Fox and Star Books @foxandstarbooks.bsky.social We publish poetry and fiction chapbooks by UK debut authors with an emphasis on global majority writers. Founder/editor: @carrieetter.bsky.social; co-editor: Kaycee Hill Website: https://foxandstarbooks.org
Hastings Book Festival 2026 @hastingsbookfest.bsky.social The 9th annual Hastings Book Festival will take place from 10th to 20th September 2026, with 40 events and more than 80 speakers and performers.
Our headline guests: David Olusoga; Kate Mosse; Roger McGough and Robin Ince. Many more speakers and events.
Merry Hell @merryhellband.bsky.social Multi-award winning Merry Hell offer joyful, uplifting folk-rock, with a message of hope for troubled times. New album 'Rising Of The Bold' coming soon. Come to a gig - we would love to see you! merryhell.co.uk for more!
Billy @billylunn.bsky.social Songwriter, singer, guitarist, recording/mixing engineer :)
Glen Matlock @glenmatlock.bsky.social Punk Rock Type Bloke
Brian Bilston @brianbilston.bsky.social I write poems.
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Books: https://brianbilston.com/books/
I, Doris @idorisband.bsky.social Your favourite artist’s mum’s favourite band.
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Richard Herring @herring1967.bsky.social Writer, comedian, podcaster, stone-clearer, snookerist, ventriloquist
Kane Howard @kanehoward65.bsky.social 
James O’Brien @mrjamesob.bsky.social Broadcaster @lbc.co.uk
Author: https://www.waterstones.com/book/how-they-broke-britain/james-obrien/9780753560365
Ian Prowse @ianprowse.bsky.social Frontman/Songwriter for Pele/Amsterdam/IanProwse.
Its all the same thing ♥️💛💚💙
Bob Mortimer @bobmort.bsky.social 
Marcus Brigstocke @marcusbrig.bsky.social An absolute thundering great berk.
Jake Burns @jakeburnsslf.bsky.social Shouty, pointy bloke with Stiff Little Fingers.
Iain Lee @iainlee.com Counselling - hello@iainleecounselling.com
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Adrian Edmondson @adrianedmondson.bsky.social Berserker!
Out now from all good bookshops, and bad ones, and ones in between.
Carole King @carolekingofficial.bsky.social The official BlueSky account for Carole King. Singer/Songwriter/Pianist/Author
& Environmentalist
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Tracey Thorn @traceythorn.bsky.social Singer, songwriter, writer
Mat Osman @matosman.bsky.social Suede bassist. Author - The Ghost Theatre out now via Bloomsbury. Producer/composer. Didz at Quietus for musical stuff, Victoria Hobbs at AM Heath for books
Richard Osman @richardosman1.bsky.social Books etc
David Baddiel @realbaddiel.bsky.social On here too
Geneviève L. Walsh @genwalshpoet.bsky.social Poet and curmudgeon with daft hair. Published by Flapjack Press. Former host/founder of Spoken Weird. Epileptic. Neurodivergent. Only likes three bands.
Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan @london.gov.uk Husband, father and Mayor of the greatest city in the world. He/Him.
@andyburnham.bsky.social @andyburnham.bsky.social Mayor of Greater Manchester
Matt Green @mattgreencomedy.com Comedian, satirist, writer, actor
Rupert Rivett @rupertrivett.bsky.social 📸 Photographer | capturing life's candid moments with my camera 📸
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Bury St Edmunds Literature Festival @burylitfest.bsky.social Celebrating books and writing in the heart of East Anglia
8-11th October 2026
Rick Dove @rickdove.bsky.social Poet | UK Poetry Slam Champion 2021 | Creative Writing Workshop Facilitator | Activist 🏳️🌈♿️ ☮️ | 🔗 https://linktr.ee/rickdove |
Paul Heaton @paulheatonsolo.bsky.social 'I Don't Do Video Messages But I Do Wave At People'
Viv Contempt @vivcontempt.bsky.social Reader of books, father to two beautiful kids and guitar holder in Contempt, and Muddy Summers and the Dirty Field Whores! Aka: Glambo from T Bitch! Go with love because punk is love! He/Him and No Passaran Xxxxx
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
David Atkinson @davidatkinsonpoet.bsky.social (he/him) Prize-winning Irish poet writing in English & Ulster Scots. Pushcart nominated. MA from MMU. Archival poetics: Islandmagee Witch Trial & Irish War of Independence
No To Racism @notoracism.bsky.social Say - No To Racism 📣
❤️ Opposing hate, inequality, and discrimination
❤️ Justice, dignity, and equality for all
❤️ Be Kind
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Diane Wallace @dianewallace.art Contemporary Artist
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Together Alliance @togetheralliance.bsky.social An alliance of 500+ organisations representing over 15 million people.
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sonicpolly @sonicpolly.bsky.social 
Wasperella @wasperella.bsky.social Personal/meme page. Queer, nb masc, Antifa, vegan, animal liberation, pagan, witch, London, India, Hinduism, punk, DIY punk, anarcho/lefty/socialist/commie, chronically ill gym bunny. Love nature& loud angry music. Front a band! Memes usually found. UK
Poetry with Linda @poetrywithlinda.bsky.social poetry, nature, writing, reading, art, culture, languages, photography, travelling 🎨🖌️🖼️
Let's also be friends on Substack:@poetrywithlinda
Joshua Walker @bigjosh84.bsky.social I take up space, even when the world says I shouldn’t.
Poet. Observer. Rebel of thought.
Every heartbeat a manifesto. Resisting always. 💙
2025 Pushcart & Best Microfiction Nominee
https://www.amazon.com/Least-Weird-Person-Awake/dp/B0GT1262KP
New Model Army @newmodelarmy.bsky.social 40+ years of music, 16.5 studio albums, thousands of shows played around the world! NMA is as popular as ever - we welcome everyone - equally.
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Billy Bragg @billybragg.bsky.social Still waiting for the Great Leap Forward
Robin Ince @robinince.bsky.social Patreon.com/robinince for blog posts and podcasts
The Bar-Steward Sons of Val Doonican @thebarstewardsons.bsky.social The UK's hardest working comedy folk band. Est. 2006
"The greatest thing to come out of Barnsley, since the A61 to Sheffield"
Jarvis Cocker
Muddy Summers & the DFWs @muddydfws.bsky.social Feisty folkpunkpopswing !
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Russ Chandler @russchandlermusic.com Banjo player.
Revolutionary Socialist.
Music Hall enthusiast.
Web dev.
Film buff.
He / Him.
Love Music, Hate Racism.
Drunkard.
Naomi Bedford @naomibedford.bsky.social Music, singing, songs. stories. Dyslexic folk, Americana lover. Old School leftie, feeling politically homeless.
Joe Solo @joe-solo.bsky.social Folk-Punk singer-songwriter, WSO activist, and a quarter of Lithium Joe.
Steve White @steveprotest.bsky.social Writer of wrongs, singer of protest songs. Trade unionist, anti-fascist. Co-founder of Love Orient Hate Racism. Putting the Steve White into Steve White & The Protest Family since 2009. https://protestfamily.com/
Paul Carbuncle @paulcarbuncle.bsky.social Folk-punk, onomastics, etymology, historical linguistics, real ale, blackbird song, and fairness. Editor of the EPNS Survey of Kent and co-host of Carrington Triangle Folk Club. Not an adult, according to BlueSky.
Jess Silk @jesssilk.bsky.social Folk/punk singer/songwriter from the Black Country. She/her.
https://jesssilk.co.uk/
Johnny Campbell @johnnycampbell.bsky.social Folk musician, freelance writer at Country Walking Magazine, Right to Roam Sheffield
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Boss Caine @bosscaine.bsky.social UK based Americana singer/songwriter Daniel Lucas and his gang of musical amigos.
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Efa Supertramp @efasupertramp.bsky.social 🎸 Musician: Efa Supertramp / Chwalaw / Killdren
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🌱 Training to become an Occupational Therapist
📍Caerdydd / London
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Tolpuddle Martyrs' Festival @tolpuddlefest.bsky.social All about the Tolpuddle Martyrs - their story, their legacy and how we celebrate it every year.
18-20 July 2025
Steve White & The Protest Family @protestfamily.com @Protestfamily.com
Latest album: Evidence-Based Punk Rock http://tiny.cc/evidence-based
Singalong lefties
"Brilliant" - The Levellers
Gigs: protestfamily.com/live
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@ddelinquent.bsky.social @ddelinquent.bsky.social 
Miles @miles101.bsky.social Citizen of everywhere.
( Mainly UK)
Not a fascist. 
Marnie Andy Burden @marnie-andy.bsky.social DIY, Live Music, bands, festivals - A @antonr1.bsky.social @antonr1.bsky.social
Richard Holgarth @we-evil.bsky.social So, not evil at all actually...purveyor of high class noise with Eddie & the Hot Rods and John Otway.
Paul Howard @paulhoward3000.bsky.social MAMWAG = Middle aged man with a guitar.- P Peter Hart @peterhart.bsky.social Military historian of sorts. Latest books: 'Laugh or Fly', 'Chain of Fire: Campaigning in Egypt & the Sudan, 1882-1898' & 'Beggar Me: I'm a Prisoner'. But really I'm mainly the lead singer of 'Those Naughty Lumps' and 'Pete & the Lovehearts'
@anniesuffolk.bsky.social @anniesuffolk.bsky.social Love the music and politics of The Clash. Anti racist, Anti Brexit, Anti fascist.
keVin Blue @kevin-blue.bsky.social I like playing drums 🥁 I like playing records ⚫️ 🎧 Works @ The Lex https://www.youtube.com/@TVC15x
@punktuationmag.bsky.social @punktuationmag.bsky.social 
@attilastockbroker.bsky.social @attilastockbroker.bsky.social 
Steve Drewett @stevedrewett.bsky.social Singer, songwriter, and guitarist with Newtown Neurotics. Previous bands include The Indestructible Beat.
Also solo performer.
Andi Callen @punker1962.bsky.social Music photographer based in NW. House shooter for O2 Academy venues, Ritz, Apollo & Victoria Warehouse. Official Rebellion Festival photo team.
ThePunkSite.com @thepunksite.bsky.social Punk news, reviews, interviews and more. Your daily dose of all things punk rock.
James Domestic @jamesdomestic.bsky.social Poet and spoken word bloke, musician, DJ, punk. Tattoos. Vinyl. Coffee. Cats. Suffolk/Essex, PhD, S.A.D. Books at www.jamesdomestic.com / www.earthislandbooks.com. Records at www.kibourecords.bigcartel.com
Graham Barnfield @grahambarnfield.bsky.social Placeholder account in my name. For now, find me on Musk (and more).
Ruth Rae @politepunk.bsky.social Live music photographer & writer at Vive Le Rock and Punktuation Magazine, Videographer at BSFV, pink-haired sparkly punk gal-about-town!
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FLAVOR FLAV ⏰ @flavorflav.bsky.social Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Inductee
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Nick Cooper @inksterr.bsky.social Reader, cyclist, inkster, occasional runner & Arsenal fan
@phinky.bsky.social @phinky.bsky.social Editor & scribbler for thepunksite.com, ageing punker, avant gardener and herder of cats, usually found on the couch or down the front
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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/
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John Cooper Clarke @johncooperclarke.bsky.social The official account for Dr. John Cooper Clarke, “one of Britain’s most outstanding poets”. Updated by JCC's management team.
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The Poetry Society @poetrysociety.org.uk A charitable organisation promoting and advocating poets & poetry since 1909. Publishes #ThePoetryReview, supports young poets @youngpoetsnet.bsky.social.
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Carol Vorderman @carolvorders.bsky.social Hello lovelies. This is my official account.. 💙💙
Glad to be over here from the "other place"😂
It's like breathing clean air again 👍🏼
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Peace & Justice Project @peaceandjustice.bsky.social Founded by Jeremy Corbyn. Bringing people together for social and economic justice, peace and human rights in Britain and across the world. 🕊️⚖️🌎
Diane Abbott MP @hackneyabbott.bsky.social Re-elected as Labour MP for Hackney North & Stoke Newington. Mother of the House.
Chris Packham @chrisgpackham.bsky.social Broadcaster & environmental campaigner
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Jeremy Corbyn @jeremycorbyn.bsky.social MP for Islington North
Mark Thomas @markthomasinfo.bsky.social Older artiste.
He/Him
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Humanists UK @humanists.uk We advance free thinking and promote humanism to create a tolerant society where rational thinking and kindness prevail.
Free the MBR Beagles @freethembrbeagles.bsky.social Free the MBR Beagles is a grassroots animal rights campaign, focusing predominantly on the murky vivisection industry. 
Wokerati Party @wokeratiparty.bsky.social UK based Woke Political shop with anti Tory and Anti Fascist merch
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Clapton CFC @claptoncfc.co.uk Clapton Community FC
East London's 100% fan-owned and fan-run football club
Women's First Team play at Tier 6 and Men's First Team at Tier 9
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The Old Spotted Dog Ground @oldspotteddog.bsky.social London's oldest senior football ground. Based in the Forest Gate area of Newham.
Owned by @claptoncfc.co.uk members, managed by the OSD Ground Trust.
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Rites Of Hadda @ritesofhadda.bsky.social 'Sax n drag and rock n roll'.
Anarcho-pagan-gothic- psychedelic-queer-witchpunk band from London. Often found playing in unexpected straight pubs to surprised audiences and hanging around public toilets.
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