James Heale @jaheale.bsky.social Deputy Political Editor at The Spectator
Erika Hanna @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/
Lottie @sellottie.bsky.social Expert citizen, diverse workhorse, viva Wessex - health & justice - she/her
Hannah @teaforpterosaur.bsky.social The most scandalocious little fish in the sea
Leonardo Carella @leonardocarella.bsky.social Lecturer in Comparative Politics at the Department of Politics and International Relations, University of Oxford. Former minor twitter celebrity/hate figure. https://www.leonardocarella.com/
Charlotte Morgan @cornwallchar.bsky.social Head of communications for BBC News
I like all of the usual things
Alumna of Richard Lander School, Truro
James Ball @jamesrball.com Political editor @ The New World
Opinion @ The i Paper
Fellow @ Tech Policy Press
Fellow @ Demos
PhD researcher @ UCL Laws
newsletter @ techtris
Latest book: The Other Pandemic – How QAnon Contaminated The World. 🏳️🌈
https://www.jamesrball.com/
Julia Is Waving, Not Drowning @booktweeting.bsky.social That’s not me asking for money, it’s someone spoofing me. I promise.
Non-stop book reviewing lady! Also writer, editor, aunt, godmother, curmudgeon. I love books and birds.
No DMs, sorry! I am extremely shy.
Chris Hind @hindchristopher.bsky.social
Ian Cade @meltwaterfalls.bsky.social I work with research and data about films and television as well as being a World Heritage Site hunter, Pompey fan, former Erasmus student, all whilst attempting to be a dad
Dr Simon Ubsdell @simonubsdell.bsky.social Still raging about the abject moral abomination of Brexitism.
Paul Frame @paulframe85.bsky.social Not worth following or paying attention to.
Paul Connolly @thepaulconnolly.bsky.social Writer
Poetry: Debut collection due Spring ‘27
(Broken Sleep Books)
Forward Prize/BOTN nominee
100+ poems in Agenda, Stand, Poetry Salzburg, Chiron Review, IS&T etc & on BBC
Charles Causley & Bridport shortlists
Prose: Orwell Prize/Bridport Novel longlists
Roland Bates @rolandbates.bsky.social The sweet sweet taste of manchineel.
"Four oysters? Pointless"
Daniel Sugarman @danielsugarman.bsky.social Jewish. Deputy Editor of Jewish News. Resh Galuta of Bluesky. Regular entrant on the NY Times Bestseller List of Unpublished Books. All opinions are mine.
Rob Mac @robmacrae.bsky.social "He was kind of raggedy and wild. And she was very beautiful, you know..."
Jansen Mann @hellojansen.com Web stuff, UX, IA, SEO, photography, marketing and all that jazz. 🎷
Still a bit miffed about Brexit.
@sylumheights.bsky.social @sylumheights.bsky.social Ginsberg enthusiast
Marktech @marktech.bsky.social Tout passe, tout lasse, tout casse.
Life is a shipwreck, but we must not forget to sing in the lifeboats.
Every joke is a tiny revolution.
God keep me from ever completing anything.... Oh, Time, Strength, Cash, and Patience!
Giles Sparrow is adrift in the vortex @gswrites.bsky.social Pop science writer/editor consultant for hire, specialising in astronomy and its history. Regular nerd with @somethingwho.bsky.social
Siobhán McElduff @siobhanmcelduff.bsky.social 1st gen academic from Sligo/Donegal, now in Vancouver. Does research on obscure topics. Extremely fond of Cicero.
She/her nó sí/í
Opinions my own.
siobhanmcelduff.com
Jack Womack @jwomack.bsky.social Writer.
Aviel Roshwald @avielroshwald.bsky.social History Professor
Comparative study of nationalism
Latest book—Occupied: European and Asian Responses to Axis Conquest, 1937-1945 (Cambridge Univ. Press, 2023)
https://blackwells.co.uk/bookshop/product/Occupied-by-Aviel-Roshwald/9781108790826
Rob Davies @byrobdavies.bsky.social Guardian reporter and author of Jackpot: How Gambling Conquered Britain.
Danny Palmer @dannypalmer.bsky.social Freelance cybersecurity journalist & writer. Welsh. SE London.
Also likely to post about games, rugby, F1, wrestling & the cat.
I have a Simpsons reference for every occasion.
Paul Kirkley @paulkirkley.bsky.social Still writing Stuff for Things.
interestingmedia.blog
madeline odent @oldenoughtosay.com chaos feed. heritage, history, old buildings, social justice. 🏴🇺🇸🏳️🌈. sea witch, professional gargoyle, teller of tales. (she/her)(Oxford, England)
Todd Gregory @toddgregory.bsky.social Senior staff editor at The New York Times. From the prairie part of the Prairie State. COYS (Views are my own, etc.)
Suze @westcountrysuzi.bsky.social Challenging preconceived ideas
James Crossland @jamescrossland.bsky.social Professor of History. Writer of books.
Host of "History's Devils" ⬇️
https://historysdevils.buzzsprout.com/
https://youtube.com/@historysdevils
#history #spies, #extremism, fake news, weird stories, terrible people and things that are not real 🗃️ 📚
Andrew | TheSpoilist @thespoilist.bsky.social Neglected pop culture site. Home of podcasts First Contact and The Garbage Podcast.
https://www.thespoilist.com/
Phil Harrison @mrpmharrison.bsky.social Journalism, constructive moaning, weird music, telly, LUFC, all the usual shit.
Alan Allport @alanallport.bsky.social Professor, historian, husband, dad, scouser, gobby. Author of Demobbed (2009), Browned Off & Bloody-Minded (2015), Britain at Bay (2020), Advance Britannia (2025). “Awesome but a bit boring” (RMP). Personal account.
David Lloyd @davebackwell.bsky.social Bristol-ish based actor (Maid Marian & Her Merry Men etc), TV scriptwriter (Doctors, EastEnders, Casualty), novelist ( A Most Unwelcome Connection https://amzn.eu/d/1p1MHhl) podcast host, left-leaning centrist. Loves a bit of cheese.
Bitsy Von Muffling @bitsyvonmuffling.bsky.social Actually more cheerful than my online presence would suggest.
I post a lot about my hair and my search for miracle potions. And TV. Lots of TV. A bit of football stuff. I'm not very deep.
Daedalus @skymoo.bsky.social second fire-juggler in Roger Moore’s Octopussy
Fridge styler
Window Dolls @windowdolls.bsky.social I’ve arm wrestled Ronald McDonald. What more do you need?
Event and Interior Stylist
Styling
Instagram.com/windowdollsstyling
Street Photography.
Instagram.com/deadbeat.disco
Miteras House Photography Project.
Instagram.com/miterashouse
Emily✨ @emilyoram.bsky.social Fat middle aged bisexual, but good 🩷💜💙
Now get your fucking ass up and bring me back a wee surprise from the shop.
She/Her
⚽️🔴⚪️🏳️🌈ENM
Mrs Quent @quarkquent.bsky.social
Area Man @areamancm.bsky.social I’ve never been wrong. I used to work in a record store.
Catnip @catnipxword.bsky.social Cryptic crossword setter. Nepeta in the Independent or https://mycrossword.co.uk/Catnip. Lover of wordplay, silliness, awful puns, quizzes, etc. Part-time proofreader. Booklover. Bellringer. Accidental runner. I also have a day job.
Banjon @beardybanjo.bsky.social British Energy Nerd (retail flavour)
Folk music, puns, cynicism.
Opinions not those of my employer despite my efforts
Typos are all mine.
Paul Haine @paulhaine.bsky.social
Steven Perkins @stevenperkins.bsky.social "noted Joel Dommett enjoyer" - @fuunsaiki.bsky.social (he/him)
Simon @hungryhatter.bsky.social I was born at a very early age and now I'm here. Some things happened in between, but they're probably not important.
Stephen Forecast @sfawcs.bsky.social Books, films, old TV, football, music. A doubtful guest. Vaguely narrative.
Craig @craiging619.bsky.social “Niche but excellent”. Hope you like Runrig / Ayr Utd / Munro fandom. Mapping expert, he/him. Creator of @runriglyrics.bsky.social, @taylorlyricsbot.bsky.social etc. 🏴🇪🇺🌏🇵🇸
“For ‘Personality’ he’s just put ‘Scottish’.” ecosia.org
Scott @merseytart.com Train stations, James Bond, telly, general nonsense. He/Him/Twat. 🏳️🌈
http://www.merseytart.com
Alan B @gallonofalan.bsky.social I was a zaddy when zaddy wasn't cool.
(Bloke\chap)
Alex @pintofsimilar.bsky.social Confusion will be my epitaph As I crawl a cracked and broken path.
David J @damjef.bsky.social The sportos, the motorheads, geeks, sluts, bloods, wasteoids, dweebies, dickheads. They all adore him. They think he's a righteous dude.
Patrick Dalton @patrickdalton.bsky.social Writer/Photographer
First feature film 'Chicken Town' now available to stream on all good platforms as well as some bad ones too.
I really, REALLY don't like racists or bigots.
Formerly @shitlondon on Twitter
Claire T @ctallers.bsky.social Author and scriptwriter. Horror and strange stuff. Amateur tarot reader. Views my own, etc.
Anna Twigg @annatwigg.bsky.social The Clientele/The Lilac Time/Werner Herzog/French New Wave/Books... 🇪🇺🇺🇦
'Ein film von Werner Herzog'
A Rachel for all seasons (she/her) @nerak3l.eurosky.social Posting about UK politics, faith/church, languages, London, general stuff
English, unfortunately
Ecclesiastes 12:12
Sam Wilson @samwilson.bsky.social Posting about Church & State
Museum of Twitter @museum-of-twitter.bsky.social 15 years of saved tweets.
@tfederman.bsky.social
Rosie Fletcher @rosieatlarge.bsky.social a modern day woman with a weak constitution
she/her
Skylar MacDonald @skylar.lol “comedian” & comedy writer from london. i wrote that joke on the radio and/or telly that you liked. it will probably happen again.
more stuff on https://skylarmacdonald.com
🏴🇪🇺🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️ she/her
Gary Panton @garypanton.co.uk Author of THE NOTWITCHES and THE NOTWITCHES: PRISON BREAK. All the links for ordering can be found at garypanton.co.uk/books/
Represented by Rachel Mann at CAA.
📍Perth, Scotland
🌐 garypanton.co.uk
GPWigglesworth @gpwigglesworth.bsky.social 'The Book Lover's (& Movie) Quiz Book' (1 & 2) author. Book quiz host - The Betsey Trotwood (next one 20/10). Sales & marketing manager at British Library Publishing. All opinions my own! All quiz dates etc here - https://www.gpwigglesworth.co.uk/
Charlie Ashby @charlie-ashby.co.uk Entertainment Journalist | Host/Creator of @imperialsenatepodcast.com & more. #AFC - he/him
Sophie Lawson @lawsonsv.bsky.social Shitposter, persistent typoer, Microsoft Paint user, uncomfortably English | Former journalist once called “The Attenborough of women's football"
https://ko-fi.com/lawsonsv
Jeff Livingstone @defjeff.bsky.social Lapsed influencer. Geordie (*VERY*). Arty. Amicable. Nice. Previously did football stuff for World Soccer, Guardian, Times, NY Times, adidas, Nike, Puma, BBC and many more.
Up North, Kickin’ up fuss
Will Jennings📉🗳️ @drjennings.bsky.social I research and write about politics, public policy, public opinion, polls, elections, geography, place, trust. I run on espresso.
Peadar Ó Guilín @thecallya.bsky.social Award-winning author of The Call and The Invasion. Pubbed by
@dfb_storyhouse and @scholastic. Repped by @mollykh
Also wrote The Inferior ❤️Gaeilge. Eats plants.
Toby Nangle @tobyn.bsky.social FT Alphaville reporter. Ex-“veteran” fund manager. Resolution Foundation Assoc. Baring Foundation Trustee.
Neil Forsyth @neilforsyth.bsky.social Dundonian Writer.
Andrew O'Neill @andrewoneillcomedy.bsky.social Comedy. Metal. Magick. They/them.
patreon.com/andrewoneill
Band: meltzer667.bandcamp.com
Gigs: andrewoneill.co.uk/shows
Fourfoot @fourfoot.bsky.social Winner of Wales Most Paranoid Man, 1998. As seen on Britain’s Saddest Fairgrounds, Giant or Dwarf, Bag of Wasps.
Note: My ALT photo game is STRONG BRO.
Alison @alisondennison.bsky.social @AlisonDennison on twitter (with the tree pic)
art history, TV, Sparks, film history, Marx Brothers
Ed Stern @edstern.bsky.social Basic Prog Brit Woke Remoaner Centrist Dad.
He/Him, Bi, ADHD, the usual.
Former Splash Damage game dev.
Full-Stack Narrative Designer/Game Writer available for hire:
https://www.sternword.co.uk/
Gareth Watkins @garethwatkins.bsky.social Writing in the New Statesman, Liberal Currents, New Socialist, Tribune, Vulture, Aftermath. Host of Death Sentence podcast.
Dave Bulmer @demontomatodave.bsky.social Sonic the Comic the Podcast, it's about how we were kids in the 90s. https://stctp.zone
Mastodon: https://speedlines.stctp.zone/@demontomatodave
Youtube: https://youtube.com/demontomatodave
In the dead place I was @demontomatodave
christhebarker @christhebarker.bsky.social Professional art director/illustrator/comedy photoshopper. I sometimes feed the sparrows too.
Used Robot Salesman @urs-annex.bsky.social Are you tired of paying full price for robots?
__________ @jenbren.bsky.social Starring in alphabetical order, Yodellin' Zeke, Bea Arthur, Rue McClanahan & Ernest Borgnine. Dubliner in Yorkshire. Lead singer of Beastie Girls, Geto Boyz & Napalm Death. Pube=pub in my religion. Politics/47th-obsessed accounts=blocked. She/Her/Yer Wan.
The Real Kim Shady @kimmysunshine.bsky.social Whatever.
bsky.app/profile/did:plc:sdkxyw2r7xlx5kjhsolgagv6/feed/aaabdguk6hkxk
https://www.instagram.com/kimmer_cakes?igsh=YTQwZjQ0NmI0OA%3D%3D&utm_source=q
Max Rushden @maxrushden.bsky.social
Adso of Menk @adsomenk.bsky.social "If more of us valued food and cheer and song above hoarded gold, it would be a merrier world."
TTRPGs, miniature painting and wargaming, sprog-wrangler, reader and scoundrel
Cassetteboy @cassetteboy.bsky.social Audio/Video collagists. We made that Alan Sugar mash-up, and that Boris Johnson one, and that other Boris Johnson one
ko-fi.com/cassetteboy
youtube.com/cassetteboy
John Gallagher @earlymodernjohn.bsky.social Irishman between Yorkshire & Addis Ababa. Historian of language, education, migration at the University of Leeds. Editor of Renaissance Studies. Occasional BBC radio presenter. Writing a book about multilingual London. Learning Amharic/አማርኛ እየተማርኩ ነው. Dad!
Adam Mallinger @bitterscriptreader.bsky.social Writer: SUPERMAN & LOIS, CRISIS ON INFINITE TEEN DRAMAS.
Author of MICHAEL F-ING BAY: https://amazon.com/dp/B00P1SQC9O/
My old site: http://thebitterscriptreader.blogspot.com/
My Post-Crisis Superman site: http://superfanxl.com
Paul [Atreides] Wood @retroid.bsky.social Tech tinkerer, nerd talker, cat liker, lefty, 70s kid, former Eurogamer forum Mod if anyone remembers those
Bad things are bad things no matter who does them.
Morality is not a team sport.
Paul G @paul-g.bsky.social Daft wazzock. Music, old computers and twaddle.
Gareth Bellamy @thebellow.bsky.social Working as a waitress in a cocktail bar. Maximising shareholder value. Here if you need anything, let me know.
Russell Parker @pussellrarker.bsky.social he/him
chicken-brained biological disaster
as seen in VT
well knowne a Strumpet lewd
Emma Yeomans @yeomans.bsky.social Acting Home Affairs correspondent at The Times. Migration, security and all things maritime.
Prior winner, Paul Foot Award, 30Under30 etc.
Want to talk stories? DM or use yeomans.97 on Signal
Cara 💀🐦⬛ @geekpie.bsky.social
not everyone who wears sunglasses are rude some of us have migraines
small angry witch up a scottish big hill
anxiety and depression riddled hobbit
long covid/chronic migraines/chronic illness
audhd
she/her btw
🇵🇸🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️🇱🇧
James C @iguandonjim.bsky.social New name, same pastry face, emigrating from The Bad Place
Pierre Landry Kabore enjoyer 🇧🇫🏴🇱🇻
Matt Rosser @matt.cymru Welsh media functionary.
𝕵𝖎𝖒𝖒𝖞 𝕸𝖆𝖐𝖊𝖕𝖊𝖆𝖈𝖊 @jimmymakepeace.bsky.social Jimmy Makepeace
Illustrator/Animator, He/Him
Bristol, UK
Portfolio:
https://cara.app/jimmiemakepeace
For enquiries:
JimmyMakepeaceIllustration@Gmail.Com
Vyvyan Almond @vyvyanalmond.bsky.social Actor, illustrator, all silly voices all the time (unless it's drawings).
Dr Nightingale (UCN) @ Bridge Command
Comedy @ The Awkward Silence
https://www.instagram.com/vyvyanalmonddrawing/
Beth Eyre @betheyre.bsky.social Actor, voice actor. Wooden Overcoats | The Tiny Angry Witch | Marvel Move | and more www.betheyre.com She/her
Jem Roberts: Author &c. @jemroberts.bsky.social Dad/author/comedy historian/folklorist/performer. Douglas Adams’ official biographer. Authorised chronicler for ISIHAC, Blackadder and Fry & Laurie.
@talesofbritain.bsky.social @fabfools.bsky.social
jemroberts.com http://www.talesofbritain.com
Jonathan L. Howard @jonathanlhoward.bsky.social Novels & games chap. Johannes Cabal, Carter & Lovecraft, THE SHADOW ON THE GLASS for "Call of Cthulhu," Kyth the Taker, Goon Squad, co-wrote BROKEN SWORD I-III, principal writer on the BAFTA-winning ATOMFALL. All my fault. Sorry.
UK. Portrait: Small Robot
Oliver Darkshire @deathbybadger.bsky.social dire homosexual 🏳️🌈 - ONCE UPON A TOME [2022] 📚 - ISABELLA NAGG AND THE POT OF BASIL [2025] 🪴- THE DEVIL AND MRS GOOCH [2026] 😈 - One Page RPGS 🎲 - 🏠 Manchester, UK
https://linktr.ee/oliverdarkshire
Marcus 🏳️🌈🇧🇧 @marcusjdl.bsky.social Gay with husband and a dog called Dusty. Left wing due to life experience. Transphobes not welcome. All the man, all the man you need. From Stoke and Lancashire but living in glorious Londonistan! he/him. Vote Green.
Ross Sayers @rosssayers.bsky.social Author (Mary's the Name, Sonny and Me, Daisy on the Outer Line, The Everliving Memory of John Valentine) & co-host of I've Got An Idea For A Podcast
he/him
📍Glasgow, Scotland
Hugo Gordon @hugogordon.bsky.social Dubliner in London. Sports nerd (and general nerd). Views described as "top bilge" by award-winning journalists