Mark Crail
Chartism and other #C19th stuff. Chartist Ancestors website, author of Tracing Your Labour Movement Ancestors (Pen & Sword books), web editor Society for the Study of Labour History. Science fiction reader. https://linktr.ee/markcrail
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Chartist Historians
People who sometimes post about Chartism and 19th century radical stuff.
@rajoyce.bsky.social
Archaeologist, anthropologist, once upon a time blogger. Author “The Future of Nuclear Waste”, “Ancient Bodies, Ancient Lives”, “Sites, Traces and Materiality”. Distinguished Professor Emerita of Anthropology, UC Berkeley, Honorary PhD, Leiden Univ
@factorygothic.bsky.social
Sharing 19th-century Gothic industrial research Dr. Bridget Marshall (she/her), Professor of English, University of Massachusetts, Lowell Book: http://tinyurl.com/h79c3epk
@indy-hist.bsky.social
Independent Historians Working Group . . . a collaboration between independent historians for mutual support. www.bit.ly/INDY_HIST
@inanothertimemag.bsky.social
Scifi/fan magazine for short stories, flash fiction, and poems. Temporarily closed as we prepare to publish our third issue. The theme is 'Illumination'. Website: https://inanothertimemagaz.wixsite.com/in-another-time-maga/about
@maryrobinettekowal.com
Hugo-award winning author, narrator, and professional puppeteer. Also has a talking cat. The Martian Contingency is available where books are sold.
@suejohn.bsky.social
A Feminist Leader and Co-Director at Glasgow Women's Library - @womenslibrary.bsky.social | PhD Researcher in History at the University of Glasgow, studying Suffrage material culture | Runner | Views are mine | She/Her
@communityunion.bsky.social
We are Community. The modern union for a changing world. Representing workers across the UK in every sector of the economy. #JoinAUnion
@thesimonfowler.bsky.social
Tutor, writer and researcher in modern British, local and family history. Currently undertaking a PhD in the history of tourism at Leicester University.
@aslefunion.bsky.social
The UK train drivers' union. Promoted by ASLEF, 77 St John Street, London EC1M 4NN.
@coopstudiesjournal.bsky.social
Non-profit international journal linking theory and practice across co-operative sectors. Part of UK Society for Co-operative Studies
@llafur.bsky.social
Llafur: The Welsh People's History Society organises free regular history events and has an annual journal for members. To join please visit our website: www.llafur.org
@andyhammer.bsky.social
Clerkenwell & Islington Tour Guide; long-suffering WHU ⚒️ supporter; likes a bit of film, live music and known to occasionally partake of the odd tipple… Book tickets: rb.gy/yq6akw London On Foot, Eventbrite
@joeredmayne.bsky.social
Associate Researcher - Newcastle University Assistant Keeper - Tyne & Wear Archives (North East Museums)
@howtohistory.bsky.social
Instruction and information for historians. Into your inbox fortnightly | https://howtohistory.substack.com | Edited by Joe Saunders & Anna Cusack
@drfernriddell.bsky.social
Historian. Author. On your TV/Radio. Expert: Suffragette Terrorism, Music Hall, 19thC Sex + Culture. www.fernriddell.com **PREORDER Victoria’s Secret NOW** https://lnk.to/victoriassecretbook
@exploreyourarchive.bsky.social
@lauracforster.bsky.social
Historian @york.ac.uk | Editorial collective @historywo.bsky.social | 'The Paris Commune in Britain', coming May 2025 https://shorturl.at/662e4 | 'Friends in Common', coming June 2025 https://shorturl.at/f2nRs
@maddypelling.bsky.social
Writer, historian and broadcaster WRITING ON THE WALL (Profile, 2024) AFTER DARK podcast (History Hit) Currently writing about historical hoaxes, fake news and conspiracy theories
@hisjlm.bsky.social
Interested in history and heritage especially 'history from below', feminism, books, archives and public history. Big fan of Yorkshire, libraries and academic free speech 📚
@cathynewman.bsky.social
Presenter & Investigations Editor, Channel 4 News; Presenter, Times Radio; Insta cathynewmanc4 Agent http://bit.ly/2m6VRis
@channel4news.bsky.social
Stories that reveal and inspire, challenging expectations. Weekdays 7-8pm on Channel 4. Got a story? C4Nstories@itn.co.uk --- website: www.channel4.com/news youtube: www.youtube.com/@Channel4News
@jpwarchaeology.bsky.social
Award-winning buildings archaeologist. FSA. Mediaeval buildings mythbuster. Castles. Old pubs. Theatre. Alan Garner. Cats. Live music. Ex-roadie. Triskele Heritage https://triskeleheritage.com Based in Nottingham, UK
@drrachelbroady.bsky.social
Working class academic at Liverpool John Moores University (LJMU). Research focus: epistemic injustice, anti-poverty activism & representations of poverty in journalism. NUJ activist. Danny Dyer fan. Views are my cat's.
@adambienkov.bsky.social
Editor of BylineTimes.com Lobby journalist in the House of Commons. 📩Adam@bylinetimes.com Subscribe to my Substack ⬇️ https://www.adambienkov.co.uk
@longshop.bsky.social
Conserving and celebrating East Suffolk's Agricultural & Industrial history. Expect posts about museums, history, heritage & culture, and anything else that interests us (which is quite a lot). www.longshopmuseum.co.uk
@quaritch1847.bsky.social
Rare books and manuscripts since 1847. Visitors welcome 10-6 daily; catalogues issued regularly (https://bit.ly/Q-stayintouch). www.quaritch.com ❧ rarebooks@quaritch.com ❧ +44 (0)20 7297 4888 ❧ 36 Bedford Row, London WC1R 4JH
@rlspang.bsky.social
Professor of History, sometimes administrator at big public university in Midwest. Writes about money, French Revolution, restaurants. Friend to vert paleo. ex UCL History; Yale SOM Visiting Fellow; Guggenheim and New America Fellow. once/future Mainer
@geoffcrossick.bsky.social
Based in London, social historian now working on photographs of early-20thC shopkeepers in Britain & France, interested in difference arts and culture make, on boards in higher education and cultural sector, passionate about Tottenham Hotspur.
@fbaillet.bsky.social
Prof. of British History and Culture at @universite-caen.bsky.social Director of @eribia.bsky.social. Victorianist. Newspapers & magazines. Labour and the illustrated press. Principal Investigator (PI) of @punchspocketbook.bsky.social. She/her
@historytrainsman.bsky.social
Associate Professor in Modern British History, Sheffield Hallam University. Historian of modern Britain, politics, radicalism, protest, memory, history of emotions
@drmarylshannon.bsky.social
Writer, speaker, teacher @RoehamptonUni 19thC cultural historian (Regency & Victorian eras). author: Billy Waters Is Dancing @yalebooks.bsky.social. https://linktr.ee/marylshannon Views my own.
@ozconvictresearch.bsky.social
London based research group - convicts transported from Britain & Ireland to Australia 1787 - 1868 + colonial research to 1901 & beyond Current project: Transported Female Convicts of Westminster https://linktr.ee/Oz_Convict_Colonial_Research
@listerlanecem.bsky.social
In collaboration with Calderdale Metropolitan Borough Council, the Friends maintain this Grade II listed, significant cemetery; the final resting place of some 20,000 individuals.
@richardtoye.bsky.social
Historian. Exeter/Zürich. Author of Age of Hope: Labour, 1945, and the Birth of Modern Britain
@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.
@davidjcoates.bsky.social
Cultural historian and Assistant Professor at the University of Warwick. Researching theatre in the long nineteenth century and queer theatre histories. 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️ Regular theatre, exhibition and museum visitor. Chocoholic 🍫
@phm.org.uk
Explore the UK’s national museum of democracy. Open every day (except Tues). Spinningfields, Manchester, M3 3ER. phm.org.uk
@bobbyllew.bsky.social
Born at 314 ppm CO2. (We are now at 426 ppm CO2) Founder and presenter on The Fully Charged Show. That bloke from Red Dwarf and Scrapheap Challenge. Info@unitedagents.co.uk Time and Money, serialised novel on Substack: https://llewellyn.substack.com/
@micheleplott.bsky.social
Historian of the emotions, visual & material culture, (sometimes) gender, lately monuments & memory in the urban landscape
@joannabourke.bsky.social
Historian curious about violence, the emotions, and what it means to be human. Currently writing a book on Women and Wine! See joannabourke.com
@londonist.com
Things to do in London - and everything else about the best city in the world. Official account.
@anneverjus.bsky.social
Histoire politique féminisme études de genre révolution française patriarcat radicalité anglaise James Henry Lawrence, Anna Wheeler maternité politique Lyon Villefontaine écologie transition bouquets véganisme Ecosse Angleterre
@partizandulwich.bsky.social
For a South London People's Republic SFSN - "Smrt fašizmu, sloboda narodu!"
@digivictorian.bsky.social
Historian • Broadcaster • Victorian Pop Culture • Presenter of 'Killing Victoria' on BBC Sounds 🎙️ • www.bobnicholson.co.uk
@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.
@grahamrawson.bsky.social
Historian from below; C19th work, poverty, and welfare. Associate Lecturer Open University. PAS recorder S&W Yorkshire & finder of stuff. LUFC. Ex-postie. Views my own.