I’m a retired History teacher. I got the MBE in 2012 for Services to Education. I have written five books, three on the First World War, one on the Second and one on Hartlebury Castle and the English Civil War. I do History talks on many topics!
@authorrochelle.bsky.social
Author of Medieval Historical Fiction, especially the 11th century and the Plantagenets. And France. And the rest of Europe!
@1642author.bsky.social
British Civil Wars enthusiast from age 10. Associate Fellow - Royal Hist Soc. Author with Pen & Sword. Durham. 📕Biography: Charles I's Private Life 🎬Podcast: CavalierCast - The Civil War in Words https://tinyurl.com/yvxvmsjk
@sirkaje.bsky.social
Lefty, LLB, Neurodiverse, Birmingham City mad, Gamer, Girl Dad to 3. Glad to have found somewhere that isn't Twitter!
@naomifowler.bsky.social
Podcast suprema @taxjustice.net Producer and host of the Taxcast. I direct Justicia ImPositiva, Impôts et Justice Sociale, É Da Sua Conta, الجباية ببساطة Also, The Corruption Diaries podcast. All available here: https://podcasts.taxjustice.net/
@corinnefowler.bsky.social
Prof. of Colonialism and Heritage at Museum Studies, University of Leicester UK. Penguin author of Our Island Stories. Ten Walks through Rural Britain and its Hidden History of Empire (2024) represented by Emma Bal @ Madeleine Milburn agency
@wediewithstyle.com
https://wediewithstyle.com/ Making Costumes for Reenacment/LARP/SCA legendary renaissance designs Make your corpse pop! 🛡️🧵
@uhpress.bsky.social
UH Press is a small academic press publishing local and regional history. We have numerous series and imprints and we specialise in landscape history.
@libhistorytoday.bsky.social
Discussion and research on histories of the Lib Dems and predecessors, Liberal Party and SDP, and of Liberalism. Publish quarterly Journal of Liberal History. www.liberalhistory.org.uk.
@lloydgeorgesociety.bsky.social
Account of Cymdeithas Lloyd George: http://lloydgeorgesociety.org.uk. Cymdeithas Lloyd George/ Lloyd George Society is a loose combination of like minds, meeting in Wales for a weekend school on topical subjects & historical issues relating to politics
@schoolreadinglist.bsky.social
We recommend children’s and YA books to teachers, parents, librarians and schools. https://schoolreadinglist.co.uk
@parentsvoiceworcs.bsky.social
Independent nonprofit group of Worcestershire parents, all volunteers. Sharing information for a really wide age range, birth - 18+ Get our emails: https://tinyurl.com/PVjotsignup Insta: https://tinyurl.com/PVinstagm96 Email: parentsvoiceworc@gmail.com
@allbluedaze.bsky.social
Retired author, writer, journalist and purveyor of words - often used coherently. Viviendo en España. My Amazon page: https://www.amazon.co.uk/stores/Gary-Thacker/author/B0C2J3PMPW?ref=ap_rdr&isDramIntegrated=true&shoppingPortalEnabled=true
@deb1962.bsky.social
Mom & Nana (3 gorgeous grandsons) Followed Blues all my life - good times ahead hopefully love the match day experience now
@footballandwar.bsky.social
The Network is made up of colleagues and historians who have an interest in the different elements of the relationship between football and war
@hotelhistories.bsky.social
Writer and historian looking into the history of our best seaside hotels.Now focussing on the Royal hotels of Yorkshire https://www.lornaspacey.com/
@astroroyalscot.bsky.social
Astronomer Royal for Scotland, Professor of Astrophysics, Edinburgh University. Director of the German Centre for Cosmological Lensing, RUB. #LongCovid (She/her)
@pickardje.bsky.social
Deputy political editor, Financial Times. Also amateur iphone photographer and some-time musician.
@therestpolitics.bsky.social
A view on politics at home & abroad, while bringing back the lost art of disagreeing agreeably with Rory Stewart & Campbell Claret. Powered by Fuse Energy⚡ https://linktr.ee/RestIsPolitics
@theresthistory.bsky.social
History + bad accents, with Tom Holland and Dominic Sandbrook. From Goalhanger Podcasts
@bbcnewsnight.bsky.social
Analysis, exclusives, robust interviews. Find us weekdays 10:30pm on BBC Two with Victoria Derbyshire and Faisal Islam.
@worcswt.bsky.social
Keep up to date with the goings on of Worcestershire's wildlife (office hours). http://worcswildlifetrust.co.uk
@birminghamcity.bsky.social
KRO - this is a bot that crossposts Blues’s twitter. (At least I’m working on it - me= @bounder.info )
@birminghamcityfc.bsky.social
Supporter of Birmingham City FC (not linked to the club). Using this account to primarily help enable a Blues' community on Bluesky at present.
@sophieneville.bsky.social
Author of "The Making of Swallows & Amazons', 'Funnily Enough', 'Ride The Wings of Morning' and other works.
@goslingpress.bsky.social
Gosling Press is a small publisher specialising in books about the First World War. We have a special interest in campaigns away from the Western Front
@profaliceroberts.bsky.social
Prof of Public Engagement in Science, Uni of Birmingham; anatomist, author, broadcaster; vice President of Humanists UK. All views my own.
@thehistorygirl1.bsky.social
Historian, cook, gardener, knitter, reader, mother, wife, not in any particular order.
@thehistoryguy.bsky.social
Creative Director of the world's best History Channel https://linktr.ee/HistoryHit | I host the Dan Snow’s @HistoryHit podcast
@macrominiverse.bsky.social
Macro and Wildlife Photography The tiny things in life interest me 🍄🐛🦟 📸 All photographs are my own 🚫 Not AI-Generated 📍 United Kingdom 🇬🇧 #macro #conservation #wildlife #photography #insects
@jamesmcenaney.bsky.social
Education writer for The Herald Former English teacher & lecturer | Author of 'Class Rules: the Truth about Scottish Schools' & 'A Scottish Journey' | Fond of FOI, motorbikes, La Gomera, and all things education www.jamesmcenaney.co.uk
@swanshurst.org
Official Bluesky account of Swanshurst School, a highly successful, oversubscribed school for girls aged 11-19. Proud to be apart of @wmatrust.co.uk #SwanshurstCan 💜 https://www.swanshurst.org
@lrp.blog
Truth above Delusion, Growth above Comfort, Wisdom and Knowledge above all. 📚 ❯ 🦆 ❯ #Birder, Husband & Blogger. 🐦 Staring at a talking box is not for me 😳📺 Proud Gen Xer. Writing over at... lrp.blog 📧 p@lrp.blog
@aransome.bsky.social
Ransome related chats and quizzes, and all things Swallows and Amazons ⛵️
@tarsociety.bsky.social
Arthur was born in 1884 in Leeds. The Society was set up to popularise his many books (not just for children) and encourage research into his life and work. https://arthur-ransome.org/
@cranesfootlance.bsky.social
Family historian & genealogist. Wrestles with history. IHGS Student. Background in HR, Wellbeing, Disability, Mentoring & FE. Europhile. Father, son & cousin. Researching New, Cammish, Atkinson, Martin, Gale, Higginbotham and Unknown. Racey by name....
@museumsworcs.bsky.social
Discover 3 fantastic museums: 🎨 Worcester City Art Gallery & Museum 🏰 County Museum at Hartlebury Castle 👑 The Commandery & 💫 Escape Room: Commandery Quest https://linktr.ee/museumsworcestershire
@retired-librarian.bsky.social
Retired librarian, sometime artist, vegetable gardener, #BannedBookSkyClub instigator All content is original or properly attributed.
@englishcivilwar.bsky.social
We're passionate about the English Civil Wars and 17th Century history! We're also reenactors - step into history and have an incredible weekend for just £10! www.earlofmanchesters.co.uk
@hpsvanessa.bsky.social
historian of science, medicine, food, sport and exploration; other content generally but not limited to: my dinner, a weird bug, feminist beer, complaining about bad parking. Latest book: tinyurl.com/HigherColder
@polyeclectic.bsky.social
Science, history, the usual. Collector of books and ephemera, most of what I post is from my collection. Views don’t represent anyone I work for (& are protected by the 1st Amendment). Veteran of a long war.
@ollibackstrom.bsky.social
Researcher of the Thirty Years War 1618-1648 and Seventeenth Century Europe. Docent (General History) associated with the University of Eastern Finland. Author Military Revolution and the Thirty Years War: https://hup.fi/site/books/m/10.33134/HUP-21/
@materialwills.bsky.social
The Material Culture of Wills, England 1540-1790: a Leverhulme Trust project using digital tech & volunteers to transcribe 25,000 wills. Volunteer for us: https://www.zooniverse.org/projects/hjsmith/the-material-culture-of-wills-england-1540-1790
@weegiegraeme.bsky.social
Glaswegian 🏴 Historian of late 17th century specialising in Scotland, warfare, martial culture, identity and migration. Tutor @ University of Dundee. Publishing on Jacobites, the Highland War (1689-1691) & Scots-Dutch Brigade 🇳🇱 All views my own.
@tomaashby.bsky.social
Historian • Soon JSPS Fellow @utokyoofficial.bsky.social nominated @britishacademy.bsky.social • Reviews Editor @global-ih.bsky.social • Co-org @gpolthought.bsky.social • PhD @eui-eu.bsky.social • alum @qmul.ac.uk & @kebleoxford.bsky.social • autistic
@mooregraham.bsky.social
Maritime & social historian; 18th-C Collections Researcher for The National Archives UK. Sometime pirate. Views own &c
@ianmayer.bsky.social
Married to Alyson Mayer | Deputy Lieutenant South Yorkshire | Author | Entrepreneur | TEDx Speaker | Leadership Connector | Visit www.ianmayer.com
@cwgc.bsky.social
Our mission is to ensure those who died in service, or as a result of conflict, are commemorated so that they, and the human cost of war, are remembered forever