Jade Shepherd
Historian of modern Britain (crime, psychiatry, family); former senior lecturer; research associate at Newcastle University
https://www.ncl.ac.uk/hca/people/profile/jadeshepherd.html
@humanists.uk
We advance free thinking and promote humanism to create a tolerant society where rational thinking and kindness prevail.
@gemmamcarr.bsky.social
PhD Student looking at Smells, Odours and Sinophobia in 19th and 20th Century Britain 👃 University of Edinburgh | Museum Supervisor at Royal Scots Dragoon Museum, Edinburgh Castle 🖼
@zoethomas.bsky.social
Historian researching work, gender, & the arts in the Anglo-American world, c 19th & 20th centuries Deputy Editor @ WomensHistoryReview
@helengoodman.bsky.social
Researcher of 19th-century literature, culture, and medicine ∣ health humanities ∣ the body ∣ mental health ∣ history of emotions ∣ Also interested in #fibromyalgia #chronicpain #FND |she/her
@davidgeiringer.bsky.social
Historian of modern Britain - interested in histories of sex, religion, and emotions. Senior Lecturer in Public History & Heritage @QMHistory
@medhistoryman.bsky.social
Historian at Lancaster University and Co-Investigator on the AHRC-funded @victorianhand.bsky.social project. Blissfully married to my PI @jbhist.bsky.social. Author of two books: https://bit.ly/3968wLB & https://bit.ly/3KwWtVS
@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/
@horusofnekhen.bsky.social
He/Him | Disabled archaeologist and curator specialising in the study of disability in antiquity. #BlackLivesMatter #FreePalestine 🍉
@louisecreechan.bsky.social
Wellcome Early Career Fellow, Durham University. BBC/AHRC New Generation Thinker. Ginger. Dyslexic. ADHD. She/her 🏳️🌈 Neurodiversity. Victorians. Musicals. Interrupting people.
@paulmontycat.bsky.social
19th century musical and literary criticism; intellectual history; biography; religious history; popular culture; gender. Professor of Musicology. Swimmer; cat dad.
@clairelanghamer.bsky.social
Director of the Institute of Historical Research. Sometimes writes about history and feeling.
@dralun.bsky.social
BBCRadio3/AHRC New Gen Thinker. Award-winning historian of early modern medicine, the body & beards! Senior lecturer at Exeter Uni, loves guitars, drums & *good* coffee. Blogs at DrAlun.Wordpress.com. TikTok & Instagram: @dralunwithey
@lesleyhoskins.bsky.social
19th and early 20th century British social history, especially how people lived. Wallpapers. Censuses. Rural life. Possessions, spaces …
@serena-t.bsky.social
Reader in Victorian Literature, Birmingham City University. Chair, Pre-Raphaelite Society, Senior VP, Birmingham and Midland Institute. Books, art, nature, stone circles, ballet, fresh air. https://serenatrowbridge.substack.com/
@jhdavey.bsky.social
Historian and Director of The History of Parliament ( @histparl.bsky.social).
@alisonmoulds.bsky.social
Health policy and health humanities researcher. Improvement Fellow at The Health Foundation. All views my own. She/her.
@lornarichardson.bsky.social
Norwich-based academic/public archaeology/digital media/multimedia storytelling/cultural heritage/UCU/stuff/nonsense/whimsy
@christopherpittard.bsky.social
Victorian literature academic, Course Leader in English Literature. Detective fiction, Sherlock Holmes, Dickens, Wilkie Collins. New book: *Literary Illusions: Performance Magic and Victorian Literature* (Edinburgh UP, 2025)
@drjesscampbell.bsky.social
Historian of Medicine 📚 Psychiatry, Madness, Mental Health, The Arts & Experience. Project Manager @HubMetPsych
@pbhellawell.bsky.social
Historian | Head of Collections Research at The National Archives (UK) | Maritime & colonial history | History of science & medicine | Currently researching Royal African Company/Company of Merchants.
@ktrse.bsky.social
Research CSA/E. Snooker lover, chicken keeper, piano player and Philip Glass’s no.1 fan.
@uniofexetercvs.bsky.social
The Exeter Centre for Victorian Studies promotes interdisciplinary research and teaching in all aspects of nineteenth-century literature, culture and media.
@joeharleyhistory.bsky.social
Senior Lecturer in History at ARU | Researches poverty, welfare, consumption and material culture | Obsesses over fonts far too much
@tiffwattsmith.bsky.social
'Clever hair' - Guardian. Writer. SCHADENFREUDE; BOOK OF HUMAN EMOTIONS. New Book: BAD FRIEND: A CENTURY OF REVOLUTIONARY FRIENDSHIPS (UK; Faber, US Celadon) Coming Spring 2025
@rollingstone.com
@derbyshiredro.bsky.social
Free access to 900 years of history - Derbyshire, Britain and beyond: books, archives, maps, prints and photographs. Explore online or visit us in Matlock. Website: www.derbyshire.gov.uk/recordoffice
@alicecrossley.bsky.social
Senior Lecturer, English Literature (University of Lincoln). Ageing in Victorian lit; 19th- century paper ephemera; valentines; material/visual cultures; history of emotions; masculinity studies; Japanese fiction | FRHistS. FHEA. - Own views -
@danewers.bsky.social
PhD student at the University of Leeds studying the history of advertising, health, and nutrition.
@janinebradbury.bsky.social
Writer | Academic | Poet | BBC New Generation Thinker | Senior Lecturer at University of York | Teaches Contemporary Black Lit | Author ‘Sometimes Real Love Comes Quick & Easy’ (Poetry Book Soc Pamphlet Autumn Choice 2024) https://www.janinebradbury.co.uk/
@profannagreenwood.bsky.social
Prof of Modern Health History @ University of Nottingham. Health Humanities, history of 20/21C health consumerism, and public health. Now researching the history of unhealthy sports sponsorship. Used to write on Empire. Account personal.
@annafranjam.bsky.social
Historian. 18/19C women, material culture, mental illness. British Academy Postdoctoral Fellow. University of Birmingham. Book on asylum tourism forthcoming with Manchester University Press. She/Her #womenshist #histpsych #medhum
@lshtmhistory.bsky.social
CHiPH is part of the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine @lshtm.bsky.social and at the forefront of historical research into public health and health services https://www.lshtm.ac.uk/research/centres/centre-history-public-health
@teenvogue.com
The young person's guide to conquering (and saving) the world.✨ Sign up for our politics newsletter: http://tnvge.co/PZWnEym
@drsarazadrozny.bsky.social
Victorian fiction, medicine and culture. Researching gender, ageing and the Gothic. Departmental Tutor at Oxford University Department of Continuing Education.
@leahww.bsky.social
🏛️ Conservator and (almost) cultural historian 👩🎓 PhD material self-fashioning of masculinity in C18 tapestry interiors 👩🏫 Senior Lecturer @uolconservation.bsky.social 📍 Own views ex re-posts 💻 http://staff.lincoln.ac.uk/lwarrinerwood
@amandagorman.bsky.social
Poet, Activist and Model. Advocate for gender justice, racial equality, and the environment. https://amandagormanbooks.com/
@alastairhackney.bsky.social
Professor at Queen Mary University of London; Chair of Trustees at the Geographical Association. Research, write and teach about Britain (especially London) since 1800. Collaborator, especially with heritage sector + food, music, books, Hackney.
@vrandall.bsky.social
Senior Lecturer in Modern British History. Interested mainly in Victorians and their interaction with the Arab-Islamic World.
@deborahsuggryan.bsky.social
Prof Emerita of Design History & public historian FRHistSoc📙Ideal Homes ✍️ history of the kitchen 📺📻rep by Knight Ayton https://bio.site/deborahsuggryan
@jimchesh.bsky.social
Associate Prof. Gothic Revival, Tennyson, stained glass ; https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2371-2142; Co-Director http://www.lincolnconservation.co.uk; Honorary Secretary, Tennyson Society https://tennysonsociety.com/
@infrastructuregeek.bsky.social
Associate Prof in Environmental History, Northumbria Uni. Co-editor, Environment and History. The environmental, social and cultural impact of British water and transport infrastructure, 1500-2000. Author of Tyne after Tyne and Sanitation in Urban Britain.
@legalmiscellany.bsky.social
Blogging on the history of law, crime, and justice at www.legalhistorymiscellany.com.
@disability-history.bsky.social
@ourcriminalpast.bsky.social
Orig AHRC funded network, all things crime and penal history, archives, heritage, museums, Heather Shore (MMU) & Helen Johnston (Hull). Opinions own, tweets by HJ. www.ourcriminalancestors.org
@caitbeaumont.bsky.social
Prof Social History LSBU | Female activism, gender equality & women's social movements Britain & Ireland | History of Experience | Council @royalhistsoc.bsky.social | PI #womensgrassrootsactivism & #Afterlives | Visiting full Prof @ucddublin.bsky.social
@kathrowold.bsky.social
Historian of infancy, childhood, motherhood, women and gender. Mostly modern Britain.
@rhul-cvs.bsky.social
Account of the internationally recognised Centre for Victorian Studies at Royal Holloway, University of London. Co-directed by @helenkingstone.bsky.social, Izzy Barrett-Lally and Heathcliff Newman