Otto Saumarez Smith
Historian of shopping precincts, derelict landscapes, leisure centres, power stations, inner cities, housing, the Potteries, Telford new town, & city centre redevelopment. @c20society casework & trustee.
@andrewseaton.bsky.social
Historian and writer | politics, social history, medicine, environment, modern Britain | Author of 'Our NHS: A History of Britain's Best-Loved Institution' (Yale, 2023) | Leverhulme Early Career Fellow at UCL http://andrew-seaton.com
@lynnpearson67.bsky.social
Architectural historian and early portable buildings enthusiast, working on a book about 'tin tabernacles' (and suchlike) and their wooden friends
@jonathanwwoods.bsky.social
Operations manager, @c20society.bsky.social Editor Here for theatre, books, art and food London 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️
@thesahgb.bsky.social
Bringing together all those interested in the built environment's history. All Periods, All Places, All Welcome. www.sahgb.org.uk
@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
@cocowhittaker.bsky.social
Heritage Consultant at Purcell | Shropshire born & Walthamstow based
@freddyfoks.bsky.social
'The past is only the future with the lights on.' Emigration; Anthropology; Modern British History. Simon Fellow at Manchester: https://research.manchester.ac.uk/en/persons/freddy.foks
@musicandmuseums.bsky.social
South-Mancunian in South London, guide at John Soane's Museum, former PR, copy-writer and Gothic MA. Expect MUSIC, architecture, history, place, art and screen. Left and proud.
@lawrenceblack.bsky.social
(aka Lorenzo LeNoir) Teach history - https://www.york.ac.uk/history/people/black/ - or where, when and how politics and culture meet. Or don’t. Generally likes flawed red things.
@archhist.bsky.social
Sort-of Architectural Historian | Public Servant | Community Trust Vice-Chair | Bookshop Assistant. I like things to do with buildings, heritage, community, books. And cats.
@mikeyashworth.bsky.social
Ex-London Underground and retired back to "The North" - transport, design history, things industrial all tickle my fancy. Postings often link to my Flickr account for more things!
@erikahanna.bsky.social
Historian of Ireland, cities, folklore, photographs, bicycles, raindrops and other ephemera. Associate Prof Modern History at University of Bristol. I blog about weather and urbanization here: https://rainandtheirishcity.com/
@victorianlondon.bsky.social
Lee Jackson, Victorianist, historian, author of 'Dirty Old London' (Yale, 2014), 'Palaces of Pleasure' (Yale, 2019), 'Dickensland' (Yale, 2023)
@indiawright.bsky.social
Cambridge PhD candidate examining the architecture of the Inns of Court during the C17 • Editor of the London Topographical Society Newsletter • Mother to small children
@isokongallery.bsky.social
The Isokon Gallery tells the remarkable story of the pioneering modern apartment block opened in 1934 as an experiment in new urban living. Open from March to the end of November, 11 am - 4 pm, on Saturdays and Sundays https://isokongallery.org/
@andrewpopp.bsky.social
Historian of economic life, emotions & the everyday. Living in Copenhagen, going swimming, being vegan.
@deborahhoward.bsky.social
Architectural historian based in Cambridge (UK). Interested in early modern history, especially Venice, the Veneto, eastern Mediterranean. Gardens, landscape, cultural geography. Venetian painting.
@profgillian.bsky.social
digital things, visual culture, cities, visual research methods. And sometimes academic life. Prof of Human Geography at the University of Oxford. I still blog, occasionally, here: https://visualmethodculture.wordpress.com/
@karenaverby.bsky.social
karenaverby.co.uk Buildings Historian/Consultant Seaside Heritage, House History, Hotels, Architecture, Local History, Archaeology, Other Delights Director ArchangelHeritage.co.uk FRHistS ACIfA Extreme Seagazer/ex-Archivist Rep Past Preservers Brum/London
@trafficintowns.bsky.social
I'm Traffic in Towns - also known as The Buchanan Report – I was published Nov 25th, 1963. I shaped how much of the UK looks and how you move around. OGL V3.0 https://trafficintowns.uk - now digital from Nov 25th, 2024 in 250+ languages.
@elliebrown.bsky.social
PhD student at University of Warwick, on shopping centre design in c20 Britain. Architectural modernism, public art, interior design, urban space, etc.
@tomgoodwin.bsky.social
PhD student at the University of Warwick, studying the architectural and urban history of Britain in the 1990s and early 2000s https://www.midlands4cities.ac.uk/student_profile/tom-goodwin/
@echomikeromeo.bsky.social
Lecturer in LGBTQ+ History/History of Sexuality, University of Glasgow
@jackstanoconnor.bsky.social
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.
@eknuding.bsky.social
medievalist & medieval(ism)ist 🤓🏳️🌈 RA @yorkmedieval Education and Outreach at Lancaster museums 😊 Book forthcoming with @boydellandbrewer
@willpooley.bsky.social
historian of witchcraft, folklore, tarot, france, 18-20th c creative histories ed. Cambridge Elements in Magic assoc. ed. @FrenchHistory aspiring acronymancer
@dreamcargoes.bsky.social
Television historian, writing a book about Play for Today (BBC1, 1970-84). Associate Lecturer, Northumbria University. Book Reviews Admin for Critical Studies in Television journal.
@kitkowol.bsky.social
Recovering academic turned parliamentary clerk. Author of Blue Jerusalem: British Conservatism, Winston Churchill and the Second World War. Brisbane, Australia. https://global.oup.com/academic/product/blue-jerusalem-9780198868491?cc=us&lang=en&
@royalhistsoc.org
The Royal Historical Society is the UK's foremost society promoting the scholarly and professional study of the past. Our membership is an international community of historians: https://royalhistsoc.org/
@seasideferry.bsky.social
Historian specialising in seaside, architecture & design. I write books, give talks and do a bit of telly. Founder member @seasidenetwork.bsky.social Fellow @royalhistsoc.bsky.social Rep'd by @pastpreservers.bsky.social https://linktr.ee/kathrynferry
@c20cymru.bsky.social
Campaigning to save modern architecture and design heritage in Wales / Ymgyrchu i achub pensaernïaeth a ddylunio fodern yng Nghymru http://c20society.org.uk
@benmechen.bsky.social
Historian of 20thC Britain, London: liberalism, capitalism, media and sexuality, 1960s-90s / new thing is on late 20thC political ecologies. New co-edited book: Men and Masculinities in Modern Britain: https://www.manchesterhive.com/display/9781526174703
@illuminations.bsky.social
Media producer of arts docs, screen performance; posts by John Wyver, Professor of the Arts on Screen, Univ of Westminster; broadcasting history, esp early TV, theatre, film, visual art Images: Man w the Flower, ‘30 / de Stael, Le Saladier (detail), ‘54
@eicathomefinn.bsky.social
Historian of Britain and colonialism, material culture, the EIC. Also works on equalities, museums, open access & research policy. Download the EIC @ Home open access volume here: https://www.uclpress.co.uk/products/88277 (or individual chapters via JSTOR)
@kehcalling.bsky.social
Architecture and landscape history, Historic preservation, museums, and cultural heritage. Biallas Professor at University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. Transplant from Texas and New Orleans. Working on Telephone City 📞
@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/
@helybow.bsky.social
Buildings (mainly post-war) & politics. Insightful musings stolen? Procrastinator. Cornish/living in Edinburgh. Attempting PhD on New Labour and built heritage.
@davidlawton.bsky.social
PhD student and teaching associate @qmul.ac.uk / Writing a new history of Euroscepticism in Britain, 1975-1997 @ghilondon.bsky.social / Helping organise the Queen Mary Centre for British Studies (QMCBS) @qmcbs.bsky.social / One member of Preen the Band
@tomkelsey.bsky.social
Postdoctoral Research Associate, National Institute of Economic and Social Research. PhD from King’s College London. Historian of modern Britain and technology.
@slevygale.bsky.social
4th year PhD candidate at Cardiff University with Historic England and University of Bristol. | Social welfare, urban space and photography in C20 Britain. https://profiles.cardiff.ac.uk/research-staff/levygales
@birmingham81.bsky.social
Music, architecture, photography, design etc. Sharing my concert photos taken in Birmingham in 81/82 (hence the name). Plus other stuff I've hoarded
@markkirby.bsky.social
Fellow, Lincoln College, Oxford. Architectural historian, C17 church architecture & furnishings. Chairman of Council of the Ecclesiological Society.
@lucydelap.bsky.social
Historian of feminisms, labour and disability at University of Cambridge. Fellow of Murray Edwards college. Lover of nyckelharpa and uilleann pipes. She/her