Headstrongways
Rare books, manuscripts, special collections. Also allotments, nature, etc.
@anitaanand.bsky.social
I present programs on TV and Radio, write history books and present a podcast called Empire with William Dalrymple.
@acarpen.bsky.social
Ex-Whitehall type still with views on public policy, but now local historian in Cambridge (UK) blogging at https://lostcambridge.com/ - also writing about the future of the city on The Cambridge Town Owl.
@nhmlibraryarchives.bsky.social
One of the finest collections of natural history literature, art and online resources. Come and research with us Tuesday - Thursday 10.00 - 16.00 (by appointment). linktr.ee/nhmlibraryarchives (Natural History Museum, London and Tring)
@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
@mappingthemarch.bsky.social
Mapping the March: Medieval Wales and England aims to create the first holistic cultural history of the medieval March of Wales, the borderlands between Wales and England, occupied by a diverse population of Welsh and English speakers between 1282-1550.
@felicula.bsky.social
@gblee.bsky.social
Writer and academic. Founding Professor of Chinese Studies @uniofstandrews.bsky.social. 香港人文學院院士. Formerly SOAS/PKU/Cambridge/UChicago/HKU/BBC/社科院. Founding Director IETT, Lyon. General editor Transtext(e)s Transcultures 跨文本 跨文化: Journal of Global Cultural
@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
@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
@laura-elseplace.bsky.social
I bake and knit and sew and grow edible things and live quietly and am happily married and will believe in egalitarian freedom til my last breath.
@shayan86.bsky.social
BBC Verify senior journalist | verification, AI, disinformation, conspiracy theories, open source investigations | [email protected]
@enghistrev.bsky.social
Academic history journal, publishing in all fields and periods. Find our content here: https://academic.oup.com/ehr
@celiarichardson.bsky.social
Tea, scones, independent institutions and why they need looking after. Director of Communications @NationalTrust.bsky.social Trustee, City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra. The posts are just mine.
@book-historia.bsky.social
Book historian, medieval manuscript liker, Curator of Special Collections at the Winterthur Library. She/they. Biblioshitposter.
@hmalagisi.bsky.social
Tudor History Nerd. I love good music, books, and history. Owner of Adventures of a Tudor Nerd. www.adventuresofatudornerd.com
@julialaite.bsky.social
Teller of small stories. Professor of history at Birkbeck. Rider of bikes, grower of vegetables, Brook custodian & friend to three ducks. Townie Cantabrigian. Eternally homesick Newfoundlander; researching the island's history & the legacies of empire.
@toastteacake.bsky.social
@parkerlibcccc.bsky.social
Special collections library at Corpus Christi College, University of Cambridge https://www.corpus.cam.ac.uk/parker-library Parker Library On the Web - our medieval and early modern MSS digitised https://parker.stanford.edu/parker
@drkarrschmidt.bsky.social
Curator of (very old) curious books, prints on fabric, functional ephemera (newberry.org), Director of a pop-up book society (movablebooksociety.org). History of art, science, decorative food, pirates. Where's your WHIMSY? Mostly Chicago. She/her
@sophiecarr.bsky.social
Iceland-obsessed Landscape Photographer. Recently SW Herts-based. Love Scotland, Richmond Park & the Chilterns too. Cocker spaniel owner. 13% off prints and downloads on my website using code LUCKY13 www.sophiecarrphotography.com
@rebeccasolnit.bsky.social
Raised on Coast Miwok land, longtime resident on Ramaytush Ohlone land, writer, climate person, feminist, wanderer. Just started a newsletter at MeditationsInAnEmergency.com.
@leoba.bsky.social
Medievalist, digital humanist, and wannabe booklicker. I'm here to post memes and yell about manuscripts. See also @sims-mss.bsky.social
@birdsoftheworld.bsky.social
Explore the remarkable diversity of birds with Birds of the World, the world's leading collection of avian life histories published by the Cornell Lab of Ornithology in collaboration with a global editorial team of avian experts. birdsoftheworld.org.
@thordale.bsky.social
Crofter, animal rescuer/collector and retirement home in Shetland. Daily blogger sometimes with half way decent photos of my life in Shetland. Spinal surgery failure x 3. Mother of Muscovy ducks. Animals in my house. Insomniac.
@colmuseums.bsky.social
We're renowned for Romans, cuckoo about clocks and wild for animals! Custodians of Colchester Castle, Hollytrees Museum and Colchester's Natural History Museum.
@seatsixtyone.bsky.social
Mark Smith, the Man in Seat 61, the chap who runs that train travel site http://seat61.com. YouTube: http://youtube.com/c/seat61.
@paulclarke.com
The people photographer, working with the world's most interesting humans, dogs and brands. A graceful and melodious ape. paulclarke.com (📷 Siobhan Hennessy)
@mininglibrarian.bsky.social
Library & Archives Manager at The Common Room in Newcastle and Business Development Manager for NAG. Ex Carnegie-Greenaway judge. Mobility issues thanks to MCTD - I’m the one with the purple crutches... Disabled 🏳️🌈 parent.
@uklibrariesnag.bsky.social
An organisation for everyone interested in the acquisition, management and development of library resources. https:/nag.org.uk
@hannahjames.bsky.social
Archives, records, and data protection. Derbyshire lass in exile, Squirrel (Scout) leader, Friend, and proud Mummy.
@jonathanfoyle.bsky.social
Lecturer at the University of Bath. Researcher of historic buildings and finder of new solutions for them: https://soloist.ai/jonathanfoyle Immersed in the arts of the late Middle Ages. PhD, etc. Talking head in various media. Life.
@philrodgers.co.uk
Well I thought it was interesting. Mostly about Cambridge. [email protected] / https://linktr.ee/philrodgers
@willbeharrell.bsky.social
📚 Librarian at the Linnean Society, the world’s oldest learned society devoted to natural history. 🌿 Secretary of the Society for the History of Natural History (SHNH). 🏳️🌈 Secretary and proud Trustee of Newbury Pride.
@lottelydia.bsky.social
Historian. Imperial Island: A History of Empire in Modern Britain (Penguin, 2023). Is Free Speech Under Threat? (2024). Work stuff here: https://linktr.ee/charlottelydiariley repped by Carrie Plitt @ FBA pronouns are she/her and views are my own 💫
@craigwalmsley.bsky.social
Medium height, medium build, brown hair, grey eyes. Knows way too much about John Locke (1632-1704). And Prince (God I miss Prince).
@finchinthestacks.bsky.social
Assistant Curator of Rare Books at Linda Hall Library | trans/queer early modern history, science & society, books & bodies | posts my own
@drdavidrundle.bsky.social
Historian, palaeographer, Renaissance man. Managing Editor, @mediumaevum.bsky.social . Found in libraries or restaurants.
@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 🧑💻
@nicholsonbaker.bsky.social
Latest book: Finding a Likeness: How I Got Somewhat Better at Art. First book: The Mezzanine. https://linktr.ee/nicholsonbaker.
@tobyseddon.bsky.social
Professor of Social Science at University College London | Head of UCL Social Research Institute | Chair of Release | Fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences | Interested in: drug policy, social science, critical theory, history | www.tobyseddon.com
@spinninghugo.bsky.social
Always ask yourself, what would Lord Diplock think? https://spinninghugo.wordpress.com/
@wetpaint63.bsky.social
Prof, Director, Dept for Continuing Education, Fellow Harris Manchester College, Uni. of Oxford. Bencher Middle Temple, Trustee & Chair Elect, National AIDS Trust . #law #pandemics #HIV #publichealth #education. Personal views 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️
@dinahrose.bsky.social
President of Magdalen College, Oxford. Barrister. Speaking only for myself.