Lancastrian tax adviser and granny! Cooperative party member and musician. Also known as taxqueen. City of London Liveryman.
London addict, architecture, history, art, transport, gardening and craft
Entre lycée (Toulouse/Rodez) et recherche : Histoire du Saint-Empire, histoire urbaine, arbalètes, baptêmes, et quelques calembours. Early Modern urban History of the Holy Roman Empire: between crossbows, Lutheran godparents and angry pastors
A snapper up of unconsidered trifles. Blueskying about London and its policing history. County Mounty.
Ex editor Good Beer Guide x24 Founder Guild of Beer Writers 2x winner Glenfiddich Drink Writer of the year 20+ books inc. https://shorturl.at/pvxJM West Ham fan
protzonbeer.co.uk
Mostly writing about the tidal Thames and concentrating on my blog: thetidalthames.com Occasionally writing about Brittany, France and Belgium, and their cultural links with the UK. Was writing for "hidden europe" magazine and others...
The London Topographical Society makes available, to its members and the general public, material illustrating the history, growth and topography of London. See more of what we have to offer at: londontopsoc.org
Writer, historian, professor. Director @chppc.bsky.social and @vch-home.bsky.social. #AHistoryOfEnglandIn25Poems (Penguin Allen Lane, 2025): a Book of the Year in The Times, FT & BBC History Extra. Find me in my beach hut.
https://www.catherineclarke.info/
Menswear writer. Editor at Put This On. Words at The New York Times, The Washington Post, The Financial Times, Esquire, and Mr. Porter.
If you have a style question, search:
https://dieworkwear.com/ | https://putthison.com/start-here/
Art historian. New book The Invention of British Art, out now.
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.
Bankside's first theatre
Built by Philip Henslowe 1587, rediscovered 1989
Original home of plays by Shakespeare, Marlowe, Kyd & many others
Scheduled Monument & Registered Charity
www.roseplayhouse.org.uk
Rose Theatre Trust
56 Park St, London SE1 9AR
Seminars on British history c. 1500-1650. 5.30pm on Mondays at the IHR, London, and online. All welcome!
Join out mailing list: tudorstuart.seminar@gmail.com
Postboxes | London | urban architecture and streets | parks and gardens | urban rivers | theatre | opera | art | churches | cricket | Norfolk Terriers | decent beer. AI sceptic. All views personal.
Historian, artist, tour guide and FSAScot. A lover of legend and folklore.
Buy my art and my books here: https://linktr.ee/classicalalan
The British Association for Local History is the national charity which promotes local history and serving local historians throughout the UK #WeAreLocalHistory
Dr Maurizio Cinquegrani (he/him)
University of Kent
Senior Lecturer in Film and Media
EDI Lead (School of Arts and Architecture)
Exhibitions, Arts, Media and Books Editor (The London Journal)
Online journal and not-for-profit project dedicated to curious and compelling works from the history of art, literature, and ideas. Featuring 300+ essays — ✍️ submissions welcome. We also have a mighty fine prints shop.
https://publicdomainreview.org
Local Democracy Reporter, covering City of London / Hammersmith and Fulham / Westminster / Kensington and Chelsea / ben.lynch@reachplc.com
Archivist and Historian. Principal Legal Records Specialist at The National Archives. Dr of Late Medieval/Early Modern Legal History. FRHistS. Big fan of archives and original records. Views my own.
(Digital) historian of fifteenth and sixteenth century cities, communities, trade, guilds, maps
Historian and Occasional Book-writer (https://www.bloomsbury.com/uk/blazing-world-9781526621696/)
Works at Oxford University. New book, The Blood in Winter, out now!
https://www.bloomsbury.com/uk/blood-in-winter-9781526672292/
Archivist. Became an archivist because I like books and now I spend all day glaring at a computer. Manchester and Cheshire.
https://home.barclays/archive-barclays/
Social historian, researching &
writing about British librarians & #PubLibs in the long nineteenth century. Learning & Outreach Manager at the Society of Antiquaries, London.
Producing every since play written in English prior to 1642, with 38 exceptions. Dropping pods and videos - beyondshakespeare.org
Medieval historian interested in Wales, Somerset exile, inept cricketer, General Editor of the longest-running and largest local history project yet devised, the Victoria County History of England. Probably drinking tea.
The International Art Magazine. Published monthly since 1925, we cover everything from antiquities to contemporary work | London | https://www.apollo-magazine.com/
Haberdashers' Company Archivist. Early modern London, migration, drama.
Medieval historian & heritage wonk; FSA. Director of Programmes & Deputy CEO @archhfund. Also President Monumental Brass Society; Trustee Cambridge Past, Present & Future.
Promoting the history of Chingford through regular talks, meetings and visits. Non-members welcome.
📚Historian of early modern London
📜 Apprentice Archivist at The London Archives
🖋️Research interests in women, the City of London, and record keeping in C17th
🎓 PhD on women in the Court of Orphans
👩💻 https://jessica-ayres.co.uk
Irishman in Yorkshire. Historian of language, education, migration at the University of Leeds. Editor of Renaissance Studies. Occasional BBC radio presenter. Currently learning Amharic/አማርኛ እየተማርኩ ነው. Dad!
Join me for a ramble through 2000 years of culture and history at the heart of old London. www.thegentleauthorstours.com
SRS, the main academic organisation in UK & Ireland dedicated to the promotion of the study of the Renaissance. Hatched in 1967. 🐥 🔥 🐣 🐦🔥 https://rensoc.org.uk/
Writer, historian. FRHistS. Recent work: History Today, The Spectator, Slightly Foxed, New Humanist, Engelsberg Ideas.
Archivist. Shropshire lass in Leytonstone. Interests include London history, books, hills, art, architecture. 🐈⬛ 🇵🇸
Licensed Thames Mudlark. Up To My Eyes In Silt. NB: It is illegal to search the tidal Thames Foreshore, for any reason, without a valid permit from the Port of London Authority.
Instagram: @lizanderson2
Blog: A Mudlark’s Diary https://amudlarksdiary.com/
Early modern literature: letters, Inns of Court, drama. Somervillian. European.
‘Epistolary Courtiership and Dramatic Letters’ out with EUP June 2024.
https://edinburghuniversitypress.com/book-epistolary-courtiership-and-dramatic-letters.html
Urban historian, especially medieval and early modern London. Executive Dean of Humanities and Social Sciences at Birkbeck, University of London. Director of @layersoflondon.bsky.social
Exploring London's history starting with my father's photos from 1946, to the present day.
https://alondoninheritance.com/
Tourism expert & South London Mama. Talks London, Children, Wildlife, Beer & Fun. Passionate about Museums, Clean Air & Trees.
Discover London through my eyes: performances, oddities and beautiful corners. All views my own.
https://linktr.ee/MyKindofLondon
Promoting the name and fame of the City of London and its diverse Livery Companies. #CityFact #LiveryFact
As the UK's central bank, we work to ensure low inflation, trust in banknotes and a stable financial system.
Postdoctoral Research Associate, Queen Mary University of London
Historian of food and cities.
Editor at the London Journal
Man on bike, seeking out London's elusive no-go zones (only Twitter knows where they be); laughing at architecture; bemoaning poor maintenance; delighting in improvised repairs. Also roaming the planning portals. #london #planning #cycling
Norfolk mostly
waterlandbooks.co.uk
literarynorfolk.co.uk
https://youtube.com/@eastanglianstories?si=VzfUzzg4vPIYXBeU
Waltham Forest Archives and Local Studies Library, Chingford Assembly Hall, Station Road, London E4 7EN. Collections documenting history of the London Borough of Waltham Forest. Research visits by prior appointment. Email wfa.enquiries@walthamforest.gov.uk
Historian, archivist and researcher, College of Arms and the Vintners’ Company. Secretary of the Yorkist History Trust and Harlaxton Medieval Symposium. Urban history, death, piety, trust, and executors in pre-Reformation England; also early modern art.
Early modern & genealogy tutor at Conted Oxford. Lecturer at Wake Forest Uni (London campus). Writing on English Civil War sequestration, & John Bradshawe. Vice-Chair of @Cromwellorg.bsky.social. Reviews Editor of @MidlandHistory.bsky.social.
A "sparkling historian" ✨- The Times #thehouseofdudley
"visceral and illuminating ... her style is cinematic" - Wall Street Journal
💚🇨🇦
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
Born Homerton Hackney London local history mainly Hackney history - has es ven yox rufn eyds antisemetik
London Archaeologist is published 4 times a year, for anyone interested in London's archaeology
Medical academic #HIV | Homerton Hospital & Barts Health | @shareeastlondon.bsky.social | Chair @nationalaidstrust.bsky.social| CoChair @londonftci.bsky.social| Chair @paintingshospitals.bsky.social | PM W Soc Apothecaries https://linktr.ee/janderson81
Historian (FRHistS), author of THE BOSS OF BETHNAL GREEN, a true foundation story of London’s East End and biography of Regency godfather Joseph Merceron.
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Boss-Bethnal-Green-Merceron-Godfather-ebook/dp/B086XFTWXK
Lead Member for Sport: City of London | Trustee: Honourable Irish Society | Vice-Chair: Gresham College | Trustee: OneBodyOneFaith | Council: Ulster University | they/them | 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️ 🩷💜💙 | ✝️ | Charlie - Ed - Edward | AuDHD | celord.com
Living in the City of London, exploring Smithfield and neighbouring Clerkenwell with maps and media https://connections.commons.london/
Fans of brutalism, modernism & our home in the Barbican at http://www.instagram.com/barbican_city_of_London & at http://Greyscape.com
London County Council, Greater London Council, pre- and post-1965 boroughs in London (+ occasional forays outside of the capital). Municipal stuff from the past that lives on today. Oh, and new towns, shopping centres, infrastructure etc.
lccmunicipal.com
Author, editor, proofreader, indexer and servant to the two most beautiful cats in the world
'dust in the air suspended,
marks the place where a story ended'
Find me at http://www.simonknott.co.uk
Also available on X/Twitter. All photos mine.
A historian of things before 1700, especially religion, friars and the ways of everyday life.
A journal embracing all aspects of metropolitan society past & present | Published by Taylor & Francis for London Journal Trust | Articles & Special Issue proposals welcome | thelondonjournal.org
Livery company archivist • PhD student @ihr.bsky.social (apprenticeship in early modern London) • Pen and ink art www.instagram.com/ejb.ink
Business archivist by day; rowing club archivist by night. So, quite a lot of 19th and 20th century British history, and grumbling about digital and A/V preservation.
Not the UNICEF spokesman.
Be nice, I'm trying my best.
Discover one of the finest medieval guildhalls in the world. Home to York’s entrepreneurs for 660 years and counting.
Website: merchantshallyork.org
Walker and history guide, Tim Lewis: filmmaker, storyteller, writer, mentor. Specialised guide exploring London's unique history and culture.
@litagencygmc
Buy me a coffee: https://ko-fi.com/thelondonwalker
https://thelondonwalker.com
Writer and video maker. Mostly about London. Author of 'The History of the Port of London'. Publishing London history videos at https://thehistoryoflondon.co.uk/videos/
The Library of London History.
https://www.cityoflondon.gov.uk/services/libraries/guildhall-library
London depicted by artists past and present.
“By seeing London, I have seen as much of life as the world can show.” Samuel Johnson.
Curated by @jamadden.bsky.social
This week's theme: Mist and Fog
https://linktr.ee/paintingsoflondon
Official guides for Clerkenwell, Smithfield and Islington. Check out our walks - or book us to lead a walk for your business. https://islingtonguidedwalks.com/
Stories and news from the Royal Docks, a unique waterfront and a growing home for business and culture in Newham, East London.
https://linktr.ee/RoyalDocks
Historian • author • speaker • TV consultant • presenter. Specialist in researching the history of houses. Otherwise known as Mel Backe-Hansen. Books incl. #AHouseThroughTime and #HouseHistories Rep #PastPreservers http://www.house-historian.co.uk/
Qualified London Blue Badge Tourist Guide who loves to show visitors and Londoners the off the beaten track sites away from the tourist trail. Find out moreon my website www.dianesguidedwalks.london
Accredited Westminster Guide. Walks include: American Mayfair; James Bond; Soho's Women; Savile Row; The Lambeth Walk; St James's. Walks through footprintsoflondon.com
Quality guided London walks by & for those who #LoveLondon delivered with care, professionalism, insight and enthusiasm.
@footprintsoflondon - Where Londoners Walk
City of London Livery Company for the Communications and Content Industries. Broadcasters, Writers, Journalists, Publishing, Printing, Paper, Packaging, Archive, Library & Conservation. Digital Media & Software, Stationery & Greeting cards, Tour Guides
The art of the East London Group. Also on Instagram:- http://instagram.com/eastlondongroup/ & Facebook http://facebook.com/EastLondonGroup. All images: copyrighted. Find out more about the Group here:- https://www.eastlondongroup.co.uk/
Sweary prof, iconoclast, and non-league football nut (Larkhall Athletic FC 💙). Lives in early modern London; citizen & Founder. Bossed by cats. I mean it about the swearing 🤬
City of Westminster and Clerkenwell & Islington Guide. Social history walks. Walthamstow & Chingford walks too.
Booking details for all my public guided walks and tours are here: https://linktr.ee/joannawestminsterwalks
official Bluesky account (check username👆)
Bugs, feature requests, feedback: support@bsky.app
