Dr Jack O'Connor
Cultural Historian
New project researching 1980s Hulme, Manchester - https://www.library.manchester.ac.uk/rylands/about/our-people/institute-staff/hulme-manchester/
History PhD from Sussex Uni on the New Universities of the 1960s.
@womenshistnet.bsky.social
A national association supporting those who are passionate about women's and gender history. Also on LinkedIn. Read about our networks mission, values and our Equality and Diversity Statement: https://womenshistorynetwork.org/about-page/
@lghgseminar.bsky.social
The London Group of Historical Geographers is a seminar series hosted by the Institute of Historical Research. Conveners: Felix Driver, Margot Finn, Innes M. Keighren, and Miles Ogborn. https://lghgseminar.wordpress.com/
@richardtoye.bsky.social
Historian. Exeter/Zürich. Author of Age of Hope: Labour, 1945, and the Birth of Modern Britain
@phm.org.uk
Explore the UK’s national museum of democracy. Open every day (except Tues). Spinningfields, Manchester, M3 3ER. phm.org.uk
@jfwinters.bsky.social
Professor of Digital Humanities, School of Advanced Study, University of London. From medieval history to web archives, with some stops on the way. Own views.
@littletollerbooks.bsky.social
Award winning indy publisher of new and classic writing on place, nature and culture + The Clearing our online journal. Based in West Dorset www.littletoller.co.uk Instagram / @littletollerbooks
@themodernist.bsky.social
magazine, bookshop, gallery, publisher, events. 20th century architecture & design. a non profit social enterprise. https://the-modernist.org/ https://uk.bookshop.org/shop/themodernist
@oxrdmcr.bsky.social
Oxford Road Corridor is Manchester’s Knowledge Quarter. A place where knowledge, business and culture thrive.
@warringtonruncorn.com
Music for a broken concrete utopia. He/him https://warringtonruncorn.com/
@raremags.bsky.social
Magazines, books, stationery, coffee, Stockport. We are open. Tues - Sat 10-6, Sun 11-5. 5 Lower Hillgate, SK1 1JQ.
@sarahcrook.bsky.social
Senior lecturer & historian of modern Britain. Activism & experience. Books: mothering & feeling; student mental health. Director of GENCAS & Co-Ed Modern British History. Mother x 3. Book: https://manchesteruniversitypress.co.uk/9781526140128/
@tricksterprince.bsky.social
Cultural history, Britain, cities, sexuality & gender, 20s30s. Out Oct 2025 - Songs of Seven Dials: An intimate history of 1920s and 1930s London (MUP) Now - The Self-Improvers: The people who remade themselves and made the modern world
@jennypickerill.bsky.social
Professor at Sheffield University UK, geographer, feminist, photographer, + into all things environmental, esp. eco-housing + eco-communities. She/ her www.jennypickerill.info 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️
@hannahcharnock.bsky.social
Historian researching sexuality, youth, gender & education in C20 Britain. Book ‘Teenage Intimacies’ out now! Editor of 'Modern British History'. Often still thinking about the pop culture of the 00s/10s. She/her.
@ewangibbs.bsky.social
Historian of work, energy, industry and protest. Author of Coal Country. Now writing the Unmaking of the British Working Class. Not getting that much more right wing as I get older.
@evemworth.bsky.social
Modern British Historian at Exeter. Class and mobility, elites, women, the state. Written a book on Women of the Welfare State Generation. She/Her.
@janeydonald.bsky.social
Archivist at Co-op Archive based in Manchester. Volunteer for Manchester Digital Music Archive. Bike Pootler. Likes moles.
@qmcbs.bsky.social
Queen Mary Centre for British Studies Website being developed at: https://projects.history.qmul.ac.uk/qmcbs/
@groomb.bsky.social
Ex-Financial Times Assistant Editor. Ex-editor Scotland on Sunday. Author of 'Made in Manchester' (2024) and bestselling 'Northerners: A History' (2022).
@kieranconnell.bsky.social
Historian and Writer at Queen’s University Belfast. MULTICULTURAL BRITAIN: A PEOPLE’S HISTORY out now with Hurst: https://www.hurstpublishers.com/book/multicultural-britain/ Agent: Salma Begum/Greyhound Literary Website: https://www.kieranconnell.com
@sellbydave.bsky.social
Author, journalist, researcher, dance music historian, PhD candidate. Join The Future: Bleep Techno and the Birth of British Bass Music’ out now on Velocity Press. www.jointhefuture.net
@manueky.bsky.social
Oh God, this is just what we do now, isn't it? Just go from platform to platform like some kind of ongoing Littlest Hobo scenario
@liberatinghistorys.bsky.social
Liberating Histories: Women's Movement Magazines, Media Activism and Periodical Pedagogies | funded by the AHRC | Northumbria University UK | Women's Library LSE
@profafinlayson.bsky.social
Prof of Political & Social Theory @ UEA: regularly a political theorist, often a political analyst, always a rhetorician. Sometimes I teach people how to make political speeches; usually they are happy about it. Mostly I study Reactionary Digital Politics.
@saffroneast.bsky.social
Historian of identities, education and social movements in modern Britain esp interested in antiracism and pedagogy. Trying to survive in the age of losers. Research Fellow at Darwin College, Cambridge.
@rnrbook-club.bsky.social
We host great author events and have a podcast called Music Maps @musicmaps.bsky.social https://rocknrollbookclub.co.uk/ Walthamstow, London and beyond…
@womenslibrary.bsky.social
The only Accredited Museum in the UK dedicated to women’s history, with a lending library and innovative programmes of public events and learning opportunities
@chuarchives.bsky.social
Where the modern history of Britain is open to all. Home to the personal papers of 600 political, military, and scientific figures. https://archives.chu.cam.ac.uk/
@bishopsgateinst.bsky.social
Proudly independent since 1895. Dive into our archives and learn with us online. https://www.bishopsgate.org.uk/
@guildhalllibrary.bsky.social
The Library of London History. https://www.cityoflondon.gov.uk/services/libraries/guildhall-library
@ljmu-sca.bsky.social
Home to: LJMU's history; punk & pop culture; visual arts; music; women & girls' comics (Femorabilia); Stafford Beer; Liverpool theatre; 19th Century periodicals; & more! ✏📰 https://linktr.ee/ljmu_sca
@britrecs.bsky.social
The British Records Association is a UK charity, working for archives since 1932. Please become a member and support our work https://www.britishrecordsassociation.org.uk/membership/.
@uoscollections.bsky.social
Home of the National Fairground and Circus Archive, the University Archives, Special Collections and the Heritage Collection.
@nlireland.bsky.social
Sharing Ireland's stories through our unique collections/ Ag roinnt scéal na hÉireann tríd ár mbailiúcháin uathúla. Explore our collections: https://www.nli.ie/collections/our-collections
@ueaarchives.bsky.social
University of East Anglia's Archives / Doris Lessing/ British Archive for Contemporary Writing / Towards a Centre for Contemporary Poetry www.uea.ac.uk/bacw
@newsukarchives.bsky.social
Promoting & preserving historic archival content from our seminal press publications. To licence available images, contact http://newssyndication.com medium.com/@NewsUKArchives
@ihrlibrary.bsky.social
The Wohl Library of the @ihr.bsky.social is a national resource for everyone researching or writing history. Membership is free to everyone and we are an open access, reference library holding over 200,000 books and journals.
@camdiglib.bsky.social
Explore Cambridge Digital Library: https://cudl.lib.cam.ac.uk/
@bodleianlibraries.bsky.social
Amazing collections and breath-taking libraries. Facilitating research at the University of Oxford. Readers: www.bodleian.ox.ac.uk Visitors: visit.bodleian.ox.ac.uk
@wienerlibrary.bsky.social
The world's oldest Holocaust archive and Britain's largest collection on the Nazi era. Website: www.wienerholocaustlibrary.org Digital Archive: www.whlcollections.org Donate: www.wienerholocaustlibrary.org/what-we-do/support-our-work/donate/
@lselibrary.bsky.social
Sharing our collections, celebrating our community and letting you know about our free events!
@paintingsoflondon.bsky.social
London depicted by artists past and present. “By seeing London, I have seen as much of life as the world can show.” Samuel Johnson. Curated by @jamadden.bsky.social. https://linktr.ee/paintingsoflondon This week's theme: Londoners at Work
@greatermanchesteruniversities.org
Greater Manchester Universities is a collaboration between GM's five leading Higher Education institutions and the GMCA, working together to tackle inequality, boost the economy, and protect the environment. Learn more: greatermanchesteruniversities.org
@uomcreativemcr.bsky.social
A University of Manchester (@uniofmanchester.bsky.social) research platform, developing and championing interdisciplinary research in Creativity and Creative practices. https://linktr.ee/uomcreativemcr
@uomlibrary.bsky.social
National Research Library at the heart of @official-uom, welcoming over three million students, researchers and visitors every year.
@uomsociology.bsky.social
Researching and teaching sociology at The University of Manchester since 1964. Links: https://linktr.ee/UoMSociology Web: http://www.manchester.ac.uk/sociology
@socialresponuom.bsky.social
Making a difference to the social and economic well-being of our communities. 🥇UK’s 1st university with social responsibility as a core goal 🏆Europe’s leader for #SDG impact (THE) & #ESG impact (QS) ✍🏼
@methodsmcr.bsky.social
methods@manchester is a Faculty of Humanities initiative promoting The University of Manchester's expertise in research methods and interdisciplinarity.