional music (often at the same time), and lots of walking & cycling isms and ings
@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/
@layersoflondon.bsky.social
https://www.layersoflondon.org/ Mapping London's history & heritage through time using maps, images, films & Londoners' stories. Part of @chppc.bsky.social and @ihr.bsky.social
@longshop.bsky.social
Conserving and celebrating East Suffolk's Agricultural & Industrial history. Expect posts about museums, history, heritage & culture, and anything else that interests us (which is quite a lot). www.longshopmuseum.co.uk
@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
@porticolibrary.bsky.social
The Portico Library is Manchester’s original 19th-century home of literature and learning. Uncovering, imagining, and sharing new histories together.
@bho.bsky.social
British History Online is a digital library of primary and secondary sources for the history of the British Isles. Part of the Institute of Historical Research. https://www.british-history.ac.uk/
@historicshopfronts.bsky.social
Historic shopfronts, tiles and building conservation. Also here for gardening tips. Trust Manager @Stirlingcht.bsky.social
@kathrynmorrison.bsky.social
Architectural and Retail Historian (FSA FRHistS). ‘Chain Stores’ coming out May 2025. Website: buildingourpast.com Also expect posts about Romanesque sculpture (CRSBI fieldworker, Hampshire) and the Western Isles.
@thevicsoc.bsky.social
The national charity fighting to save our Victorian & Edwardian heritage. Join us! linktr.ee/victoriansociety Non-Governmental & Nonprofit Organization in England and Wales
@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
@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
@hughpearman.bsky.social
Writer and editor on architecture. Chair of Twentieth Century Society. Book "About Architecture: An Essential Guide in 55 Buildings" published by Yale.
@thecosmichouse.bsky.social
The Jencks Foundation opened The Cosmic House to the public in September 2021. The foundation acts as a cultural laboratory to promote critical experimentation in historical and artistic research. https://linktr.ee/jen
@archhfund.org.uk
Helping communities across the UK to reuse and regenerate historic buildings, with grants, loans and advice. https://linktr.ee/ArchHFund
@themerl.bsky.social
(social media manager on leave until 29/5) We explore the history of the English countryside and its people. Posting hog on main. Chaotic Good. https://merl.reading.ac.uk/
@modinmetro.bsky.social
Art Deco, Modernism and Brutalism in London's suburbs and beyond. https://www.modernism-in-metroland.co.uk
@vchlondon.bsky.social
Begun in 1899, the Victoria County History is an encyclopaedic record of England’s places & people. https://www.history.ac.uk/research/victoria-county-history