Mark Thompson @markreckons.bsky.social Politics (mainly UK and a bit of US), comedy and popular culture more generally.
Hear me on a radio near you blathering about Burnham or Farage. Probably.
Political Sandbox here: https://substack.com/@politicalsandboxmark
Andy Marshall @fotofacade.bsky.social Architectural Photographer on a camper-van-camino. πΈπποΈ π¨
Architecture, Art, Travel, History, Place, Material Culture, Genius Loci Digest.
Links: https://www.digest.andymarshall.co/andy-marshall-bio/
Digest: https://www.digest.andymarshall.co
Jon Worth @jonworth.eu European, originally a Brit, became German, moved to France. Runs #CrossBorderRail project, writes a newsletter about railways. Green, lives happily without a car.
Normally stuck on a train, stuck in a village, or escaping either on a folding bicycle.
Heather Cox Richardson (TDPR) @hcrichardson.bsky.social Historian. Author. Professor. Budding Curmudgeon. I study the contrast between image and reality in America, especially in politics.
County Durham @countydurham.bsky.social News and updates from County Durham, UK - we originally started this service on the bird app in 2012 and now here on Bluesky - Updates from the county include Darlington, Stockton, Consett, Spennymoor, and more
David J Lintern @davidlintern.bsky.social Co-Editor for @tgomagazine, photo guide & author
https://linktr.ee/davidlintern
Alan Strickland MP @alanstricklandmp.bsky.social Member of Parliament for Newton Aycliffe and Spennymoor πΉπ³οΈβπ
Email: alan.strickland.mp@parliament.uk
Jennifer Williams @jenwilliamsft.bsky.social Northern correspondent, Financial Times
Experimental cook, purveyor of Andy Burnham content
βCynicalβ - Boris Johnson
πManchester
Kat Abughazaleh @katmabu.bsky.social Former congressional candidate and journalist trying to change politics for good :) | www.kapow.works/
Keith @keithdunn.bsky.social The image that I run from
Only seems to follow me
Eben Muse @ebenmyrddin.bsky.social Access and nature campaigner, physicist, researcher/translator who writes. Keen climber/runner. Views are my own.
https://open.substack.com/pub/ebenmuse?utm_source=share&utm_medium=android&r=jl6lw
Britain Elects @britainelects.com Britain's leading aggregator for polling, forecasts and election results. Run by @bwalker.uk. Est. 2013 with the late, great, Lily Jayne Summers.
Andrew Terrill @andrewterrill.bsky.social A suburban London boy who found his true home in the world's wild places. Author of 'The Earth Beneath My Feet' and 'On Sacred Ground'. https://andrewterrill.com/
Full Fact @fullfact.org Full Fact is the UK's independent fact checking charity. We put reliable evidence at the heart of public debate so you can make sense of what matters.
www.fullfact.org
The London Economic @thelondoneconomic.bsky.social A progressive voice for a metropolitan community.
https://www.thelondoneconomic.com/
Part of the Joe Media Group.
@opendemocracy.net @opendemocracy.net Free thinking for the world π We're an independent media organisation. Find us > opendemocracy.net Also at @openDemocracy@newsie.social for those who toot too.
Met4Cast @met4cast.net UK weather and climate updates | Making complex weather understandable | 20+ years of studying
Jamie Simpson @jamsim.bsky.social Sports enthusiast. HIIT man. Scottish. Keswick Mountain Festival Marketing Director
London Mountain Film Festival @londonmountainfestival.com We are an annual adventure film festival like no other. Community Events, Household Streaming and In-Person Screenings in London, Penrith and Inverness. All of it world-class, accessible, inclusive and bloody brilliant.
North East Bylines @northeastbylines.co.uk We are a not-for-profit citizen journalism publication. Our aim is to publish well-written, fact-based articles and opinion pieces on subjects that are of interest to people in the North East and beyond.
Graham Uney @grahamuney.bsky.social A professional mountaineer and guidebook author. Noodles with guitars, writes songs, walks dogs, sees wildlife.
Writes to keep the wolf from the door, and himself from out of the rain.
Owner of www.grahamuneymountaineering.co.uk.
Tony Hobbs @tonyswilderness.bsky.social Youtuber
Geoff Crowther @geoffcrowther.bsky.social Walker, runner, cyclist, dog lover, camper, traveller. Former teacher and mountain rescue team leader.
Ben Dolphin π΄σ §σ ’σ ³σ £σ ΄σ ΏβοΈβ°π² @countrysideben.bsky.social Ranger in the Cairngorms, occasional writer, general evangelist for the great outdoors. Winter's biggest fan and prone to blethering. Definitely my own views!!
Mud and Routes @mudandroutes.bsky.social UK based hillwalking website
www.mudandroutes.com
Simon Usborne @susborne.bsky.social Journalist, London. Features for The Guardian, Sunday Times, Financial Times, Telegraph Magazine etc. susborne.com
Mel Sykes @nuddypants.bsky.social Ultra Runner. Cyclist. Cake Eater. Podiatrist.
Never sitting still.
Yorkshire. π
Dan Bailey @danbaileyphoto.com Pro outdoor & adventure π· in Anchorage, Alaska. Top 100 Photo Blogger. Official FUJIFILM X-Photographer. Revelate Designs Ambassador. Perpetrator of fun. Plus π΄ββοΈπΈπ & a little yellow Cessna.π«
π· www.danbaileyphoto.com
πΈ https://linktr.ee/danbaileymusic
UKClimbing @ukclimbing.com UKClimbing is the definitive source for all Climbing and Mountain related activity.
ukclimbing.com
Dan Snow @thehistoryguy.bsky.social Creative Director of the world's best History Channel https://linktr.ee/HistoryHit | I host the Dan Snowβs @HistoryHit podcast
Ramblers Scotland @ramblersscotland.bsky.social Our charity is proud to:
π₯ΎBreak down barriers to walking
πFight for the places we love to walk
πΊοΈChampion access rights
πΆπ½ββοΈ Run 3,500 group walks a year across Scotland
ramblers.org.uk/scotland
Fell Running Guide @fellrunningguide.bsky.social Dave Taylor, UK Athletics Fell & Mountain Running coach providing specialist training for trail, fell and mountain runners.
Sub 24hr Paddy Buckley, Charlie Ramsay and Bob Graham rounds.
Also - camping, mountains, nature.
https://fellrunningguide.co.uk
Mark Reid FRGS @teamwalking.bsky.social ππππ¦πππ₯π€π’π§π
ππΆπΉπΉ π¦πΈπΆπΉπΉπ & π’πππ±πΌπΌπΏ ππ±ππ²π»πππΏπ²π
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High quality, professionally run hill skills courses, hiking adventures and outdoor experiences.
The Alpine Club @alpineclub.bsky.social The worldβs first mountaineering club, founded in the UK in 1857. At the leading edge of worldwide mountaineering & exploration.
Cover π· George Cave
walkhighlands @walkhighlands.co.uk The website for enjoying Scotlandβs Great Outdoors, on foot. Views are not ours - they belong to everyone.
https://www.walkhighlands.co.uk/
Neil Reid @cairngormwanderer.bsky.social Hill walker, ex-climber. Love the Cairngorms. Retired editor of Scottish Mountaineer mag, MO & Hon Life Member w MBA & trustee w Bob Scott's Bothy Assoc. High altitude lavvy cleaner at Corrour Bothy. Mountain litter picker.
Ed Douglas @calmandfearless.bsky.social Writer. Loves the spikier bits of the planet. Bath addict. Contributor to Guardian Country Diary. Represented by David Godwin Associates.
Natalie Berry @natalie-berry.com Edinburgh-based journalist, translator, climber. IWMF Ukraine Fellow. Words: NYTimes, The Guardian, WIRED UK, FT HTSI, Nat Geo, The Fence etc. https://www.natalie-berry.com/
Adam Butterworth @adambutterworth.bsky.social Tweets about rocks, film and politics
Editor of the Alpine Journal. Digital and Comms for the Alpine Club, Mount Everest Foundation & others.
Opinions are my girlfriend's, but you wouldn't know her. She posts on a different app.
Hannah Al-Othman @hannahalothman.bsky.social Journalist @guardian. Northern Powerhouse, running bore ππ½ββοΈ, MUFC πΉ. Send news: hannah.al-othman@theguardian.com. DM for WhatsApp/Signal
Henry Dyer @direthoughts.com Investigations Correspondent, The Guardian | Tips: henry.dyer@theguardian.com/henrydyer.01 (Signal) | Interested in Politics/Media/π/CofE
https://www.theguardian.com/profile/henry-dyer
http://direthoughts.com
Fellwalker @lakelandwalker.bsky.social Hiking the fells of Lakeland, Yorkshire and the North of England.
Thomson Foundation @thomsonfoundation.bsky.social We are experts on journalism matters, providing expertise for journalists by journalists with training and digital solutions for business growth.
Lucy Wallace - arranwildwalks.com @snoweider.bsky.social Mountain Leader, wildlife guide, otter groupie, I love nature, and I love science β₯οΈπ¦¦π³πͺ²πͺΌπΈπ¦π¦π¦
Also a wannabe runner, thwarted cyclist, sometime rock climber, lapsed archaeologist.
The Isle of Arran is my home and I frequently crop up in other places too π.
Michelle P @snowangelmrsp.bsky.social Craft, book lover, nature photography, wildlife & music. Cat lady! Cancer survivor, hydrotherapy keeps me sane! Happily married. Mum to Bertie cat. Live in my beloved Scotland in the Highlands & I love snow!
https://www.etsy.com/uk/shop/SnowangelMakes
Katie Featherstone (Scotland/Iceland) @featherytravels.bsky.social Hiking/travel writer β¦ Inner Hebrides, Loch Lomond & the Trossachs, Iceland β¦ living in Port Ellen, Islay.
Books in this link β¬οΈ
linktr.ee/katiefeatherstone
Richard Franks | Travel Writer @richardfranks.co.uk Award-winning travel writer and journalist specialising in Scotland, Birmingham, adventure travel and music. Words for BBC, Nat Geo, Telegraph, Independent, Rough Guides & others. Takes photos too.
hello@richardfranks.co.uk
www.richardfranks.co.uk
Jon Sparks @jonsparksauthor.bsky.social After more than 30 years, and 60 books, as an outdoor writer and photographer, Iβm now fully focused on fiction with the Shattered Moon series. AI-free (and I mean free).
Cartoon Art Museum @cartoonart.bsky.social Founded in 1984, CAM is a San Francisco-based, educational arts nonprofit that has something for everyoneβfrom comic strips, comic books, and anime to political cartoons, graphic novels, and underground comix. Come visit our galleries: cartoonart.org
The Museum of English Rural Life (MERL) @themerl.bsky.social We explore the history of the English countryside and its people. Chaotic Good.
https://merl.reading.ac.uk/
Alistair Carmichael MP @amcarmichaelmp.bsky.social Liberal Democrat MP for Orkney and Shetland. Chair of the House of Commons Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Select Committee.
Promoted by A. Carmichael of 4 Clifton Terrace, Edinburgh, EH12 5DR.
Election Maps UK @electionmaps.uk π³οΈ Mapping UK Elections & Collating Polling Data
nowcast / posters / much more @ electionmaps.uk
support my work @ https://ko-fi.com/electionmapsuk
Good Law Project @goodlawproject.org We use the law to resist hate and bring hope. Injustice is not inevitable.
Support us: https://goodlaw.social/donate-bsky
Promoted by Good Law Project Ltd, 3 East Point, High Street, Seal, TN15 0EG
Make Votes Matter @makevotesmatter.bsky.social The campaign for Proportional Representation at UK general elections. Promoted by Make Votes Matter, 27 Old Gloucester Street, WC1N 3AX.
Roger Cox @outdoorscots.bsky.social Outdoors writer on The Scotsman newspaper, surf, snow etc, see https://www.scotsman.com/author/roger-cox-outdoors-columnist
Book of surf scribblings available here: https://birlinn.co.uk/product/the-view-from-the-shoulder/
Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com Owner of MSW Media, host of The Daily Beans, UnJustified, and Cleanup on Aisle 45 podcasts. #Leguminati. Veteran. She/Her Substack: muellershewrote.com
Signal: muellershewrote.23
Podcast: https://the-daily-beans.simplecast.com/
Rick Wilson @therickwilson.bsky.social Husband to Renee. Father to Andrew and Eleanor. Grandfather to Winnie and Indy. Founder. Writer. Ad-maker. NYT #1 Bestselling author. Instrument-rated Beechcraft pilot. AgainstAllEnemies.net
Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com Independent journalist, SnapStream brand ambassador, and publisher of the Public Notice newsletter https://www.publicnotice.co/subscribe
Molly Jong-Fast @mollyjongfast.bsky.social Host of the Fast politics podcast, contributing Writer at The New York Times opinion and MSNBC. Subscribe to fast politics YouTube channel
Paul Taylor @nottmtails.bsky.social Nottingham Forest writer at The Athletic.
Meet you by the left lion.
Owen Gibson @owengibson.bsky.social Deputy editor of the Guardian
www.theguardian.com
Paul Hayward @paulhayward.bsky.social Sportswriter at The Observer.
Journalist since 1987.
Author of 'England Football - The Biography.'
Martyn Ziegler @martynziegler.bsky.social sports journalist for The Times
Jason Burt @jasonburt.bsky.social Chief Football Correspondent, The Telegraph
Luke Edwards @lukeedwardstele.bsky.social Northern Football writer for the Daily Telegraph and BBC podcaster. Leyton Orient fan. Natural cynic 
Jonathan Northcroft @jnorthcroft.bsky.social Football correspondent for The Sunday Times. "A carefully rehearsed piece of tomfoolery."
Mark Douglas @msidouglas.bsky.social βοΈ Northern Football Correspondent, i paper 
Sam Cunningham @samcunningham.bsky.social Sports journalist.
Bylines: The Times, The Guardian, The Observer, Premier League.
Formerly: The i Paper, Daily Mail
E: s.cunningham@live.co.uk
Jacqui Oatley @jacquioatley.bsky.social TV football commentator, sport presenter π―, news junkie π°, event host, keynote speaker. Booking enquiries: jacqui@bearfacedtalent.com
https://www.linkedin.com/in/jacqui-oatley/
@honigstein.bsky.social @honigstein.bsky.social 
Daniel Taylor @dtathletic.bsky.social Senior football writer for The Athletic.
π Clough, Ferguson, Keegan, I Believe in Miracles π³ππ» βοΈβοΈ
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)
Marek Bidwell @marekbidwell.bsky.social Book: #SkyeLine Backpacking the Original Skye Trail
Nature | Wild camping | Northumberland | Cumbria | Scotland
Read about my outdoor adventures on Substack at https://substack.com/search/marekbidwell
Freelance Environmental Consultant. IEMA Fellow
Robert Macfarlane @robgmacfarlane.bsky.social Books: Is A River Alive? (May β25), 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
Guy Shrubsole @guyshrubsole.bsky.social Environmental campaigner & author, The Lie of the Land (William Collins, 2024), The Lost Rainforests of Britain (2022), & Who Owns England? (2019). Forthcoming: The Ghosts of Chalk Country (2027). Agent: @jmlockhart.bsky.social
Ash Routen @ashrouten.com Adventure journalist and editor of 'At the Edge of the Map', covering expeditions and adventure globally. By-lines include ExWeb, Nat Geo, Sidetracked, and Outside. Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society and The Explorers Club.
ashrouten.com
Noreen Masud @noreenmasud.bsky.social Associate Prof @UoBrisEnglish π³οΈβπ A FLAT PLACE (Hamish Hamilton/MHP 2023) HARD LANGUAGE (OUP 2022) π¨ AHRC/BBC New Generation Thinker πββ¬ rep: @mfredturner
Dara McAnulty @naturalistdara.bsky.social 20 ~ autistic ~ award winning author of βDiary of a Young Naturalistβ and the βWild Childβ series ~ Nature Nerd and biology student ~ University of Cambridge. He/him
πCo Down / Cambridge
https://daramcanulty.com/
Jon Moses @jon-moses.bsky.social Co-director of Right to Roam π₯Ύ
Co-editor of WILD SERVICE: Why Nature Needs You πΏ
https://linktr.ee/jonathanmoses
Shafik Meghji @shafikmeghji.bsky.social Journalist, travel writer, author
π Small Earthquakes (BGTW Travel Narrative Book of the Year 2025), Crossed Off the Map
βπ½ BBC Travel, National Geographic Traveller, Wanderlust, Geographical
π Latin America / Ex-porteΓ±o
https://linktr.ee/ShafikMeghji
Nicola Pitchford @npitchford.bsky.social Immigrant. Winner of the inaugural Nature Chronicles Prize (2022). She/her. In Northern California on unceded Coast Miwok land. 
James Gilbert @jamesgilbertmr.bsky.social Naturalist, ecologist, writer.
βHow pleasant it would be each day to think, Today I have done something that will render future generations more happy." Richard Jefferies, 1883.
Location: east Northamptonshire, UK.
Tim Hannigan @timhannigan.bsky.social Writer from Cornwall: #TheGraniteKingdom, #TheTravelWritingTribe, #ThePathlessLand (forthcoming), Indonesian history; academic stuff on travel writing. Teaches Writing & Literature at ATU Sligo.
Phoebe 'Wander Woman' Smith @phoebesmith.bsky.social Adventurer; #WanderWoman Podcast host; Travel writer/presenter/photographer; author Wayfarer et al; @calm storyteller; co-founder #WeTwo Foundation
Stuart Kenny @stuart-kenny.com Scottish outdoor travel writer π²
βοΈ: The Guardian, BBC etc.
Kirsten Henton @kirstenjh.bsky.social Edinburger β’ Weather2Travel editor & travel writer β’ Words in The Sunday Times, BBC, JRNY, Scotland Mag etc β’ History, nature, watersports, lover of the great outdoors π
Sarah Farley @thewriterswalk.com Ey up π Iβm a #writer and #walker from Yorkshire, living in That London.
I write a Substack where I share stories, interviews and writing prompts that explore the places where walking and writing meet. Fancy joining in?
https://thewriterswalk.com
Mark Horrell @markhorrell.bsky.social Indie author & mountaineering writer | Bit of a mountain history geek | Baldest digital comms professional to climb Everest (probably) | Occasionally frivolous
SeΓ‘n Ronayne @seanronayne.bsky.social Irish ornithologist & wildlife sound recordist.
http://www.irishwildlifesounds.com/
Using bird sound as a tool to spread love for Irish nature.
Albums:
-Wild Silence
-Hope
Book: Nature Boy (Irish biography of the year 2024)
Doc: Birdsong
The Detour Effect @thedetoureffect.bsky.social Hiking the world π₯Ύ Living nomadically π» Blogging about it π
Saunterer/Sainte-Terrer/Sans Terre.
Recent Detours: Greenland, Kyrgyzstan, Romania
TheDetourEffect.com || thedetoureffect.com/linktree
Nic Wilson @nicwilson.bsky.social Writer, Editor, Guardian Country Diarist. Author of LAND BENEATH THE WAVES (one of BBC Wildlife Best Books of 2025): https://shorturl.at/PFJPF
MA, PGCE, FBNA, Patron #JohnClare Countryside, Trustee of British Naturalists' Assoc. Rep: Joanna Swainson
Matt Gaw @mattgaw.bsky.social Writer. Books: In All Weathers, The Pull of the River, Under the Stars (all with @eandtbooks). Posting #writingeveryday
ROB COWEN @robcowen.bsky.social Author of THE NORTH ROAD (2025) // COMMON GROUND (2015) // THE HEEDING (2021) // and others...
Writer // journalist // poet
Lewis Winks @lewis-winks.bsky.social Researcher, writer and campaigner with Right to Roam; social and cultural geography; environmental social science; campaigning to defend the right to wild camp on Dartmoor. Devon based.
Dr Anita Sethi ππ @anitasethi.bsky.social writer, journalist & broadcaster π
Author, I BELONG HERE (βa thing of beautyβ - Sunday Times). Winner, Books Are My Bag Award, nominated Wainwright πfor Nature Writing, Great Outdoors Award, RSL Ondaatje.
Mancunian π
anitasethi.com
John Manning @johnmanningpct.bsky.social Outdoor writer and editor, long distance walker (kinda), father, Beach Boys nut and Whovian (kinda).
James Rebanks @herdyshepherd.bsky.social New book The Place of Tides (Allen Lane) now in all good bookshops
Jini Reddy @jinireddy.bsky.social Writer of books & features. WANDERLAND (Bloomsbury) shortlisted for Stanford Dolman Travel Book of the Year& Wainwright Prize.
Royal Literary Fund Advisory Fellow/ @DHHLiterary
www.jinireddy.co.uk