diff --git a/ruff.toml b/ruff.toml
index 48db0af1e7..0176566151 100644
--- a/ruff.toml
+++ b/ruff.toml
@@ -8,4 +8,11 @@
 ignore = ["D100","D101","D102","D103","D105","N806","E501"]
 exclude = ["wagtail/project_template/*","node_modules","venv",".venv","migrations"]
 line-length = 88
-select = ["E", "F", "I", "T20"]
+
+# E: pycodestyle errors
+# F: Pyflakes
+# I: isort
+# T20: flake8-print
+# BLE: flake8-blind-except
+# C4: flake8-comprehensions
+select = ["E", "F", "I", "T20", "BLE", "C4"]
diff --git a/wagtail/admin/views/pages/bulk_actions/publish.py b/wagtail/admin/views/pages/bulk_actions/publish.py
index 79e8d58035..e6f9a17893 100644
--- a/wagtail/admin/views/pages/bulk_actions/publish.py
+++ b/wagtail/admin/views/pages/bulk_actions/publish.py
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ class PublishBulkAction(PageBulkAction):
     def get_context_data(self, **kwargs):
         context = super().get_context_data(**kwargs)
         context["has_draft_descendants"] = any(
-            map(lambda x: x["draft_descendant_count"], context["items"])
+            item["draft_descendant_count"] for item in context["items"]
         )
         return context
 
diff --git a/wagtail/admin/views/pages/bulk_actions/unpublish.py b/wagtail/admin/views/pages/bulk_actions/unpublish.py
index 8cc7119e42..74a64fcc63 100644
--- a/wagtail/admin/views/pages/bulk_actions/unpublish.py
+++ b/wagtail/admin/views/pages/bulk_actions/unpublish.py
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ class UnpublishBulkAction(PageBulkAction):
     def get_context_data(self, **kwargs):
         context = super().get_context_data(**kwargs)
         context["has_live_descendants"] = any(
-            map(lambda x: x["live_descendant_count"] > 0, context["items"])
+            item["live_descendant_count"] > 0 for item in context["items"]
         )
         return context
 
diff --git a/wagtail/contrib/modeladmin/views.py b/wagtail/contrib/modeladmin/views.py
index 4f897aacf8..6c6612d380 100644
--- a/wagtail/contrib/modeladmin/views.py
+++ b/wagtail/contrib/modeladmin/views.py
@@ -651,7 +651,7 @@ class IndexView(SpreadsheetExportMixin, WMABaseView):
             # Allow certain types of errors to be re-raised as-is so that the
             # caller can treat them in a special way.
             raise
-        except Exception as e:
+        except Exception as e:  # noqa: BLE001
             # Every other error is caught with a naked except, because we don't
             # have any other way of validating lookup parameters. They might be
             # invalid if the keyword arguments are incorrect, or if the values
diff --git a/wagtail/contrib/redirects/views.py b/wagtail/contrib/redirects/views.py
index c64e16b607..e6c0629c8f 100644
--- a/wagtail/contrib/redirects/views.py
+++ b/wagtail/contrib/redirects/views.py
@@ -269,7 +269,7 @@ def start_import(request):
             % {"error_message": e},
         )
         return redirect("wagtailredirects:start_import")
-    except Exception as e:  # pragma: no cover
+    except Exception as e:  # noqa: BLE001; pragma: no cover
         messages.error(
             request,
             _("%(error)s encountered while trying to read file: %(filename)s")
diff --git a/wagtail/contrib/settings/tests/site_specific/test_model.py b/wagtail/contrib/settings/tests/site_specific/test_model.py
index a94fda1fc9..15da762469 100644
--- a/wagtail/contrib/settings/tests/site_specific/test_model.py
+++ b/wagtail/contrib/settings/tests/site_specific/test_model.py
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ class SettingModelTestCase(SiteSettingsTestMixin, TestCase):
         # Attempt to pickle ImportantPages instance
         try:
             pickled = pickle.dumps(obj, -1)
-        except Exception as e:
+        except Exception as e:  # noqa: BLE001
             raise AssertionError(
                 "An error occured when attempting to pickle %r: %s" % (obj, e)
             )
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ class SettingModelTestCase(SiteSettingsTestMixin, TestCase):
         # Now unpickle the pickled ImportantPages
         try:
             unpickled = pickle.loads(pickled)
-        except Exception as e:
+        except Exception as e:  # noqa: BLE001
             raise AssertionError(
                 "An error occured when attempting to unpickle %r: %s" % (obj, e)
             )
diff --git a/wagtail/documents/models.py b/wagtail/documents/models.py
index fced0bb8e9..ac4d5b4f19 100644
--- a/wagtail/documents/models.py
+++ b/wagtail/documents/models.py
@@ -114,7 +114,7 @@ class AbstractDocument(CollectionMember, index.Indexed, models.Model):
         if self.file_size is None:
             try:
                 self.file_size = self.file.size
-            except Exception:
+            except Exception:  # noqa: BLE001
                 # File doesn't exist
                 return
 
diff --git a/wagtail/images/fields.py b/wagtail/images/fields.py
index 53ec64d653..e52349ebf6 100644
--- a/wagtail/images/fields.py
+++ b/wagtail/images/fields.py
@@ -163,7 +163,7 @@ class WagtailImageField(ImageField):
             f.image = willow.Image.open(file)
             f.content_type = image_format_name_to_content_type(f.image.format_name)
 
-        except Exception as exc:
+        except Exception as exc:  # noqa: BLE001
             # Willow doesn't recognize it as an image.
             raise ValidationError(
                 self.error_messages["invalid_image"],
diff --git a/wagtail/images/management/commands/wagtail_update_image_renditions.py b/wagtail/images/management/commands/wagtail_update_image_renditions.py
index 8f617bdfe9..d7580560a7 100644
--- a/wagtail/images/management/commands/wagtail_update_image_renditions.py
+++ b/wagtail/images/management/commands/wagtail_update_image_renditions.py
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ class Command(BaseCommand):
                     rendition_image = rendition.image
                     rendition.delete()
                     success_count = success_count + 1
-                except Exception:
+                except Exception:  # noqa: BLE001
                     self.stderr.write(
                         f"Could not purge rendition for {rendition_image.title}"
                     )
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ class Command(BaseCommand):
                     rendition.delete()
                     rendition_image.get_rendition(rendition_filter)
                     success_count = success_count + 1
-                except Exception:
+                except Exception:  # noqa: BLE001
                     self.stderr.write(
                         f"Could not regenerate rendition for {rendition_image.title}"
                     )
diff --git a/wagtail/images/models.py b/wagtail/images/models.py
index a12dee81a6..2e79f17ba1 100644
--- a/wagtail/images/models.py
+++ b/wagtail/images/models.py
@@ -139,7 +139,7 @@ class ImageFileMixin:
         if self.file_size is None:
             try:
                 self.file_size = self.file.size
-            except Exception as e:
+            except Exception as e:  # noqa: BLE001
                 # File not found
                 #
                 # Have to catch everything, because the exception
diff --git a/wagtail/images/tests/test_management_commands.py b/wagtail/images/tests/test_management_commands.py
index 6f2ea80214..8f7de2252f 100644
--- a/wagtail/images/tests/test_management_commands.py
+++ b/wagtail/images/tests/test_management_commands.py
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ class TestUpdateImageRenditions(TestCase):
             try:
                 rendition_image = rendition.image
                 rendition.delete()
-            except Exception:
+            except Exception:  # noqa: BLE001
                 warnings.warn(f"Could not delete rendition for {rendition_image}")
 
     def run_command(self, **options):
diff --git a/wagtail/management/commands/create_log_entries_from_revisions.py b/wagtail/management/commands/create_log_entries_from_revisions.py
index 2aded83a60..29c0d07652 100644
--- a/wagtail/management/commands/create_log_entries_from_revisions.py
+++ b/wagtail/management/commands/create_log_entries_from_revisions.py
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ class Command(BaseCommand):
             if not PageLogEntry.objects.filter(revision=revision).exists():
                 try:
                     current_revision_as_page = revision.as_object()
-                except Exception:
+                except Exception:  # noqa: BLE001
                     # restoring old revisions may fail if e.g. they have an on_delete=PROTECT foreign key
                     # to a no-longer-existing model instance. We cannot compare changes between two
                     # non-restorable revisions, although we can at least infer that there was a content
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ class Command(BaseCommand):
                 if previous_revision is not None:
                     try:
                         previous_revision_as_page = previous_revision.as_object()
-                    except Exception:
+                    except Exception:  # noqa: BLE001
                         previous_revision_as_page = None
 
                     if (
diff --git a/wagtail/test/dummy_external_storage.py b/wagtail/test/dummy_external_storage.py
index c3c9dfb80a..52c0a72e77 100644
--- a/wagtail/test/dummy_external_storage.py
+++ b/wagtail/test/dummy_external_storage.py
@@ -85,5 +85,5 @@ class DummyExternalStorageFile(File):
     def size(self):
         try:
             return super().size
-        except Exception as e:
+        except Exception as e:  # noqa: BLE001
             raise DummyExternalStorageError(str(e))
diff --git a/wagtail/test/utils/decorators.py b/wagtail/test/utils/decorators.py
index f069cc7ed8..368e2c6f4c 100644
--- a/wagtail/test/utils/decorators.py
+++ b/wagtail/test/utils/decorators.py
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ class disconnect_signal_receiver:
 
             try:
                 func(*args, **kwargs)
-            except Exception as e:
+            except Exception as e:  # noqa: BLE001
                 exception = e
             finally:
                 self.signal.connect(self.receiver)
diff --git a/wagtail/test/utils/page_tests.py b/wagtail/test/utils/page_tests.py
index f65b24ebad..2b350fd539 100644
--- a/wagtail/test/utils/page_tests.py
+++ b/wagtail/test/utils/page_tests.py
@@ -257,7 +257,7 @@ class WagtailPageTestCase(WagtailTestUtils, TestCase):
                 resp = self.client.get(path, data=query_data)
             else:
                 resp = self.client.post(path, **post_kwargs)
-        except Exception as e:
+        except Exception as e:  # noqa: BLE001
             msg = self._formatMessage(
                 msg,
                 'Failed to render route "%(route_path)s" for %(page_type)s "%(page)s":\n%(exc)s'
@@ -333,7 +333,7 @@ class WagtailPageTestCase(WagtailTestUtils, TestCase):
         path = reverse("wagtailadmin_pages:edit", kwargs={"page_id": page.id})
         try:
             response = self.client.get(path)
-        except Exception as e:
+        except Exception as e:  # noqa: BLE001
             self.client.logout()
             msg = self._formatMessage(
                 msg,
@@ -364,7 +364,7 @@ class WagtailPageTestCase(WagtailTestUtils, TestCase):
 
         try:
             self.client.post(path, data_to_post)
-        except Exception as e:
+        except Exception as e:  # noqa: BLE001
             msg = self._formatMessage(
                 msg,
                 'Failed to load edit view via POST for %(page_type)s "%(page)s":\n%(exc)s'
@@ -419,7 +419,7 @@ class WagtailPageTestCase(WagtailTestUtils, TestCase):
                 response.content.decode(),
                 {"is_valid": True, "is_available": True},
             )
-        except Exception as e:
+        except Exception as e:  # noqa: BLE001
             self.client.logout()
             msg = self._formatMessage(
                 msg,
@@ -435,7 +435,7 @@ class WagtailPageTestCase(WagtailTestUtils, TestCase):
 
         try:
             self.client.get(preview_path, data={"mode": mode})
-        except Exception as e:
+        except Exception as e:  # noqa: BLE001
             msg = self._formatMessage(
                 msg,
                 'Failed to load preview for %(page_type)s "%(page)s" with mode="%(mode)s":\n%(exc)s'
diff --git a/wagtail/tests/test_utils.py b/wagtail/tests/test_utils.py
index acf397e9c3..45659cac06 100644
--- a/wagtail/tests/test_utils.py
+++ b/wagtail/tests/test_utils.py
@@ -175,14 +175,14 @@ class TestInvokeViaAttributeShortcut(SimpleTestCase):
     def test_pickleability(self):
         try:
             pickled = pickle.dumps(self.test_object, -1)
-        except Exception as e:
+        except Exception as e:  # noqa: BLE001
             raise AssertionError(
                 "An error occured when attempting to pickle %r: %s"
                 % (self.test_object, e)
             )
         try:
             self.test_object = pickle.loads(pickled)
-        except Exception as e:
+        except Exception as e:  # noqa: BLE001
             raise AssertionError(
                 "An error occured when attempting to unpickle %r: %s"
                 % (self.test_object, e)