Independent Venue Week UK @ivwuk.bsky.social #IVW25
Celebrating the spirit of independence & the culture of live music 💛. Founder & CEO @sybilivw.bsky.social
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Cold War Steve @coldwarsteve.bsky.social Artist
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New Scientist @newscientist.com The best place to find out what’s new in science – and why it matters.
The Dodo @the-dodo.bsky.social For animal people
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Tube Alerter @tubenotifications.co.uk Live London Underground and Overground disruption alerts.
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garycrowleyonair @garycrowleyonair.bsky.social Broadcaster
The Totnes Pulse @totnespulse.bsky.social Our core principles are seeking the truth, scientific and independent facts, upholding the principles of democracy, and giving voice and agency to our South Devon community through an online journal that offers a truly independent position.
Vox @vox.com Making sense of it all. Become a member today. 👇
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James Brown @jamesjamesbrown.bsky.social Unlikely to complete course. Likes reading, travel, football, water.
Count Binface @countbinface.bsky.social Space politician. ‘’Face of the Establishment’. Sane.
Private Eye Magazine @privateeyenews.bsky.social Britain's best-selling news and current affairs magazine with a unique mix of jokes and investigative journalism.
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Nick Pettigrew @nick-pettigrew.bsky.social That bloke from off of Twitter. Writes books. Likes cats. That sort of thing.
You can give Ko-Fi donations too, if you fancy it:
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Adrian Edmondson @adrianedmondson.bsky.social Berserker!
Out now from all good bookshops, and bad ones, and ones in between.
ProdnoseAsWas @lordshortcake.bsky.social Formerly famous fat head & farceur, inventor of the Zeelman Flay (pat. pending) and one half of Danny Kelly's Performing Rat Wonderland. Sole Ambassador for Threadgold's Thorough-Grip Garterettes
Currently kicking the legs up here: patreon.com/dannybaker
Naomi Alderman @naomialderman.bsky.social I write novels (eg The Power, new novel is The Future), I make games (eg Zombies, Run!), unorthodox Jew. not-getting-into-pointless-arguments-on-the-internet is an act of revolution. However complex you think things are, they're more complex than that
Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan @london.gov.uk Husband, father and Mayor of the greatest city in the world. He/Him.
Viz Comic @vizcomic.bsky.social Our readers have understood the concept of Buyer's Remorse since 1979.
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Modern Toss @moderntoss.bsky.social Jon Link and Mick Bunnage
London exhibition 14 Aug - 6 Sept
Tickets here:
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Grant McPhee @grantmcphee.bsky.social Film director: Big Gold Dream, Teenage Superstars, Far From the Apple Tree.
Book Writer - Postcards From Scotland and co-writer Hungry Beat
Tom Westerholm @tomwesterholm.bsky.social Sports writer | Guitarist | Put the work in, plant a garden, try to stay afloat. 
Martin Calladine @uglygame.bsky.social Writer of books, most recently: No Questions Asked: How Football Joined the Crypto Con (amzn.to/42aKE0w). Investigative pieces at http://theuglygame.wordpress.com/
Signal: mcalladine.44
Matt Slater @mjslater.bsky.social I cover the business/politics of football & other global sports for The Athletic. In other words, I mainly do bad news.
🔗 https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/author/matt-slater/
Gabriele Marcotti @marcotti.bsky.social ESPN Senior Writer and Corriere dello Sport Correspondent
One half of the Gab + Juls Show http://smarturl.it/gab-juls-show
"Leges sine Moribus vanae" - Proud Penn alumnus
Go BIRDS!
(That's not me in the profile pic, that's Paul Robeson)
Miguel Delaney @migueldelaney.bsky.social Chief football writer at the Independent. Author of 'States of Play'
Karim Zidan @karimzidan.com Award-winning author and investigative journalist covering the intersection of sports and politics. Pre-order my new book, THE ULTIMATE STRONGMEN, here: https://www.simonandschuster.com/books/The-Ultimate-Strongmen/Karim-Zidan/9781668225721
Stanis Elsborg @staniselsborg.bsky.social Head of @playthegame-org.bsky.social • Sport, history and politics • +45 61774915 • stanis@playthegame.org
Paul Brown @pbsportswriter.bsky.social Investigative reporter, freelance, specialising in sport and finance. You will see me in Josimar and many UK nationals
We're just normal men @wejustinnocentmen.bsky.social A weekly reminder that we’re just normal men. Each & every Monday. We’re just innocent men.
Jumped ship to 🦋
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Ceasefire now 🇵🇸
Neil Mackay @neilmackay.bsky.social Journalist, author, filmmaker and broadcaster. Writer at Large with @heraldscotland.bsky.social
Made in Ireland, found in Scotland
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AKA ‘the kind of strutting cosmopolitan socialist who’s made for Bluesky’
Keerthika Uthayakumar @keerthikau.bsky.social nba stats, raptors | not all fun facts are fun, some are red flags | email: uthayakumar.keerthika@gmail.com
Shit Planning @planningshit.bsky.social A celebration of all the Shit Stuff imposed on our environment. Perpetrated by Architects, Planners, Surveyors, Engineers & other environmental ne’er do wells.
Katie Martin @katie0martin.ft.com #TeamFT, Unhedged pod, E17, gardening, plazzy Scouser.
I never give investment advice. Beware scammers impersonating me to sell crypto etc.
FT "Free to read" = 300 free clicks.
*Stop the pervert glasses*
Absolute Beginner @leaderofthesect.bsky.social All for art and art for all. Music, films, resistance, culture, books, travel and happy to be part of the industry of human happiness. Y’know, the good stuff in life that doesn’t attract bad people.
Philippe Auclair @philippeauclair.bsky.social Writes and sings for Josimar, The Guardian and Tapete Records
Rob Delaney @robdelaney.bsky.social https://bookshop.org/p/books/a-heart-that-works-rob-delaney/3f4398e419f2db84
Torquay United @tufc.bsky.social A friendly space for fans of Torquay United, National League South 2026/27
Insight, latest news and discussion abound.
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Jonathan Liew @jonathanliew.bsky.social 100% pure nuance.
https://www.theguardian.com/profile/jonathan-liew
Raves From The Grave @ravesfromthegrave.bsky.social Independent Record Shop in Frome, Somerset
https://linktr.ee/RavesFromTheGrave
John Karalis @johnkaralis.com Celtics beat for Celtics On SI. Host, Locked on Celtics, Locked on NBA podcasts. Author: 'Built Different,' 'The Boston Celtics All-Time All-Stars.' PBWA. JohnKaralis.com
Van Morrison (Official) @vanmorrison.bsky.social Pre-order 'New Arrangements and Duets", out September 27th.
The Pretenders @thepretenders.com ‘Pretenders Live: Kick ‘Em Where It Hurts!’ and 'The Singles' 2LP and CD reissue are out now. https://linktr.ee/pretendersHQ
Noah Shachtman @noahshachtman.bsky.social contributing editor at Wired // contributing writer at NYT opinion // making trouble at ■■■■■■■■ // https://signal.me/#eu/3aA6cspNTXUEOtEYwaK6KOFIw8nf-7G1jQBd3MRqrDeUvZxfzp5Py61cKq4GbcNg
𝚋 𝚞 𝚍 𝚐 𝚒 𝚎 @cheekybudgie.bsky.social “All this talking is only bravado”
My Spotify playlists : https://linktr.ee/ransacks
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Daily Pareidolia @dailypareidolia.bsky.social
Pareidolia is the phenomenon where you see faces in inanimate objects, where there are in fact, no faces.
This account aims to post one daily, either from my personal collection of them, all photos posted taken by me, or by reposting from others.
Bruce Springsteen @brucespringsteen.net brucespringsteen.net
James Chapman @jamesmchapman.bsky.social CEO of PR firm Soho Communications. Former director of comms at HM Treasury. Former political editor, occasional columnist for @cityam.bsky.social. Views my own. www.sohocommunications.co.uk
Lion & Unicorn @lionunicorn.bsky.social Culture | History | Politics
thelionandunicorn.com
Alwyn Turner @alwynturner.bsky.social writer/historian/talker
Nige Tassell @nigetassell.bsky.social Paperback writer.
Latest book – Truly Gifted Kids: A Book About A Band Called Prefab Sprout
Five stars – Mojo
'A beautiful thing' – Tim Burgess
'Charming, compassionate and utterly entertaining' – Mirror
'A terrific book' – Mark Ellen
Ayesha Hazarika @ayeshahazarika.bsky.social Broadcaster, author, political nerd, after dinner speaker, occasionally funny - aka Baroness Hazarika of Coatbridge
Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani @mayor.nyc.gov Fighting every day to deliver a city that working New Yorkers can actually afford. Mayor of New York City.
Jon Dennis @jondennis.bsky.social Never have a motto — that’s what I always say.
Jay Rayner @jayrayner1.bsky.social Eats and writes for The Financial Times. Piano for the JR Sextet; chairs Kitchen Cabinet for R4. Doesn’t accept comps. jay.rayner@ft.com
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Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social Green Party Leader (England & Wales)
London Assembly Member.
🏳️🌈
Promoted by Elfrede Brambley-Cranshaw on behalf of the Green Party of England and Wales. c/I po box 78066, London. SE16 9GQ
Roman Mars @romanmars.bsky.social Creator of 99% Invisible, Trump Con Law, A History of the US in 100 Objects, Power Broker Breakdown- http://99pi.org
TEDTalk on flags w/ over 7M views
NYT Bestseller The 99% Invisible City: http://99pi.org/book
East Bay, CA
Alum: Oberlin, Simon's Rock, UGA
Stuart Maconie @stuartmaconie.bsky.social Aluminium Cladding. Attentive. Courteous. Reliable. Also will take on writing/broadcasting
David Simon @audacityofdespair.bsky.social Dramatist, author, apostate newspaperman specializing in artisanal contempt and discerning maledicta. The claim that I am the angriest man in television is faint praise indeed; the second angriest is yelling at an agent because residual checks are late.
Rock ‘n’ Roll Book Club @rnrbook-club.bsky.social We host great author events and have a podcast called Music Maps @musicmaps.bsky.social
https://rocknrollbookclub.co.uk/
Walthamstow, London and beyond…
Paul Weller Fan Podcast @wellerfanpod.bsky.social The Paul Weller Fan Podcast - Hosted by Dan Jennings. Available wherever you get your podcasts (Spotify, Apple etc) and at PaulWellerFanPodcast.com
Peter Watts @peterwatts.bsky.social Journalist and author
Londonopia @londonopia.bsky.social Celebrating London. News and history. #London
londonopia.co.uk
Miranda Green @greenmirandahere.bsky.social Yakking. Tippy tappy typing. Politics. Education. FT columns, Political Fix podcast and videos here https://www.ft.com/miranda-green - please check out Not Another One https://open.spotify.com/show/7u4nlhVNmzzZrLjmB7z137?si=dcf00d7580444ccb
Complete Control PR @pollybirkbeck.bsky.social Banana split lady
PR n stuff (a bit like HR Pufnstuf)
Ben Jacobs @jacobsben.bsky.social Sports broadcaster
Adrian Goldberg @goldbergradio.bsky.social "Where's The Money Gone? The Battle For The Soul of English Football" out now via Byline Books. Email: @goldbergradio@gmail.com
Jeff Tiedrich @jefftiedrich.bsky.social ugh, who invited this guy 
Annette Dittert @annettedittert.bsky.social Senior Correspondent ARD London 2008- 2025 • previously Warsaw/New York • Loving London • Living on a Narrowboat • Also writing for Prospect/Blaetter and others.
Gavin Newsom @gavinnewsom.bsky.social Husband and father. 40th Governor of California. Former Lt. Governor of California. Former San Francisco Mayor. Personal account.
Emo Philips @emophilips.bsky.social “Hilarious” — Eric Idle
“Amazing” — Patton Oswalt
“Absolutely killed” — Rolling Stone (Carnegie Hall review)
2026 thru 2079 tour schedule: www.emophilips.com/events
Chaminda Jayanetti @cjayanetti.bsky.social Freelance journalist covering British politics and public services - NHS, education, care, housing, disability, benefits. Not a tribalist.
I like good things and I don't like bad things.
Richard Murphy @richardjmurphy.bsky.social Economic justice campaigner. Professor of Accounting Practice, Sheffield University. Former chartered accountant. Political economist. Opinions all my own.
Hannah Peel @hannahpeel.bsky.social Composer, producer, synther, all the eerrrrs
Broadcaster on BBC Radio3 #nighttracks & 6Music #Instrumental // Mgmt: steve@randommusicmgmt.com
Luke Haines @lukehaines.bsky.social Currently - Luke Haines and Peter Buck. Black Box Recorder. Minus 5 (when called into service) Swell Maps (occasionally)
Formerley - The Auteurs,
Writes a bit, paints a bit. Strums guitar.
Sir Michael @sirmichael.bsky.social Creator of the Sturdy Wheelbarrows podcast and the grandson who continues to be persecuted for wearing jean shorts to his grandad's funeral :(
David Quantick @quantick.bsky.social WHATEVER HAPPENED TO BABY JANE AUSTEN? (French & Saunders, BBC Radio 4) writer. AND OTHER STORIES collection: https://tinyurl.com/msmv7amc. IMAGINE A FRIEND:
https://www.starsandsabers.com/books/imagine-a-friend/
Marina O'Loughlin @marinaoloughlin.bsky.social Fingers in many pies
The Man in Seat 61 @seatsixtyone.bsky.social Mark Smith, the Man in Seat 61, the chap who runs that train travel site http://seat61.com. YouTube: http://youtube.com/c/seat61.
Liz Buckley @lizbuckley.bsky.social Head of A&R at Ace Records. Resident music guest for Standard Issue podcast. Also a cat owner, so it’s mainly records and cats here, to be fair.
Kenneth Williams @diarieskenneth.bsky.social Diary entries by Kenneth Williams, posts by @michaelglasper.bsky.social
derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social 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/
Mollie Goodfellow @hansmollman.bsky.social Oh god not again (📺🎬: ITG, 📚: Curtis Brown)
The Quietus @thequietus.com Black Sky Thinking since 2008.
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Jonathan Freedland @jonathanfreedland.bsky.social Guardian columnist. Presenter: BBC R4's The Long View, the Guardian's Politics Weekly America and Unholy, alongside Yonit Levi. Author: THE TRAITORS CIRCLE
Lauren Laverne @laurenlaverne.bsky.social Broadcaster. Slow eater, fast reader.
Jonathan Coe @jonathancoe.bsky.social Writer. New novel coming in November: LESSONS IN HARMONY. Previous titles include What a Carve Up!, The Rotters' Club, Middle England, The Proof of My Innocence ...
https://linktr.ee/coelinks
@edwyncollins.bsky.social @edwyncollins.bsky.social 
Cʜʀɪs Sᴛᴇɪɴ @chrisstein.bsky.social Guitar with Blondie 50 years. Wrote those songs. Writer, photographer, animist etc
'Of what is past, or passing, or to come' 🌀
Daisy Buchanan @notrollergirl.bsky.social I write novels, I host the You’re Booked podcast, I love Jilly Cooper and custard.
Dave Haslam @davehaslam.bsky.social Hacienda DJ, journalist (Guardian, LRB, etc), writer (recent books about Sylvia Plath, Keith Haring, Picasso). “An exceptional writer” - Olivia Laing.
Miranda Sawyer @msmirandasawyer.bsky.social Writer, broadcaster, host of @papercutsshow and other chatty bits, I HAVE A BOOK OUT! Uncommon People - Britpop and Beyond In 20 Songs here it is https://amzn.eu/d/g2WxjyS
Rob Baker @robnitm.bsky.social Author of two London history books - 'Beautiful Idiots and Brilliant Lunatics' and 'High Buildings, Low Morals' - I'm currently doing up a 18th Century cottage in the Brecon Beacons which seems to be taking an inordinate amount of time. 
Richard Coles @richardcoles.bsky.social Writer, podcaster, musician, priest.
Jon Savage @jonsavage.bsky.social Author, archivist, professor
John Self @john-self.bsky.social Book jockey
@andyburnham.bsky.social @andyburnham.bsky.social Mayor of Greater Manchester
Ros Atkins @rosatkins.bsky.social BBC News Analysis Editor, The Media Show, 'The Art of Explanation', 'Communicating...' podcast, squash enthusiast, DJ. Agent:
Sophieclaire@miradorgroup.co.uk
Ian Leslie @ianleslie.bsky.social Author. Latest book: 'John & Paul: A Love Story In Songs'. Available now: https://www.ian-leslie.com/p/introducing-john-and-paul-a-love
the modernist @themodernist.bsky.social magazine, bookshop, gallery, publisher, events. 20th century architecture & design. a non profit social enterprise.
https://the-modernist.org/
https://uk.bookshop.org/shop/themodernist