Rebecca Leach
Human. Not-quite-ex-academic (social science of home, objects, consumer cultures). Cultural meddler and trustee type. North Staffordshire, but still Manc inside.
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Here’s some cool people to follow in Stoke, NuL and N Staffs
@profalices.bsky.social
Professor of Sociology at UCL. http://profalices.co.uk/
@ucu.org.uk
UK trade union for academics, lecturers, trainers, researchers and professional services staff in further education, higher education, prison education, and adult and community education.
@stephenfarrall.bsky.social
Criminologist (offending careers; politics & crime; homicide; fear of crime) & cyclist (MTBs + Brompton). S11 & NG7. Sociology qualifications: BSc/MSc (Surrey) Law qualifications: DPhil (Oxford); GCSE (graded at U). https://stephenfarrall.substack.com
@charlierumsby.bsky.social
Assistant Professor @SussexUni. Multimodal Anthropologist researching: Childhood & Youth | Identity & Belonging | Statelessness Editorial Board Member @TheSocReview https://substack.com/@charlierumsby www.charlierumsby.com
@jamesfitzjourno.bsky.social
UK Financial Policy Reporter @POLITICO.eu Australian journo in London, originally from Adelaide/Tarndanya. - views & rants my own - - jfitzgerald@politico.co.uk
@lauraphillips.bsky.social
Campaigner to support the BBC, (not a BBC employee).It’s affected by savage UK govt cuts: c40% 2010-2024. BBC costs <48 pence/around 62 US cents a day per UK household. It’s a national public service broadcaster, respected worldwide for accurate reporting.
@islatelford.bsky.social
Co-Director Urban Wilderness CIC Creative Producer passionate about community connection to public space. Staffordshire Moorlands / Stoke-on-Trent
@stephencolegrave.bsky.social
Co-founder of Byline Times and Byline Festival. Author of Punk. Trustee of One Million Mentors and The Young Actors Theatre. Curator of Rock Art exhibitions and events.
@shroppiemon.bsky.social
A mon in Shropshire. Alus happy to promote our sebunctious county. Chunnerins may induce drowsiness. Www.Memoriesofshropshire.Co.uk
@disappoptimism.bsky.social
I’m that guy that looks just like this that did that tweet that made you laugh that one time. UK based.
@tortoisemedia.bsky.social
Slow news, without the noise 🐢 ✉️ Get our daily Sensemaker email https://torto.se/4dqZHYt 🎧 Download our audio app http://torto.se/3pek1IW
@vicderbyshire.bsky.social
Journalist, broadcaster, Mum of 2 boys, owner of 2 cocker spaniels BBC Newsnight 🎥 Ukrainecast 🎧 And Then Came Breast Cancer 🎧 BAFTA RTS Sony Pink News AIB British Podcast Award winner
@parents.blue
Labeller to highlight Nepo Baby accounts - mostly in media and politics - where the person in question has famous or influential family, especially if their parents/relative have a blue link on Wikipedia. See also @daddys.cash for private school labels
@handle.invalid
Labeller to show which (mostly UK) posters (mostly media/politics) on Bluesky went to private school, and what the current fees are for that school. Also check out @parents.blue Problems? Reporting accounts? Report through BSky or Email mail@daddys.cash
@thesociologicalreview.org
Educational charity. Peer-reviewed sociology journal, public sociology magazine, podcasts, Connected Sociologies teaching resources, ECR opportunities. https://www.thesociologicalreview.org
@fabio-iapaolo.bsky.social
Urban geographer and digital media scholar | Postdoc @META_PoliMi | Visiting Fellow in AI, Data & Society @oxford_brookes
@vrandall.bsky.social
Senior Lecturer in Modern British History. Interested mainly in Victorians and their interaction with the Arab-Islamic World.
@janeemcallaghan.bsky.social
Violence, gender, mental health, #domesticabuse #IPV #childhood. Psychologist. Associate Dean for Research #ADR. Dogs. Cats. Hiking. Crafts. Professor. Mother. Adoptive Scot (never leaving). Trustee FV Rape Crisis. Personal social media. Bi. She/they.
@cat-hallam.bsky.social
@wildindigoartisan.bsky.social
Original Art Glass and Jewellery produced by myself Sarah Wilkinson. If not at my workbench I am to be found out in nature… best place 😊. I’m also on ‘X’, Facebook & Instagram, but I’m loving being here. www.wild-indigo.com
@gladlib.bsky.social
A unique residential library; a place to read, write and rest. Book a stay through our website and discover our beautiful Reading Rooms and boutique bedrooms! www.gladstoneslibrary.org
@beffshuff.bsky.social
Lifestyle blogger obsessed with dogs and leopard print 🐆 Reach PLC Senior Fashion and Beauty Writer✨👩🏼💻 TeamDogs Editor 🐾
@bho.bsky.social
British History Online is a digital library of primary and secondary sources for the history of the British Isles. Part of the Institute of Historical Research. https://www.british-history.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
@museumsassociation.org
Membership organisation and network for everyone working in museums and heritage 🤝 based in the UK 📍 museumsassociation.org
@dorianlynskey.bsky.social
Journalist (Guardian/Observer, MOJO, BBC Culture, the i), podcaster (Origin Story, Oh God What Now?) and author (33 Revolutions Per Minute, The Ministry of Truth, Everything Must Go, Origin Story). Anti-doomer despite everything. www.dorianlynskey.com
@ggglimpopo.bsky.social
Bangs on about 17th century French nuns and noble rot. Inordinately fond of other people’s books. Reads. Writes. Cooks. Brazen reposter.
@keithbrymerjones.bsky.social
Potter ....and judge on Channel4's The Great Pottery Throw Down
@amigonidavid.bsky.social
Prof of Victorian Lit @Keele University and Pro V-C for Research and Innovation. Loves doing cultural stuff in Stoke-on-Trent and beyond
@barbarakelly8.bsky.social
Professor of musicology; expert in early twentieth century French music and culture, music and conflict, and women in music. Head of School of Music at the University of Leeds, Immediate Past President of the Royal Musical Association.
@srude.bsky.social
Participatory arts and stuff that makes me smile. Director of TiPP. Funnylaughingtimes forever.
@ludovico-rella.bsky.social
@GeogDurham Postdoctoral Research Associate http://algorithmicsocieties.org on Machine Learning, Recognition, Attribution and Inference
@maireadenright.bsky.social
Irish academic living in Birmingham. Working on women, law, religion (Catholicism mostly) and reproduction broadly understood. Often legal history, sometimes just law.
@samihistorian.bsky.social
Manchester/New Orleans/Turkey Historian, Manchester & the British West Indies,1700-1833 http://doi.org/10.1080/0144039X.2019.1614324 #DigHums historical #GIS #dataviz VIEWS MY OWN
@lisamorriss.bsky.social
Academic @ Sociology Lancaster, PI Keeping Mothers in Mind. Interested in Hope, Motherhood, Mental Health, Futures, Ghosts, Archives, Loss, Tattoos
@saladinmeckled.bsky.social
Human Rights Academic; UCLUCU Vice President; Author and researcher; political philosophy All posts are in my personal capacity only. Re-posting does not necessarily imply approval.
@chrispercy.bsky.social
Hi! I'm a standup comedian posting my own jokes and fun stuff. I write cheeky songs on my banjo. All jokes and content my own. https://youtube.com/@chrispercyuk?si=Glp1qUm6iTEJvNhE
@mariekeriethof.bsky.social
Senior Lecturer in Latin American Politics. Amsterdam-Liverpool. Cold War solidarity in Latin America, Brazilian politics & IR/IPE. President Society for Latin American Studies @slaslatam.bsky.social in 2023-25.
@richwall.bsky.social
Retired academic. Classicist. Working-class Geordie in exile. Gardener. Democratic Socialist. Unrepentant Remainer and vehemently anti-Brexit. Citizen of the world, and doesn't care who knows it.
@alcs.co.uk
We're the Authors' Licensing & Collecting Society. Nobody else in the world does exactly what we do. We've been championing authors and making sure they get paid for secondary uses of their work since 1977 www.alcs.co.uk
@dailawyrprints.bsky.social
Artist-printmaker, born in Wales & living in Stoke-on-Trent, the home of the Pottery Throwdown https://www.dailawyrprints.com/
@theredhairedstokie.bsky.social
Born and bred in the heart of Stoke-on-Trent, Jenna Goodwin isn't just an artist; she's a storyteller of the city's soul. With her camera or pencil in hand, she weaves tales of cobbled streets and smoky chimneys https://linktr.ee/theredhairedstokie
@mellieohh.bsky.social
Community creative based in Stoke-on-Trent. A midlands girl who craves the coast. I tell stories. Writes for www.Babababoon.co.uk