Connecting you to art 🖼 Art UK is an art education charity and digital space that connects everyone with the UK's public art collection.
Take part in the #OnlineArtExchange every Thursday!
https://artuk.org/
https://linktr.ee/artukdotorg
New here: Historian of 18th-century politics, Empire, and ideas | Edmund Burke | Whig culture.
Think tanker, Demos | Research Fellow, University of Aberdeen | Adviser, House of Lords.
Words: Engelsberg Ideas, The Critic, The London Magazine.
HISTORIAN of 19th CENTURY REFORM CROWDS
Focus on mismatch between crowd size, reputation & power
Warwick Thesis: bit.ly/-PhD
Working on chapter in 2026 Parl. Hist. Sp. Ed.
& Editing Routledge Collection on 19th C. Sedition
Academic profile: bit.ly/ds-1-
Travel in time, witness the people & places that changed our lives in Britain & beyond using our maps as a window into history, brought alive by our researchers & authors.
Great Gifts!
From £3.50 pp. https://www.alangodfreymaps.co.uk/acatalog/home.html
The International Commission for the History of Representative & Parliamentary Institutions promotes parliamentary, constitutional, legal & political history
ICHRPI website: https://ichrpi.info
Journal website: https://www.tandfonline.com/journals/rper20
Faith community grounded in stillness. We believe in working together to create a more just, equal and peaceful world.
Quakers in Britain, Friends House, NW1 2BJ.
www.quaker.org.uk
Oxford University Studies in the Enlightenment, published since 1955. Voltaire Foundation (@voltaire.ox.ac.uk), in partnership with Liverpool University Press (@livunipress.bsky.social).
Museums, galleries, medieval and Irish literature, folklore, poetry, botany, Cumbrian walks, Oxfam bookstores. Remainer trying to do the right thing in a world that's going/gone off balance. All 📸 mine, unless stated
Historian of France and the Early Modern World, Indian Ocean Colonialism, Notaries, and Urban Social History in Texas.
Often professional, sometimes a silly goose ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
Norwegian, Early Modern historian. Denmark-Norway c. 1660-1814, especially social networks and elites, but also crime, queer history and other cool stuff. And sometimes I escape to the Great Northern War or WW1.
Professional genealogist. Research in Netherlands and Belgium. Interest in early modern history. Member of APG and RQG. Graduate of University of Strathclyde. Scholar for New Netherland Settlers Project.
Business: https://www.antecedentia.com
Historian of Art @ Harvard • Kongo • Angola • Brazil • Visual, Material, Spiritual Culture • Vast Early Modern Atlantic • from #Martinique • www.cecilefromont.com
A unique folklore podcast. Each episode presents highlights from a collection published during the 19th century.
Visit talesfromantiquaria.com for more.
Writer from Bristol. The Cat's Tales: Feline Fairy Tales and Folklore, published 23 October 2025 by @eandtbooks.bsky.social
https://eandtbooks.com/books/the-cats-tales/
PASTFINDER - Youtube
Author of The DEVA CHRONICLES
Passionate about history, particularly Roman Britain & The 17th Century British Wars. Science fact/Fiction, Astronomy and non human life.
AHRC-funded project ‘Unlocking The Mary Hamilton Papers’, based at @thejohnrylands.bsky.social
https://www.maryhamiltonpapers.alc.manchester.ac.uk/
@manchester.ac.uk @uomhums.bsky.social
Director, Research and Collections, Cambridge University Libraries and Archives and CUL Research Institute; Bye-Fellow, Pembroke College; FSA FRHistS; University Deputy Proctor; The Country House Library (Yale, 2017); private views
PhD candidate, Ulster University
researching the life & work of Dr Francis Moylan, RC Bishop of Kerry & Cork, 1735-1815
https://pure.ulster.ac.uk/en/persons/victoria-anne-pearson/
A podcast for all with a common interest in history. Run and hosted by Mark Martin, the pod is his hobby. He’s an Arsenal fan and Wargamer.
Listen on any podcast app: https://bit.ly/4huFXEJ
Enthusiast of British (mainly) ghostlore, folklore and vintage ghost and weird fiction. Collector of old magazines. Also keen on prehistoric monuments, old churches and suchlike. Am decidedly Q. All scans/photos my own (unless stated). Runs #PhantomsFriday
British Quaker YouTube channel discussing Quaker Faith, History and Culture in the UK and beyond
http://www.youtube.com/@Quake-It-Up
Episodes now also coming on Spotify:
https://open.spotify.com/show/73TbZBKt2thIU6YyUDvq0e?si=vJrW9uHwTluR7bYUqG8-Fg
Medieval historian (esp. kingship, religion, saints, King John & Thomas Becket). Mature students & lifelong learning. Carer. Occasional gardener. He/him. 🌈 Ace, Genderfluid
Student-led project mapping global witchcraft memorials at Cardiff University. @cuhistarchrel.bsky.social
If you have any suggestions or questions please contact us at: witchmapproject@gmail.com.
Conference on Conflict, War and Violence in the Early Modern World at the University of Exeter 📜🗡️ 2-3 September 2026
Email us your abstracts and any questions to earlymodernwar@gmail.com⚓
Researching and publishing the history of Oxfordshire places as part of @vchlondon.bsky.social - landscape, settlement, buildings, economy, religion, society and more: www.history.ac.uk/research/victoria-county-history/counties-z/oxfordshire
Historian of the sixteenth-century Anglo-Scottish frontier. PhD from Durham University (mostly) on the evolution of the early modern state in the English west march, and the relations between march elites and the 'riding surnames'.
Chippenham Museum tells the fascinating story of this historic market town from its prehistoric origins to the present day.
Official Account Monitored: Mon-Thu, 9am-5pm & Fri, 9am-4.30pm.
🔗 linktr.ee/ChippenhamMuseum
Since 1937, the Cromwell Association has been educating the public about Oliver Cromwell, his life and his legacy, and the history of 17th Century Britain.
'Rest, nature, books, music…such is my idea of happiness.' ~ Leo Tolstoy (1828-1910)
🍂...lost in the marginalia...🌻
🌍 Personne n'est illégal 🌱
An independent history, mythology and folklore podcast hosted by Eleanor Conlon and Martin Vaux.
Gather round the campfire and listen in!
https://linktr.ee/threeravenspodcast
Showcasing new historical research on racialised communities in Britain by emerging scholars from racially minoritised backgrounds. Send work for us to share via dm!
Conference exploring Dialogues of Nonconformity in the Early Modern British Atlantic, at the University of Birmingham, 12 September 2025: https://warwick.ac.uk/fac/arts/history/ecc/eventsnew/nonconformistdialogues/
Curated collection of 10,000+ public domain images, free for users to explore and reuse, even commercially. A project of @publicdomainrev.bsky.social
Website: https://pdimagearchive.org/
Erstwhile early modern historian, now professional services at the University of Sheffield. Likes: intoxicants; the supernatural, folklore, folk horror; KE/impact; project management; 📷; 🥾; 🏋️. My photography portfolio: https://darkframes.squarespace.com/
Working for the preservation, maintenance and renovation of the Tolpuddle Old Chapel.
Support the cause here: http://givey.com/toct
Tolpuddle, Dorset, England www.tolpuddleoldchapeltrust.org
Counterfactuals for the geopolitically curious. What if the script flipped? The GPS of alternate timelines. Because history doesn’t repeat—it remixes. Let’s imagine the tracks that never dropped.
open.substack.com/pub/reroutedbyhistory | #bskystorians
Council for British Archaeology Wessex brings together people with enthusiasm for archaeology in Berkshire, the Channel Islands, Dorset, Hampshire, the Isle of Wight, and Wiltshire
https://www.cba-wessex.org.uk
Updates and events from the History of Catholicism research cluster in the Centre for Catholic Studies at @durham-university.bsky.social
Official BlueSky account of the Ecclesiastical History Society. Fostering interest in all things #churchhistory.
I like churches, folklore and the natural world. Librarian. Almost countryside dweller. Almost East Anglian.
lover of British history, Georgian silver and glassware and a good old fashioned ghost story. Bibliophile. Love visiting heritage buildings, especially churches.
Easily distracted by cats.
Author and speaker who spends a lot of time in the sixteenth century. I make and wear historical clothing. Love old buildings , churches, needlework and Devon. Ever hopeful gardener #history #tudor #HistoricalFiction #devon #Books #needlework 🪡✍️🌱📚
Historian and archaeologist. Historic graffiti specialist. London history nerd. Church crawler. Theatre. Crochet.
Medieval historian. Liturgical manuscripts. Romanesque churches.
Wissenschaftlicher Mitarbeiter at the Universität Regensburg.
Picture: Vienna, Österreichische Nationalbibliothek, cod.lat.958 and Tours, Bibliothèque Municipale, Ms. 184
Extraordinary churches, enchanting art, deep history…
Architectural historian, C17 church architecture & furnishings. Chairman of Council of the Ecclesiological Society.
Senior Lecturer in English Literature & Creative Writing. Burneys, book history, 18thc reading habits & naming practices. Novelist. Maker of radio. Mother & carer. Yotam Ottolenghi superfan.
Local Gov. Archaeology, Books, Art, Mountains. Birmingham City, Post-Punk, Films. Usually found in the Yorks, Worcs, and Pembs Tri-State area. History and Philosophy @ UWL. https://thefastflowingriver.wordpress.com/
#EarlyModern poet. Lady #Petrarchan. Proud niece of Sir #PhilipSidney (though he never wrote a corona. Snap.) Inverter of literary traditions. Ay me, Ay me. Never found a labyrinth I could find my way out of. Broke heart but rull smart.
An EU funded project that provides tools for prioritization, contextualization, 3D modeling and reuse of cultural heritage to empower museums and the public to collaborate in making heritage accessible, inclusive and secure. Visit us at "reevaluate.eu".
Assistant Professor in the History of Catholicism, Durham University. Lover of all things Catholic, mystical and Franciscan! First gen academic. More: https://www.durham.ac.uk/staff/liam-p-temple/
Musician, historian & mother. FRHistS. FSA.
Early music specialist & historical consultant for film, TV, radio & theatre.
Early Modernist.
Passamezzo. Greensleeves Project.
Occasional lecturer in Renaissance art & music at the Courtauld Institute.
Author: Villager, 1983, Everything Will Swallow You. Shirley Jackson Horror Writing Award winner who doesn’t write horror. "Hilarious" - Stephen Fry. "Made me laugh out loud" - David Sedaris. "Arrived damaged." - Amazon reviewer https://www.tom-cox.com
Free public lectures across the Arts & Sciences | Since 1597
http://gresham.ac.uk
'One of the definitive voices on Cheshire & Staffordshire Folklore' - BBC Radio. The Local Mythstorian / Tales From Antiquaria / Cheshire Life Magazine / Haunted Magazine / Inspectre Paranormal.
thelocalmythstorian.com
talesfromantiquaria.com
History, politics, animal welfare and vegetarianism. Liverpool FC and the European Union.
Author of eight books on radical Britain 1600-1900
Little Bowden, Market Harborough.
We publish peer-reviewed research covering the history of parliamentary institutions in Britain and Ireland from the Middle Ages to the Twentieth Century, and the legislatures of British colonies before independence.
Genealogist & Family Historian for 20 years.
AGRA Associate, Wakefield, W. Yorks.
Pharos Intermediate & Advanced Certificate
One Place Study: St. John's Square, Wakefield
www.ancestralenquiries.co.uk
#FamilyHistory
#Genealogy
#LocalHistory
#Yorkshire
#Earlymodern nerd. Hired pen. Curator of hipsters. Snapper-up of unconsidered trifles. #Tudor? Sure. #Jacobean? SIGN ME UP.
Coming Spring 2027, "Wilton House," a novel of Lady #MaryWroth. @regalhouse.bsky.social. Stay tuned! https://www.kaydalywriter.com
Archaeologist @Heneb | Wales | Prehistory | Community | Archaeology | Personal account
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)
🪬🧿 Freemason | Traveller | Historian | Novel Author | Filmmaker
www.youtube.com/c/journeydude
www.sendmeonadventure.com
🇸🇰 living in 🏴
🕊️ Peace to all
Exploring Britain’s war memorials. Boer War, First World War (Great War), Second World War et al. Member of the Great War Group #LestWeForget #Remembrance
#Earlymodern historian | FRHistS | IHR Fellow
📚James VI, Britannic Prince (Routledge, 2024) | James VI & I: Kingship, Government & Religion (2025) | Co-editor: Mary Queen of Scots’ Lost Letters (forthcoming, Routledge)
https://bio.site/alexandercourtney
Senior Public Policy Manager at WEA. The WEA (Workers' Educational Association) has been "bringing adult learning within reach" for over 120 years.
https://www.wea.org.uk/
He/Him
Seminar for the history of Europe and the world 1500-1800 the Institute of Historical Research, London.
Mondays at 17:30
See our programme: https://www.history.ac.uk/seminars/european-history-1500-1800
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. Location: Halifax, England.
https://www.listerlanecemetery.co.uk
Historian and Archaeologist. Author of The Lives of Tudor Women and England’s Queens. Appears on TV. Likes travel.
Alexander von Humboldt Research Fellow @mpiwg.bsky.social / @tuberlin.bsky.social.
Medieval lit, mysticism, medical hums. Sometime yoga teacher. IMPOSSIBLE RECOVERY @columbiaup.bsky.social. She/her.
hannahalucas.com
Tudor and Stuart historian. Author of six books, most recent a biography of Henry VIII's misunderstood and maligned elder sister, Margaret Tudor. Historical consultant and broadcaster. Fellow of the Royal Historical Society.
Historian of British intelligence and espionage
Seller of Antique Prints and Ephemera.
www.printsandephemera.com
Dutch history: Stadholders' wives, Constantijn Huygens, Johan de Witt, Willem van Oranje, Willem de Clercq, American Association for Netherlandic Studies, Early Modern correspondences; history of perfumery; 17th century history. No answers to DM.
Historian of Medicine & Mental Health. Golestan Fellow NIAS-KNAW https://nias.knaw.nl/fellow/rebecca-wynter/ Co-convenor Mental Health Humanities Researcher Network https://mhhrn.bham.ac.uk/. Policy Officer @sshmedicine.bsky.social. She/her 🌈🏳️⚧️ #Skystorian
I like old place and new ones, and scooters.
Senior Lecturer in Sociology & Criminology. Rurality, pubs, communities, social harms, sustainability, co-production. Also💜 history. Views my own. @britbeerwriters.bsky.social
@drinkingstudies.bsky.social
Historian (early modern & true crime). TV & Podcast producer / writer.
Author - 1666: PLAGUE, WAR & HELLFIRE (out now), GOD’S THRONE: THE STUARTS 1603-1714 (currently writing).
Director of HistFest. Host Killing Time podcast.
Fun and informative award-nominated history podcast. Listen at www.storiesofbritain.com
Historian of early modern of encounter at the University of East Anglia. Working on The Global Library Project (https://www.globallibrary.net/). English and Scottish visits to foreign libraries. Also early modern queer history. She/Her
Food and Culinary Historian, Cook, Researcher, Writer. Specialising in the ancient world c.3000BCE - 476CE. Dabbling in Neolithic, Chalcolithic, EBA, and Medieval. Founder of www.myhistoricaltable.com
Middle aged LGBT goth girl from London.
Likes dogs, ponies, wine, mediaeval archaeology, horror lit, collects ruins art. Politics junkie.
Provenance Researcher
Here, I present artworks that were stolen by the Nazis from their Jewish owners.
Collections and Archives Manager @ria.ie 📖
Medievalist 📜
I like big books and cannot lie! (she/her) 📕
he/him • Doctor of Physics • Worldbuilder & Conlanger • Fan of Fantasy • Whovian • Amateur Enthusiast of Linguistics, Archaeology, Classics, and many other things
📍 UK • 📖 The Lost Land • 📺 The Brownstone
Associate Professor of Literature & UKRI Future Leaders Fellow
📚 Author of Laurence Sterne & the C18 Book (CUP, 2021)
📚 Co-editor of John Cleland’s Letters (CUP, 2024)
📚 Working on a global history of women in book production
The Premodern Body Project is a scholarly collective dedicated to exploring the rich and diverse narratives of the pre-modern body.
Lecturer in Early Modern History. British Civil Wars, Oliver Cromwell and the memoirs of Bulstrode Whitelocke. British Academy Mid-Career Fellow, 2025-26
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.
A personal take on museums big and small from contributors across the globe.
Historic site photographer, podcaster, wild camping YouTuber, Heathrow's IT Operations Manager. Scared of fish.
Historic Buildings Investigator @ Royal Commission Wales | Nonconformist Chapels | C20 Built Heritage | Digital Technologies in Heritage | Countryside & Dogs | O Gymru - Dysgwr | Personal Account
A wondrous place... Founded in 1710, Spalding Gentlemen’s Society is
Britain’s oldest provincial learned society and second-oldest surviving
museum, library and archive.
historian of witchcrafts, folklore, France 18-20th c
ass. ed. French History
ed. Cambridge Elements in Magic
also #CreativeHistories
that’s an actual photo of me
Painter and storyteller inspired by history, archaeology, and blending art with the past. efhoward.com. Here to follow likeminded people 😉🎨📜🏛️🖼️
Medievalist. She/Her. All DMs are blocked (Bluesky ID issue)
Jack of all trades & master of none: Frances Wolfreston scholar, librarian, book historian, Dylanologist, poet, native gardener, historic preservationist, small-time campaign manager. Former professor & rare-book cataloger. EM women's reading, too. She/her
