Matt Taylor
Historian of sport and other things.
Author of Sport and the Home Front (2020) and World of Sport (2024)
@andrekosvarnava.bsky.social
Australian-Cypriot historian @flindersuniversity.bsky.social on Kaurna Yarta; expert on British empire, Cyprus, Armenia, migration; Editor-in-Chief @jich.bsky.social; poet; @YusufCatStevens fan https://www.flinders.edu.au/people/andrekos.varnava
@cliocontemporary.bsky.social
Connecting history to the present—articles, teaching materials, & advice for the contemporary historian. Accepting submissions. Eds @sarahking.bsky.social & @malszy.bsky.social clioandthecontemporary.com | #bskystorians
@drdavewebber.bsky.social
#6MusicDad to Daniel, Evie, and Reuben. A lifelong Red playing on the Left. Thinks a lot and writes a bit on the political economy of football.
@madelinepotter.bsky.social
ECR Teaching & Research Fellow 19th century @LLCatEdinburgh | @CN_CSI |Theological Monsters (UWP), The Roma (The Bodley Head/Harper Collins, 2025) | 19thC Gothic
@footballcollective.bsky.social
The academic voice of football The Football Collective is a network of people who wish to bring critical debate to football. https://www.thefootballcollective.com/
@mattwing.bsky.social
Bag man post bowel cancer treatment supporting Move Against Cancer Charity 5k Your Way & doing some research on history of company sport
@markambler76.bsky.social
Historian of sport. I am currently researching and writing my first book. Crystal Palace fan, Sevilla FC socio, Bexhill FC follower. I love food, travel, reading, film, series, and lots of sport.
@tarikor.bsky.social
researching at the interface of sports didactics and ancient sports history | prae doc @uni-graz.at doing something called Archaeokinetics | bewegungsarchäologisch unterwegs
@kimhalliday.bsky.social
I pluck music from out of the air, and leave it laying about, often on other people’s films. Noises and stuff at www.kimhalliday.com. Latest release at https://kimhalliday.bandcamp.com/album/dream Rep: @rangermusicagency.bsky.social
@thesportingalmanac.bsky.social
A brand new podcast following the sporting calendar, diving into the history and legendary stories behind the biggest events throughout the year. It's Ice Hockey this week - NHL, World Champs, Bob Probert, CTE and Cold War Resistance are our topics.
@cricketknow.bsky.social
Author of Who Only Cricket Know. Occasional musings on the history and literature of the game. who-only-cricket-know.uk
@camsell59.bsky.social
Putting words in roughly the right order. https://harrypearson.contently.com/
@neildrysdale.bsky.social
I’m an Aberdeen-based journalist and writer with a passion for arts, sport, books, history, music and politics. I’m at Neil.drysdale@ajl.co.uk
@enortonhistory.bsky.social
Historian and Archaeologist. Author of The Lives of Tudor Women and England’s Queens. Appears on TV. Likes travel.
@jurryt.bsky.social
Specialist in sporterfgoed. Maakte de langste staartdeling ooit: 38,12 meter. De enige Amsterdammer die op Feyenoord is afgestudeerd. Sportgeschiedenis.nl
@brownyunited.bsky.social
I write about football mostly but venture into other sports occasionally. fruitboiler.wordpress.com
@pault0708.bsky.social
Football fan and writer, Prestwich Heys, Salford City and Man Utd. Heys' third best match reporter, programme writer and video editor. Co-host of Off the Ball Views my own so probably wrong. https://paulwatchesfootball.wordpress.com
@plymprivateer.bsky.social
17th C maritime historian at University of Plymouth. Still figuring this site out - interested in all things early modern and boaty.
@refbooks.bsky.social
Promotor and collector of all things referee. My book & magazine collection: https://www.libib.com/u/benbalin Will do research too if you ask nicely 😉 Amateur mushroom photographer
@historygriffin.bsky.social
Associate Professor in Modern British History at the University of Cambridge. Author of The Politics of Gender in Victorian Britain (2012).
@chrischatten.bsky.social
Culture, Sport, Leisure and Heritage Consultant. Photography 📸 Rugby League 🏉
@timhowles.bsky.social
Research Fellow, University of Oxford Theology, philosophy, ethics, politics, environmental humanities Associate Director @LSRIOxford Anglican Priest https://www.theology.ox.ac.uk/people/revd-dr-timothy-howles
@tomdaviese17.bsky.social
One of them Legacy Fans. Working in Legacy Media. Trade unionist. Chartologist. Crisis correspondent - can sum it up in a word AND a sound. He/him. Views my own, blame no one else
@haudini.bsky.social
Right is wrong, Left is right... no wonder many of us are confused by politcs 🙃 | 🚩🤝🌻 | #Erfurt, #Thüringen und die Welt 🌍 [GER|ENG] | 💚🏴☠️⚽️🏀🎬🍿📚🏔🏝️🧘♂️🧊🦶🏃♂️| 5km🏁 | 10km🏁 | 21,1km🏁 | 42,2km🏁 | 50km🏁 | 75km🎯 | 100km🎯
@christopherdavis67.bsky.social
PhD Historian. Modern America, History of Sport, Desegregation of College Football
@44boots.bsky.social
A collective who cover the history of European Football. Starting from 1969/70, we revisit the glory days of all the top leagues and European competitions. Ready for a journey back to the 'good old days'? Join us...
@ihrbritainseminar.bsky.social
Find our programme here: https://www.history.ac.uk/seminars/britain-home-and-abroad
@chppc.bsky.social
Based in @ihr.bsky.social, @sasnews.bsky.social. Engaged, outward-facing and co-produced research into place and history: rural to urban & parish to metropolis. Home to Victoria County History & Layers of London. Posts by team.
@historyandpolicy.bsky.social
We publish high-quality historical research freely accessible online and create opportunities for historians, policy makers and journalists to connect and learn from each other.
@cathamclarke.bsky.social
Writer, academic. Professor & Director @chppc.bsky.social & @vchlondon.bsky.social. Beach hut days. New book: #AHistoryOfEnglandIn25Poems, Penguin Allen Lane, 04.09.25. https://www.catherineclarke.info/ / https://www.history.ac.uk/people/catherine-clarke
@echomikeromeo.bsky.social
Lecturer in LGBTQ+ History/History of Sexuality, University of Glasgow
@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.
@alexvont.bsky.social
Historian, screenwriter, broadcaster. She/her. Latest book, FALLEN IDOLS, shortlisted for the Wolfson History Prize 2022. HISTORY’S SECRET HEROES and THE LUCAN OBSESSION on BBC Radio 4. One of the Silk Road Slippers https://www.silkroadslippers.com
@chrislepkowski.bsky.social
Academic | sports journalist | author | comms Birmingham City University sports journalism course director. Freelance, FWA member. Ghostwriter of The Third Degree, autobiography of Brendon Batson OBE Sport, media, football finance, politics
@paulhayward.bsky.social
Sportswriter at The Observer. Journalist since 1987. Author of 'England Football - The Biography, 1872-2022.' Co-writer to Alex Ferguson, Bobby Robson, Kevin Sinfield.
@smagnussen.de
Historiker | Host @ Küstory Podcast | Vorstand @ Gesellschaft für Schleswig-Holsteinische Geschichte Castles | Schleswig-Holstein, Denmark, North Atlantic | Football history | Podcasting | Right Wing Extremism and Regional History
@punchingprof.bsky.social
No longer a lost Nova Scotian. Teaching Fellow, Saint Mary's University. #ldnont
@sophcocooper.bsky.social
Social historian of gender, migration & public space | Nuns | Ireland & its diaspora | Senior Lecturer @QUBLiberalArts | Forging Identities in the Irish World @EdinburghUP 2022 | She/her.
@johnbarnes.org
I read the network news on all 40 BBC local radio stations & BBC Radio 5 Live from MediaCityUK in sunny Salford. Bewhiskered historian, reenactor, folkie & morris dancer. Former academic. Made in the Black Country. Husband of @davespenceruk.bsky.social
@mam52.bsky.social
sociologist, author of books on gender and sports, men and feminism, gender-based violence, war and peace. New book examines 120 years of high school yearbooks: THE HIGH SCHOOL: SPORTS, SPIRIT, AND CITIZENS, 1903-2024. https://www.thehighschoolbook.com/
@jamesjhistory.bsky.social
Aviation and Cultural Historian: The memory of the RAF in the Second World War. PhD student and Assistant Lecturer, University of Essex and Wolverhampton. Co-Presenter for @nmtdambusters.bsky.social pod.
@profclaire.bsky.social
Historian of early modern England at University at Buffalo. Happy to talk DH, 1890s bicycling, and the history of Buffalo. Ski coach, cat lady, dog lady, has child. Opinions are my own. She/her.
@medievalaine.bsky.social
Medieval historian, lover of smut, Buckingham Nicks Stan account.
@benbendrich.bsky.social
Dr. Benjamin Bendrich - sports scientist / teacher- research on athletes' rights/activism, Olympics, student-athletes, NCAA, doping+basketball - in German+English Sport and politics always mix! Georg-August-University, Germany www.derballluegtnicht.com
@humanstein.bsky.social
Aspiring historian and current internet clown | Recovered film writer | Pop culture, film, shitposts | Science fiction, horror & Classic TV | Monster of the Week Enthusiast | Doctor Who and Star Trek
@nassh1972.bsky.social
Promote, stimulate, & encourage the study of sport history; to support, stimulate & encourage scholarly writing & research; & to cooperate with local, national, & international orgs. Pub. of @journsporthist.bsky.social https://www.nassh.org/