New Humanist @newhumanist.bsky.social Free thinking in an age of extremes. Follow for independent journalism on ideas, culture, politics and science. Published since 1885.
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Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social Green Party Leader (England & Wales)
London Assembly Member.
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Promoted by Elfrede Brambley-Cranshaw on behalf of the Green Party of England and Wales. c/I po box 78066, London. SE16 9GQ
Isabel Ashdown @isabelashdown.com ๐ฆ Coast loving writer of 10 novels
๐ Royal Literary Fund Fellow
โ๏ธ Writing tutor & coach
โญ๏ธ NEW novel writing masterclass out now!
Publisher: @orionbooks
Agent: @agentkateshaw
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Truda Spruyt @trudaspruyt.bsky.social Cultural connector and communicator. Founder of Collective Wisdom. Www.collective-wisdom.co.uk
Deborah @deborahzafer.bsky.social Reading, writing, rabbits ๐ โก๏ธ
Director of European Writers Salon @saloneurope.bsky.social
London
www.deborahzafer.com
https://substack.com/@deborahzafer
Very British Problems @soverybritish.bsky.social New VBP quiz book bit.ly/3DkBcgi: VBP books, tops, cards, calendars & contact: bit.ly/3mWIF9S. Buy me a tea: ko-fi.com/robtemple
Blackwell's Bookshops in Oxford @blackwelloxford.bsky.social BOOKS BOOKS
Two bookshops in the most literary of cities, Oxford
48-51 Broad Street / Science Fiction and Manga 27 Broad Street
Stylectory @stylectory.substack.com A red carpet and fashion observer. We are a behind-the-scenes Fashion Directory. A place where we gather the people who work backstage for the entertainment world.
Visit www.stylectory.net for in-depth analyses and thorough writing.
Est. 2019 โข Milan
Serena Cockayne Jones @cockaynejones.bsky.social 
Seeking awe ๐จ๐ฆ @seesawblue.bsky.social Former Graphic Designer & Art Director. Now pursuing inspiration, art, books, travel, hiking and kindness. All photos by me except where noted.
Angela Hirons @foxglove1977.bsky.social Liverpool-based DE-ENG literary translator & copy editor. Currently translating Simone Scharbert's 'Rosa in Grau' for Seagull Books. Art and photography. Jeg lรฆrer norsk. www.angelahirons.com
Mark Carney @mark-carney.bsky.social Prime Minister of Canada and Leader of the Liberal Party | Premier ministre du Canada et chef du Parti libรฉral
markcarney.ca 
Glenda @vermonterglenda.bsky.social Artist, Spiritual Seeker, Flower Gardener, Vermonter, "Old" Hippie, Volunteer, Vegan, Avid Reader, Activist, Nature-Lover and Liberal/Progressive.
My art gallery: https://www.deviantart.com/recycledrelatives/gallery
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The Folklore Podcast @folklorepod.bsky.social Official account of The Folklore Podcast. 2 million downloads worldwide. Created by folklorist and author Mark Norman. Find us online at http://www.thefolklorepodcast.com
Film/TV rep: Past Preservers Author for various publishers
Naomi Klein @naomiaklein.bsky.social "End Times Fascism" book available now.
Doppelganger. This Changes Everything. The Shock Doctrine. No Logo. On Fire.
UBC Professor of Climate Justice.
๐ https://linktr.ee/naomiklein
Beth Otway (Pumpkin Beth) @pumpkinbeth.bsky.social Horticulturist, Garden Writer, National Collection holder, & nature lover. Gardening for wildlife. Growing vegetables, fruit, herbs, & flowers.
Planting terrariums. Growing orchids, ferns, & houseplants.
Plant conservation.
https://www.pumpkinbeth.com
Michael Savage @michaelsavage.bsky.social Media Editor for @theguardian.com. Likes โ endorsements, obv. Story? ๐๐๐
Michael.savage@theguardian.com
Need a secure way to contact me? Signal username: word_builder.20
Katy Evans-Bush @katyevansbush.bsky.social Poet, blogger, freelance editor, UK. I mean there's a lot more obviously. Politics, movies, silly jokes, knitting, the end of the world, etc. My latest book is Joe Hill Makes His Way into the Castle (CB Editions) & I write at katyevansbush.substack.com
Sea Crow Press @seacrowpress.bsky.social Award Winning Independent Press. www.seacrowpress.com
#indiepublishing #Booksky- K Katie Fforde @kfforde.bsky.social Writer, ex flamenco dancer, only wants the good news.
Kev McVeigh @kevmcv.bsky.social Reader, dilettante, intermittent blogger, agitator.
"McVeigh is an extreme example" - Paul Kincaid
Lady Muck @ladymuckstyle.bsky.social Writer. Gardener. Traveller. Lady Muck Style magazine articles have been making readers around the world smile for over ten years. New Gardening Books just published by Timga. Andalucia/UK. Take a look! www.ladymuck.style
Benny Johnson @heybennyjohnson.bsky.social Daily posts on Tech, Business, and Culture.
Founder and CEO of Futurebyte Group.
The Chatty Gardener @thechattygardener.bsky.social Cotswold award-winning journalist, photographer & gardener. Blog of the Year finalist. Plants, books, singing, family, friends & gin make my world tick. #CheeringUpMondays https://thechattygardener.com/
Tate Collection @tate.bsky.social Art from the Tate Collection.
Tate is an institution that houses the United Kingdom's national collection of British art, and international modern and contemporary art. #artbots by @nuwaves-future.bsky.social
https://www.tate.org.uk/
Lou Nicholls @loujnicholls.bsky.social ๐ฟ Gardener & Creator
Pro gardener โข Horti trainer โข Speaker
Cut flowers โข Walled & edible gardens ๐ธ๐ฅฌ
Garden tips, seasonal advice & soil magic โจ
๐ Learn, grow, get inspired
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Anthony Painter @anthonypainter.bsky.social Policy. Political economy. Increasing bewilderment.
"The Three Economies" Substack here: https://open.substack.com/pub/anthonypainter
#ynwa
Essie Fox Writer @essiefox.bsky.social
Catherine: A retelling of Wuthering heights is my latest novel, exploring the classic book through the voice of Cathy's ghost.
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Catherine-Retelling-Wuthering-Essie-Fox/dp/1917764421/ref=tmm_hrd_swatch_0
Suzannah Lipscomb @sixteenthcgirl.bsky.social Award-winning historian, professor & TV presenter
Author, The King is Dead; Voices of Nรฎmes; 1536
Host, Not Just the Tudors podcast from History Hit
Stephanie Merritt/SJ Parris @stephmerritt.bsky.social Author & journalist. Sunday Times #1 best-selling Giordano Bruno series. Reviews for The Observer. Sometimes on the radio. Repโd by Jonny Geller/Curtis Brown ๐๐๏ธ๐๏ธโ๐ผ
Ian Rankin @ianrankin1.bsky.social Author, Inspector Rebus (and other stuff). Edinburgh-based. More usually pub-based.
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
Jane Johnson @janejohnsonbakrim.bsky.social Writer (Secrets of the Bees; Black Crescent, White Hare, Sea Gate, Tenth Gift etc), publisher (GRRM, Hobb, Feist, Lawrence, Heartfield, Kaner, ex Tolkien), allotmenteer. History. Morocco/Cornwall. Covid is airborne ๐๐ #Writing #Books
Roxane Gay @roxanegay.bsky.social https://linktr.ee/roxanegay
Writer, editor, publisher, professor. Some people call me a bad feminist and by some people I mean me.
Jay ๐ฆ @jay.bsky.team Founder & Chief Innovation Officer @ Bluesky
Working on @attie.ai
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Needle Mythology @needlemythology.bsky.social It's a label which exists to give albums the release they deserve. Some classic, some brand new. It's also an occasional podcast about great records.
Kit de Waal @kitdewaal.com Optimist, writer, swearer. common person. Co-founder Big Book Weekend with @MollyFlatt. Proud Primadonna. Professor, University of Leicester. FRSL. Photo by Paul Chambers. No DMs please. To email use contact@kitdewaal.com
Robert Macfarlane @robgmacfarlane.bsky.social Books: Is A River Alive? (May โ25), Underland, The Lost Words, The Old Ways etc | Films: River, Mountain, Upstream | Music: The Moon Also Rises, Lost In The Cedar Wood, etc
Nature, climate, people.
Prof at Cambridge.
https://linktr.ee/robmacfarlane
Horatio Clare @horatioclare.bsky.social Award-winning author, broadcaster, journalist. Next book: WE CAME BY SEA: the true story of the small boat crisis. Latest: THE RECOVERY GUIDE TO MENTAL HEALTH, is a Times Self-help Book of the Year. Presents Is Psychiatry Working? on BBC Sounds
Heejung Chung @heejungchung.bsky.social Professor of Work&Employment &Director of the King's Global Institute for Women's Leadership at KCL, views my own
Interests Flexible Working, digitalisation/future of work, labour market (gender/race) inequalities, welfare state/gender role attitudes ํ๊ตญ์ธ
Graeae Theatre Company @graeaetheatre.bsky.social Graeae is a force for change in world-class theatre, breaking down barriers & boldly placing Deaf, Disabled & neurodivergent artists centre stage.
graeae.org
@nicolestock.bsky.social @nicolestock.bsky.social audience editor & reporter @nytimes.com. ex-chicago tribune.
Deb Amlen @debamlen.bsky.social Humor writer, former New York Times Games columnist (Ret.) I may have helped you with the crossword.
Taffy Brodesser-Akner @taffyakner.bsky.social I cry a lot but I am so productive! 
Adam Sternbergh @sternbergh.bsky.social culture editor, NYTimes Opinion
novelist: THE EDEN TEST (out now); THE BLINDS; NEAR ENEMY; SHOVEL READY
I wear suits now
Sapna Maheshwari @sapna.bsky.social NYT (@nytimes.com) covering TikTok and emerging media. love consumer-y business news. former retail and advertising reporter. pun fan, Tar Heel, CT native, toddler mom - contact me at sapna@nytimes.com or Signal me directly @Sapna.87
SUNSTACK JONES @sunstackjones.bsky.social Music makers
https://linktr.ee/sunstackjones
Friends of Friendless Churches @friendlesschurches.bsky.social Our 'A Victorian Revival match-funding campaign' aims to save two historic churches in Lincolnshire and Carmarthenshire. These churches are at risk of being lost forever
Support our match-funding now, and every ยฃ given will be matched by our generous donor
Spacehotel @spacehotel.bsky.social High beam electro-rock. Low Earth orbit ๐
Written, performed & produced by Paul Timson
https://beacons.page/spacehotel
Ash Cox @ashtronomy.co.uk โน๏ธ Account archived โน๏ธ
Disabled Artivist, Creative Access Producer and Consultant. Trustee at 20 Stories High. https://www.ashtronomy.co.uk/ ๐ณ๏ธโ๐๐ณ๏ธโโง๏ธ๐ต๐ธ๐๐ฉโ๐๐ชฉ๐๐ฑ๐ 
20 Stories High @20storieshigh.bsky.social Everybodyโs got a story to tell... and their own way of telling it...
David Geiringer @davidgeiringer.bsky.social Historian of modern Britain - interested in histories of sex, religion, and emotions. Senior Lecturer in Public History & Heritage @QMHistory
Helen McCarthy @historianhelen.bsky.social Cambridge Historian, London-dweller, author of Double Lives: A History of Working Motherhood, now writing the social history of retirement for Penguin/Allen Lane. https://www.hist.cam.ac.uk/people/prof-helen-mccarthy
Contemporary British History seminar @cont-brit-hist.bsky.social The account for the Contemporary British History seminar at @ihr.bsky.social
Fortnightly seminars, alternating between in-person and online. Follow us for details of our programme and other related talks and events that may be of interest. 
Elizabeth L. Block art and culture historian @elizabethlblock.bsky.social PhD. Art and culture historian, speaker. Author. Out now: GILDED AGE FASHION. Substack: Gilded Age Fashion. Wrote BEYOND VANITY and DRESSING UP.
Will Sergeant @willsergeant.com I do music art and books, you got a problem with that?
Catherine McGann @cmcgann.bsky.social Photographer.
Music, Nightlife, Drag, NYC, etc etc
I shot the late 80โs, 90โsโฆand then some. ๐The Village Voice, NYTimes, Entertainment Weekly, Guitar World, TMBG, Spin, and many more. Represented by Getty Images, Morrison Hotel Gallery, Sonic Editions.
Julie Phillips @julie-phillips.com Author of The Baby on the Fire Escape; working on the biography of Ursula K. Le Guin. American in Amsterdam.
"Opinion is the beginning of ignorance." โLao Tzu
Deborah Collier @futuristleader.com Award Winning Strategic & Futurist Leaderยฎ in Digital, Media, Business & Technology. CEO, Author, Creator, Keynote Speaker, President & Founder of the Digital Skills Authority @DigitalSkillsAuthority.org My YouTube Channel: youtube.com/@futuristleader
Jeljer Bouma @jeljerbouma.bsky.social German History, Archeology, Megalithic Tombs, Opera, Liguistics, old newspapers.
Dutch, living near Hamburg in the north of Germany.
#FriesOmUtens
Lauren Laverne @laurenlaverne.bsky.social Broadcaster. Slow eater, fast reader.
Lauren Johnson @historylauren.bsky.social Historian / Heritage Live Interpretation bod.
AHRC-funded PhD (refugees, religion & diplomacy in early modern Europe) and a book about Margaret Beaufort in progressโฆ
Justin Myers @theguyliner.bsky.social Author, journalist, and Guardian Blind Date superfan. A body like Arnold with a Denzel face. (he/him)
theguyliner.com
theguyliner.substack.com
John Kampfner @johnkampfner.bsky.social Author, journalist
website: www.jkampfner.net
newsletter: https://johnkampfner.substack.com/
Berlin, London
Caroline Lucas @carolinelucas.bsky.social ๐ Former MP for Brighton Pavilion, former Leader @greenparty.org.uk Professor of Practice, University of Sussex. Author of 'Another England: How to Reclaim our National Story'. Writing & campaigning on climate & nature ๐ linktr.ee/carolinelucasbrighton
Fairness Foundation @fairness.bsky.social Putting fairness at the heart of public debate and policymaking in the UK.
https://linktr.ee/FairnessFoundation
Chris Packham @chrisgpackham.bsky.social Broadcaster & environmental campaigner
chrispackh.am/links
Damian Barr @damianbarr.bsky.social Writer & broadcaster.
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He/Him
www.damianbarr.com
๐ The Two Roberts is my new novel. Iโve curated an exhibition about them for Charleston in Lewes which is now in Nottingham.
๐ Maggie & Me.
๐ You Will Be Safe Here.
PhD, FRSL, FRSE
Eleanor Anstruther @eanstruther.bsky.social Writer. Latest novel, FALLOUT, available for preorder now https://linktr.ee/eleanoranstruther
Guggenheim Collection @guggenheim.bsky.social Bleep bloop! I am a bot that shares art from the Guggenheim collection. Not associated with the Guggenheim Museum.
Years Of Reading @yearsofreading.bsky.social Iโm Clare, book blogger since 2017 and full time carer.
Life is too short to read books you donโt love, so I donโt.
The Lilac Time @thelilactime.bsky.social Poetry and not logic since 1986
Dave Haslam @davehaslam.bsky.social Hacienda DJ, journalist (Guardian, LRB, etc), writer (recent books about Sylvia Plath, Keith Haring, Picasso). โAn exceptional writerโ - Olivia Laing.
Jon Savage @jonsavage.bsky.social Author, archivist, professor
Irvine Welsh @irvinewelsh.bsky.social Radicalized by discotheque music.
John Robb official @johnrobbofficial.bsky.social Official account of John Robb musician and writer. Upcoming memoirs and tour https://louderthanwar.com/john-robb-memoirs-and-spoken-word-tour-may-2026/
JOHN NIVEN @nivenj1.bsky.social 'John Niven is a fucking idiot. Who needs him?'
Michael Winner, RIP. 
Helen Barrett @helenbarrett.bsky.social Features journalist. Book: 'Something: The Women Who Made the Beatles' - May 2027.
https://rcwlitagency.com/clients/helen-barrett
Kate Lister @k8lister.bsky.social Sex Historian. Writer. Presenter. Columnist. Host of (award winning) Betwixt the Sheets Podcast. FLICK: A History of Female Pleasure, Out Now https://linktr.ee/drkatelister
ChesterArchSoc @chesterarchsoc.bsky.social Our interests cover archaeology, history & conservation in Cheshire & surrounding areas. Founded 1849. Website www.chesterarchaeolsoc.org.uk
Anglesey History @angleseyhistory.bsky.social Posts by Warren Kovach, author of the books Anglesey Through Time, Anglesey in 50 Buildings, A-Z of the Isle of Anglesey, and the Anglesey History web site: https://www.anglesey-history.co.uk/
Also posting about lighthouses at @lighthousewales.bsky.social
Traditional Stoicism @orthodoxstoicism.bsky.social This is not your modern Stoicism. There are no finance bros or productivity hackers here.
This is where you come to train your mind and your soul. It will be tough. But it will be worth it.
If you want a good flow in life and peace of mind, follow me. ๐
The Fashion Law @tfl.bsky.social The leading source for retail law & beyond: breaking down lawsuits, deals & billion-dollar brand strategies โขโข Subscribe to our free newsletter: http://tinyurl.com/NewsTFL
http://www.thefashionlaw.com
Open Culture @openculture.bsky.social A culture and education website that tries to make the web a more intelligent place. Features free courses, movies, audio books, ebooks & thought-provoking daily posts.
Find us at: https://www.openculture.com/
Krishnan Guru-Murthy @krishgm.bsky.social Channel 4 News, Unreported World, Ways to Change the World, The Fourcast, Class of 2023 on Strictly
Also Chairman of Duchenne UK
Paul Simpson @paulsimpson.bsky.social Frontman of Liverpool's The Wild Swans. Co-founder of The Teardrop Explodes.
Author of Revolutionary Spirit - A Post-Punk Exorcism.
Liverpool/Glasgow/Dublin
#MDANT
Lit Rep. Matthew Hamilton at The Hamilton Agency
ProfBrianCox @profbriancox.bsky.social Professor of Particle Physics at The University of Manchester and Royal Society Professor for Public Engagement in Science
Dara O Briain @daraobriain.bsky.social Yep, that one.
Merriam-Webster @merriam-webster.com noun | a reference source containing words alphabetically arranged along with information about their forms, pronunciations, functions, and etymologies
The News Agents @thenewsagents.co.uk Lifting the curtain on the biggest stories in the UK, U.S. & beyond.
With Emily Maitlis, Jon Sopel & Lewis Goodall. Listen on Global Player.
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Anita Chaudhuri @anitachaudhuri.bsky.social Mostly on Instagram https://www.instagram.com/anitachaudhuri?igsh=MXFuYTh1ZW9pdDE3ZQ%3D%3D&utm_source=qr
Jamie Klingler @jamieklingler.bsky.social Co founder Reclaim These Streets, campaign for womenโs safety and police reform in UK. Writer, speaker, activist, puppies Biggie & Smalls, run PSU Alum in UK and Philly born, Eagles/Phillies
https://linktr.ee/jamieklingler
Gavin Esler @gavinesler.bsky.social Writer, broadcaster, new book โBritain Is Better Than Thisโ gavinesler.substack.com
Contact: lfennimore@noelgay.com
Alastair Campbell @alastaircampbell2.bsky.social Writer, strategist, co-presenter the U.K. No1 podcast The Rest Is Politics โฆ love Britain hate Brexit, loved Twitter loathe Musk n Trump 
Alice Roberts @profaliceroberts.bsky.social Prof of Public Engagement in Science, Uni of Birmingham; anatomist, author, broadcaster; vice President of Humanists UK. All views my own.
Frank Cottrell-Boyce @frankcottrellboyce.bsky.social Waterstone's UK Children's Laureate
Ideas lead to idols. Only wonder leads to truth.
Swinging a hammock on the Island of Brilliant podcast
https://islandofbrilliant.podbean.com/
Rob Delaney @robdelaney.bsky.social https://bookshop.org/p/books/a-heart-that-works-rob-delaney/3f4398e419f2db84
Natalie Haynes @nataliehaynes.bsky.social NYT bestselling author, broadcaster, classicist โ๏ธ 'Rock star mythologist' (Washington Post) IRRESISTIBLE MONSTERS, March 2027 ๐ชถ Posts by N and team.
https://linktr.ee/nataliehaynesauthor