Roy B ☮️ @rewerbyor.bsky.social ‘Nothing disturbs me more than the glorification of stupidity’. Carl Sagan
Opinionated, socialist, atheist, animal loving, anti-fascist, sweary, ex-civil servant, lifelong Red from Liverpool.
Dad, Husband, Son, Brother, Dog Dad, Kopite…Gobshite.
#JFT97
Paula Keller @paulamalwine.bsky.social Assistant Professor in Social and Political Philosophy, Utrecht University
paulakeller.de
Alex Andreou @sturdyalex.bsky.social I write, act, sing, broadcast and cook. Occasionally, even for money. One third of the @quietriotpod.bsky.social with @pimlicat.bsky.social and @mrkennycampbell.bsky.social
Support me on https://ko-fi.com/quietriotpod
Jupiter (they/elle) @jupiterjupiter.bsky.social writer, reader, baked goods eater
@philippaahern.bsky.social @philippaahern.bsky.social 
Ruskin Society @ruskinsociety.bsky.social Founded in 1997, the Ruskin Society celebrates the life, work and legacy of the Victorian art critic and social thinker John Ruskin. ruskinsociety.uk
John Foot @footymac.bsky.social Historian specialised in contemporary Italy - has published books on Italian football, radical psychiatry (Franco Basaglia), Fascism. Book on the Red Brigades out in 2025. John-foot.com
Tanya Pia Starrett @tanyapiastarrett.bsky.social 🏴/🇮🇹 in 🇮🇹
Archaeologist/Historian/LLB/Writer.
https://bylines.scot/author/tanyapiastarrett/
National Ambassador (Italia)
https://europeforscotland.com/holyrood-and-westminster-a-big-political-difference/
salus populi suprema lex esto (Cicero).
Gregk Foley @gregk.co.uk Geopolitics • Armed Politics/Political Violence • Philosophy • Political Geographies • Palestine
——
Host of BLOOD WORK: An economy of violence.
@bloodwork.show // bloodwork.show
Chris Bertram @crookedfootball.bsky.social Political philosophy and theory, migration, refugees, Rousseau, photography, French literature, Crooked Timber, books, Bristol ... Wrote "Do States Have the Right to Exclude Immigrants" (Wiley/Polity, 2018). Pensioner.
ILFU Boeken etc. @ilfu.com All things literature. Festival, Academy, Online magazine. Boeken, verhalen, ideeën. #nachtvandepoezie #boekfest #yalfu #exploringstories • https://ilfu.com/
Independent spirit @drrrobotnikk.bsky.social Historically, women changed the world. Doing my part.
No crypto, no money, no pornography.
Sati Mookherjee @sati-m.bsky.social Poet: Deś (forthcoming from Tupelo Press, 2027), Eye (Ravenna Press, 2022) and Ways of Being (Albiso Award, MoonPath Press 2023). Recent work in Gulf Coast, Michigan Quarterly Review, Poetry Northwest, SWWIM, MER, RHINO.
satimookherjee.com
Brian Steele @thehullster.bsky.social Celtic 🍀 Everton 🔵
M. Lee Paterson @ersonpaterson.bsky.social Trainee journo at PA Media Academy
Will Jennings📉🗳️ @drjennings.bsky.social I research and write about politics, public policy, public opinion, polls, elections, geography, place, trust. I run on espresso.
Sean Coleman @colemandesign.bsky.social Designer, Illustrator, Curiouser
https://linktr.ee/ColemanDesign
tnycruzr @tnycruzr.bsky.social ✨️Eclectic Goddess✨️
I raise 🦋 butterflies 🦋
Mark Blacklock @marxmedia.bsky.social Likes fairness, patience, generosity. Dislikes rudeness, arrogance, lying.
Human, so unquestionably all of the above at times.
Also at 'X' : @MarxMedia
Also at: @marxmedia@mastodonapp.uk
Pratinav Anil @pratinavanil.bsky.social historian, feuilletonist, clubland habitué, judgemental judge 
Nick Hopkinson @copddoc.bsky.social Professor of Respiratory Medicine FRCP
#LungSky, Social justice 🫁 🚭 #NHS He/him cis Born at 323ppm
https://profiles.imperial.ac.uk/n.hopkinson
#MedSky #NHS #LungSky
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/?term=Hopkinson+NS&sort=date&size=100
Susanna Crossman @susannacrossman.bsky.social Writing. Teaching. Mentoring. & hospitals...
Books: @penguinrandomhouse.bsky.social @ofmooseandmen.bsky.social @pressassembly.bsky.social @edlacroisee.bsky.social
Words: Guardian, Aeon, Vogue, Paris Review...
https://susanna-crossman.squarespace.com
Tracy Wise @frauwise.bsky.social Writer. Focused on the present moment in the US & around the world. Supporter of liberal democracy. Personal account. *opinions my own* re-posts=look at this (vs approval)
She/her/ella
Bristol Short Story Prize @bristolshortstory.bsky.social The Bristol Short Story Prize is an international writing competition hosted by the Department of English at the University of Bristol.
https://bssp.blogs.bristol.ac.uk
Pat McFall @patmcfall.bsky.social 
Leah McElrath @leahmcelrath.bsky.social Politics, geopolitics, psychology, etc.
Been called “brilliant but out there.”
Smith College BA, MSW | LSE
#AuDHD #LGBTQ #MECFS
Patreon: patreon.com/leahmcelrath
Rachel Deering @racheldeering.bsky.social Poet. #ReadMorePoetry Collections: Crown of Eggshell, In the Shadow of Gods @BookWormSat w/ Signe Maene. Literature, art, myth, folklore, the gothic. Left wing. 🇪🇺 She/her 🌈🏳️⚧️ Ally https://linktr.ee/rachel_deering
https://ko-fi.com/kofisupporter68929
Ferg Hamilton @fergham.bsky.social Politics, football, sport in general, and long rides on two wheels. LFC through and through.
Rob Delaney @robdelaney.bsky.social https://bookshop.org/p/books/a-heart-that-works-rob-delaney/3f4398e419f2db84
Adam Shatz @adamshatz.bsky.social US editor of The London Review of Books; author of “The Rebel’s Clinic: The Revolutionary Lives of Frantz Fanon” and “In Search of a Sound,” a book about the Black American musical avant-garde from Coltrane to the present (out from FSG in 2027).
@aldomontoya8.bsky.social @aldomontoya8.bsky.social 
Fontaines D.C. @fontainesdc.bsky.social Romance.
@etti-e.bsky.social @etti-e.bsky.social nobody took much notice, the band played on
Roger McCarthy @rogermccarthy.bsky.social 'Prince, I can hear the trumpet of Germinal,
The tumbrils toiling up the terrible way;
Even to-day your royal head may fall,
I think I will not hang myself to-day'.
(Chesterton)
Jaz @jazzycatbristol.bsky.social 
C J @dingohonez.bsky.social Celtic, politics, n aww that
Fraser McGowan @drmcgowan.bsky.social Historian • Postdoctoral Researcher • Ph.D. on the early history of the U.S. National Intelligence Council • Interests: intelligence, 19-20thC history & culture, film, theatre and football • Glasgow, UK • Here since Aug '24 🌅
@burdzeyeview.bsky.social @burdzeyeview.bsky.social Former special advisor to 3 First Ministers in Scotland, now retired. Still campaigning for independence. Interests include politics, books, cooking, walking, music, gardening, cycling.. watching it duh.
Glen Wilson @glenglenglen.bsky.social Gogledd-based writer | Senior Digital Editor at the Southbank Centre | popular STAND | Views not completely those of my employer, but we’ve time yet
Bethan Beech @bethanbeech.bsky.social Cymraes ym myd natur
Helen Grant @helengrantsays.bsky.social Lives in Scotland & writes books. Order my new novella STEAL ME from Absinthe Books. Short story collection ATMOSPHERIC DISTURBANCES available from Swan River Press. Perthshire Gothic. M.R.James fiend. Represented by John Jarrold.
Harry Carr @harrydcarr.bsky.social Author of 'What a Man is Not', out 19 November 2026 and available for pre-order now: https://www.waterstones.com/book/what-a-man-is-not/harry-carr/9781837733651. Feminist who thinks what we tell boys about being men explains a lot.
George Walkley @georgewalkley.com Chairman @midascampaigns.bsky.social, board @bdspublishing.bsky.social, @brisunipress.bsky.social, policy @independentpublishersguild.com, advisor @xigxaguk.bsky.social, MBA, 48% centrist dad. Opinions on strategy, AI, books, games, etc my own.
Picture This Post @picturethispost.com Theater - Music - Art - Dance - Film - Museums - Books - Travel
Previews, Interviews and Reviews -- Culture Reports in 20+ US Cities and Travel Reports Worldwide. https://www.picturethispost.com/
We also share updates on today's fight for democracy.
Karl Whitney @karlwhitney.ie Writer // Books: HIDDEN CITY (Penguin) and HIT FACTORIES (Weidenfeld & Nicolson) // http://www.karlwhitney.ie
Kenny Rutherford @coinneach76.bsky.social 
Dr Nuits de Young @nuitsdeyoung.bsky.social Historian/art historian (12C & 18C esp), lover of Old Roses, literature, art, music, pigeons & other cute creatures! Trans-inclusive egalitarian #FBPE #UKEUFriend #Aspie
GilchristHeritage at the Other Place. Posts in personal capacity.
She/They
@stephensco.bsky.social @stephensco.bsky.social 
Andrew @zero-gravitas.bsky.social Cantankerous Scottish/doric loon. Data engineer and sometimes animator. Semi-professional hater of the generative "AI" grift.
neillke @neillk.bsky.social photography etc.
🏴 Scotland
Ryan Vance @ryanvance.bsky.social Writer, designer, rule of three enthusiast.
www.ryanvance.co.uk
Hedley Thorne @hedleythorne.bsky.social Historic site photographer, podcaster, wild camping YouTuber, Heathrow's IT Operations Manager. Scared of fish.
@lightshadowlight.bsky.social @lightshadowlight.bsky.social Music | Bob Dylan | Books | Film | Wim Wenders | Travel | Central Europe | History | Yorkshire | Photography |
Lael Neale @laelneale.bsky.social https://music.subpop.com/laelneale_altogetherstranger
Sanjeev Kohli @govindajeggy.bsky.social Navid in Still Game, Synthesiser Patel in Look Around You, Ramesh in @FagsMagsandBags, Martin in Dep Q and dynamite in a boob tube. Work enquires: MacCormick@Curtisbrown.co.uk
Catherine Clarke @cathamclarke.bsky.social Writer, historian, professor. Director @chppc.bsky.social and @vch-home.bsky.social. #AHistoryOfEnglandIn25Poems (Penguin Allen Lane, 2025): a Book of the Year in The Times, FT & BBC History Extra. Find me in my beach hut.
https://www.catherineclarke.info/
Angus Dunican @angusdunican.bsky.social Actor/Comic/Writer/Hot Dad
Tendency to show up for stuff. Put me in your thing.
Doctor Who:
http://bit.ly/3XeATtL
Rep:
@bccreativelondon.bsky.social
Spotlight:
https://app.spotlight.com/9111-5610-9256
The Pearlfishers @thepearlfishers.bsky.social When the world holds rein pour tu music will get you through
Paul @pauls1969.bsky.social Music - football - darlington football club- gigs - vinyl - books
Niall Huggan @hugan.bsky.social Photographer: Canon M6ii/Fuji x10; Street; New Topographics. Artist. Wanderer. Leòdhasach. Indie/Electronica. Politics. Memorial Device ANT. AuDHD/Aphantasia/SDAM. niallhugganphoto.scot
Caroline Eden @edentravels.bsky.social Writer about places. Red Sands: Reportage & Recipes Through Central Asia, ‘book of the year’ for the Sunday Times, FT and New Yorker. New memoir 'Cold Kitchen' (Bloomsbury) out now www.carolineeden.com
helen bowman @helybow.bsky.social Buildings (mainly post-war) & politics. Insightful musings stolen? Procrastinator. Cornish/living in Edinburgh. Attempting PhD on New Labour and built heritage.
Fiona @fionamorrison.bsky.social ★Music. Art. Tattoos. Books. Care Experienced Adult. Recycled Teenager. MDANT ★
John Glenday @johnglenday.bsky.social Writer. Poetry.
https://www.johnglenday.com
https://www.northseapoets.com
Mister Slang @misterslang.bsky.social Slang Lexicographer.
https://greensdictofslang.com
https://thetimelinesofslang.tumblr.com
https://jonathongreen.substack.com
Bert’s Books @bertsbooks.bsky.social Swindon based independent bookshop, visit us online or in person! bertsbooks.co.uk - or 54 Godwin Court, Swindon, SN1 4BB
Email us on bert@bertsbooks.co.uk 
Clare Downham @downham.bsky.social Medievalist. She/Her. All DMs are blocked (Bluesky ID issue)
Tara Hanks @marina72.bsky.social Author of 2 novels (Wicked Baby and The Mmm Girl), Jeanne Eagels biographer, blogs at The Marilyn Report.
https://linktr.ee/tarahankswriter
Michael Morrell @genuinemichael.bsky.social Opti-mystic writer & futurist; father of two. Author with Richard Rohr of 'The Divine Dance.' Co-founder, Wild Goose Festival . Curator, TheSpeakeasy.info Read my stuff @ MikeMorrell.org/BonusChapter
Daibhidh Mor @solusandearg.bsky.social Scottish immigrant to Canada, based in eastern Ontario.
GJSsmudge51 @gjssmudge51.bsky.social Love art in all its forms and animals 😄😍✌️🌸☕️💙💙💙💙
edgar wallace presents @ew-presents.bsky.social 
Cathie Russell @cathierussell.bsky.social 
Peigi MacKillop @peigibheag.bsky.social Heritage, archaeology, cooking, art, fashion, Gaelic, Berneray. Ex-librarian, ex Oracle admin. I have my books, and my poetry to protect me. 💙 NHS
Patrick McGahon @paadzer.bsky.social Irish gay guy in the East of England 🏳️🌈
In my fifties
EastEnders & Bargain Hunt fan
RIP mum 💔 2022
Worked at Cambridge University & NHS
Awful at responding to DMs
Sober a few years
Not looking for hookups or onlyfans subscriptions
Jacqueline Martin @jacmar.bsky.social Works at reducing health inequalities. Lives to restore equality. Citizen of the world with my heart and soul in Scotland. Asking every day … what in the world is going on?! 💛💙
Project Moonbase @projectmoonbase.com Project Moonbase - The Historic Sound of the Future | Unusual music show I
Podcast | Space cult. DJ Bongoboy & MC Zirconium
The Multiverse, Edinburgh
https://www.projectmoonbase.com/archives/9654
Muriel MacKenzie @murielmm.bsky.social Books, politics, Gaelic, Independence for Scotland.
Rafael @moslin.com On a remote island in the Shetland archipelago at 60° North. Possibly Britain's most Northerly Bluesky account?! (© All photographs)
Michelle Trani @signoratrani.bsky.social 'Better three hours too soon, than a minute too late'
Avid reader: lover of history; gardener, cat slave, animal friendly. Love to travel, am interested in just about everything. No DMs please
🏴 Lord Goulding of Penylan @gouldina.bsky.social Cyclist, guitarist, programmer, bon-viveur. 🏴
Julia Barrell @juliabarrell.bsky.social Environment, gigs, camping, politics
Gavin Laird @gavinlaird.bsky.social I like looking at the sea most. I play the guitar and ponder home recording software like an ape with a monolith. You can tell I have CFS by the deep indentations in my favourite chairs.
@nickyrvs.bsky.social @nickyrvs.bsky.social Apologies: I’m not online much
Rob Palk @robpalk.bsky.social I write novels.
https://www.saltpublishing.com/products/the-crowd-pleaser-9781784634148?srsltid=AfmBOorCYZJ6lmoKe-phK0MiJM31iJceQf9neNV_Wc8uXeFHiVbQj0tB
Moireibh na Chreig @muuuz.bsky.social Contemporary Literature and Culture
Green Parties
Speaking: Scots, EN, FR
Learning: Gaelic, Mandarin, NL, ES
Plants, Planet, Animals, Arts
🌈💚
I block slop
Rejoin
Free Scotland
Growth is omnicide
@billiamblackstock.bsky.social @billiamblackstock.bsky.social 
Lucy Fishwife 🥐 @lucyfishwife.bsky.social London. Book-related (sells, reads, hoards, writes). Macaroni cheese. Trans rights are human rights. Fix your hearts or die. Redhaired stepchild. Proud slop despiser. Punch up.
https://www.moonflowerbooks.co.uk/news
https://www.thebksagency.com/lucyfisher
Sacred Parasite @sacredparasite.bsky.social Publisher
Books Made in Berlin since 2023
www.sacredparasite.com
Alice Manning @alicemanning.bsky.social ✨✨Scotland via Bradford✨✨
Duncan Castles @duncancastles.bsky.social Football journalist •Sunday Times •Daily Record •Insta @duncan.castles •Twitter @DuncanCastles •The Transfers Podcast https://apple.co/3XQNQOv https://bsky.app/profile/transferscast.bsky.social
Dr Cath Feely @cathfeely.bsky.social Cultural historian of modern Britain. Senior Lecturer at the University of Derby and Councillor of the Royal Historical Society. All views my own.
Dr Emily Elizabeth Hoyle @emilyehoyle.substack.com Researcher and writer
Specialised in Gender Studies and Tech Bros
Interests: cultural imaginaries, transhumanism, feminist technoscience, longevity, sociology of futures 🌌
Chris McCorkindale @chrismccork.bsky.social Public law @ Strathclyde Law School.
https://www.strath.ac.uk/staff/mccorkindalechristopherdr/
Mark Doyle @markdoyle.bsky.social Historian & writer. Britain, Ireland, empire, music. Latest book is on John Cale's Paris 1919 for 33 1/3. Next: histories of African people/music in Ireland. “Pipe-sucking radical” --Mail on Sunday. Views here are my own: my employer has no views.
commamonger 😷 (analogue writing assistant) @commamonger.bsky.social Scottish and sweary and not even sorry. Taking an eternity to write a book. You can stick your ai up your airse.
Also run @theskylark.bsky.social
Debbie Northway 🇦🇺🦘🐨 @debbienorthway.bsky.social Retired bookseller, librarian, teacher. Writes sometimes. Owner of an Australian Shepherd. Living proof we don’t become more conservative as we age. Rural living, Queensland, Australia. Yuggera-Ugarapul country
On the Breast Cancer Journey
Kyle Walker @kjmwalker.bsky.social The drinking person's Gosling (actor, not bird). Former Scottish Highlands arts journo, current sick boy (medically, not Trainspotting-ly). Suits the eye patch, actually.