How to do History
Tours and tales, sometimes with a beverage in hand. History for those who see enjoyment and importance in the past. Run by Mr Cemetery Club (Sheldon K. Goodman) and Dr Battlefield Birding (Andy Lock).
Starter Packs
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How to do History's Starter Pack
A selection of our favourite feeds and people - your one stop shop for Bluesky thinking!
@titanic1912.bsky.social
My name's Paul and I've been studying and researching the Titanic for nearly 40 years. My website is http://www.paullee.com/titanic
@stuiea.bsky.social
Interested in FWW particularly gas warfare and tunnelling. Keen photographer and supporter of Gloucester Rugby.
@awg322.bsky.social
Member of the WFA, Great War Group. The Cheshire Regiment in the Great War and also from 1689 to 2007
@alanallport.bsky.social
Dr. Walter Montgomery & Marian Gruber Professor of History, Syracuse, NY. https://www.maxwell.syr.edu/directory/alan-allport Husband, dad, scouser, gobby. Demobbed (2009), Browned Off & Bloody-Minded (2015), Britain at Bay (2020), Advance Britannia (2025)
@museumofbc.bsky.social
Transnational network confronting British colonialism UK, Kenya, and beyond. http://museumofbritishcolonialism.org/ourblog http://museumofbritishcolonialism.org/support
@ideasroadshow.bsky.social
🎬 Intelligent. Inquisitive. International. 🎥 Filmmakers combining unlimited curiosity & meticulous research 📚 Plus lots of books, essays & podcasts 🚘 Website: https://ideasroadshow.com
@fabperegrines.bsky.social
Nathalie on behalf of the Peregrine Falcons who live at Charing Cross Hospital (Fulham)
@sisambiente.bsky.social
Promoting Environmental History in and about Italy🌱
@samueljredman.bsky.social
Historian. Author of Bone Rooms (Harvard, 2016), Prophets and Ghosts (Harvard, 2021), and The Museum (NYU, 2022)
@angyman11.bsky.social
Hebridean, Gaidhlig Speaker, Married, one son. Passionate about History, Gaidhlig Culture,Sports, Books, Podcasts, Photography, and Music of all genres. Interested in both Religion and Politics. Studying History with The Open University. Tha mi an seo.😀
@tanktales.bsky.social
Once a soldier. ND. I post about: * Israel/Palestine. * The Balkans. * Iraq. * Edges of empires in Europe. * The First & Second World Wars. * Tanks. * WMD. * Mental Health, Moral Injury, Neurodivergence. * The current state of the British military.
@peterhart.bsky.social
Military historian of sorts. Latest books: 'Footsloggers', & 'Laugh or Fly.' Coming up February 2025 is 'Chain of Fire: Campaigning in Egypt & the Sudan, 1882-1898'. But really I'm mainly the lead singer of 'Those Naughty Lumps' and 'Pete & the Lovehearts'
@valerisaltikoff.bsky.social
Museum work, aviation history and other stories. Mostly in Finnish. Project Manager (New Aviation Museum #UIM) at the Finnish Aviation Museum.
@ashiggins.bsky.social
Director of Development at Imperial War Museums. Tolkien Scholar and author Live in Balham London 🏳️🌈
@altnps.bsky.social
The official "Resistance" team of U.S. National Park Service. Our website: www.ourparks.org
@mainlymuseums.bsky.social
A personal take on museums big and small from contributors across the globe.
@tomisitt.bsky.social
Author, historian, cyclist, hiker, occasional climber, idiot adventurer with unrealistic goals and expectations.
@heatherpaterson.co.uk
Head of Partnerships and Development @lgbtconsortium.bsky.social | Chair @proudchangemakers.bsky.social | LGBTQ+ Columnist Exposed Magazine #LGBWithTheT Proud Queer 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️ www.heatherpaterson.co.uk
@welshhistorypod.bsky.social
Jonathan Williams is the host of the Welsh History Podcast about a little nation with big impact on the world. Check us out on apple podcasts, spotify or any other podcatcher of your choice! Or on YouTube at https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCcElD3B_Lc-cf
@hellohistoria.bsky.social
BBC award-winning Social Historian ✍️ Death, Wales & Psychiatry 💀 Workhouses | Poor Law | Lunacy 🧠 🥇BBC History Extra '30 under 30' 📚 📍Cardiff | views are my own • she/her 🔗 www.linktr.ee/louvainrees
@halma.bsky.social
History, cities and urbanism, exploring, Nationals, Panthers, Hurricanes, Hornets Views are my own
@debimroberts.bsky.social
University of Staffordshire engineering academic and CEng with a passion for transport history, MA Naval, Maritime and Coastal Studies student at University of Portsmouth.
@follywoodfae.bsky.social
History ☆ WW1 & WW2 Graveyard Tales ☆ Witch ☆ Owner Folly & Roses, Holt In no particular order. Creating an image archive of rural and military history locations in the UK.
@ieperkroniek.bsky.social
Een 13-delige chronologische geschiedenis van de stad Ieper. ‘De Grote Kroniek van Ieper’ www.ieperkroniek.com
@ulrichjvv.bsky.social
Humanitarian | Environmentalist | 📱 Digital media 👥 Advocacy 🌍 Global development 🎓 University of London ⭕️ UN Global Goals #Goalkeepers2030 🌿 For people and planet. 📍 Johannesburg, South Africa
@lydiajane13.bsky.social
Author/historian. Bomber Command Minelaying, RAF/Admiralty Co-operation, Norwegian Campaign. Learning 🇳🇴 slowly. Co-host nmtdambusters.bsky.social The Invisible Campaign: Bomber Command Gardening Operations1940-1945 out now
@battlefieldswede.bsky.social
SWE Army officer and veteran. (SFOR, ISAF, EUFOR, MINUSMA) Research about Swedes in WW1. Adore to walk around Ypres Salient. Member of @GreatWarGroup westernfront.se
@jasoncroot.bsky.social
Actor, Filmmaker, and Author of My Ego Screwed My Acting Career, Based on a True Story. https://amazon.com/dp/1068791101
@neildmck.bsky.social
Merseyside UK. Dapper chap working in local government, all views my own or maybe my teddy bears'. Love history, the arts, cake 📚🧸🌈☕🥐
@owentg.bsky.social
He/him. Historian particularly interested in vaccination and rural radicalism. Doing comms for a charity tackling health inequity. Also posting museums, folk music, food, books, faith and social justice. Personal account, own views. 📍 Gloucestershire, UK.
@stevemarsdin.bsky.social
I’m interested in WW1, particularly the Battle of the Frontiers (22/08/1914) and am a member of the Great War Group and Western Front Association. Outside of military history I like cycling and rugby
@profpeterdoyle.bsky.social
Military Historian (and geologist) Trench warfare, terrain and material culture FRHistS
@kingludd.bsky.social
Historian, wargamer, miniatures painter. Lego, classic menswear, scale models, vinylcollecting, heavy metal, music, history, art, boardgames, movies, ships. Disgusted by racism, climate change and social injustice! 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️ ally. #actuallyautistic and ADHD
@robb51.bsky.social
Maritime and British historian. British Commission for Maritime History Trustee, Hon Research Fellow at the University of Hull. Interests include the Yorkshire Coast, fisheries history and the role of smaller vessels in the Great War at Sea.
@mouthymaw.bsky.social
death + sex positive 🔞 • Grantaire on a bad day • Jake Peralta on a good day • A 34yr old grown ass adult in a PhD program • he/they 🌈 ✡︎🍉 • mooshberry on twt • personal account of mercuryreads
@hedyexperience.bsky.social
@ckbmcd.bsky.social
📚Postgrad/PhD researcher - Hair in 19thC & Neo-Victorian mourning/memorialisation • Anglo-American Literature • Material culture • Death & dying • Grief • Sensation fiction • Popular fiction • Yorkshire 🏴 ➡️ Missouri 🇺🇸 💀 Taphophile http://www.ckbmcd.com
@murphthesmurph.bsky.social
Co-host of "Men Who Like Men Who Like Movies" podcast. Permanently exhausted pigeon.
@kattekopjes.bsky.social
Geïnteresseerd in kunst en geschiedenis / interested in art and history. Posts in Dutch and/or in English.
@nicole-simon.bsky.social
Mortuary Archaeologist - Master's student at Simon Fraser University 🇨🇦 - Researching the mechanics surrounding death, commemoration, and material memory during the Klondike Gold Rush🪦 Big fan of cemeteries, cats, and ice cream🍦
@mxmilkiib.bsky.social
👋 Scoish, Fifer, Edinburuh based, relates to *dancing*, audio, media tech, electronic/experimental/everythin, communi*, Christopher Alexander, Murray Bookchin, Alan Kay, Ajahn Brahm, art/silliness enby/transfemme they/them AuDHC/PDA POTS/EDS, mxmilkiib
@kindexarchives.bsky.social
Digital archive platform for researchers, families, societies and organizations. Private, collaborative archives with metadata, transcription, and handwriting recognition features. app.kindex.org