Liari @liari.bsky.social Crossword setter - as Liari (The Independent, Unch); Apus (Times QC); Pavo (Guardian); Potoroo (w/ Umpire, Telegraph Toughie); Myself (Telegraph, Bonmo and elsewhere).
One of the Unch Bunch.
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Liz Anderson @lizanderson.bsky.social Licensed Thames Mudlark. Up To My Eyes In Silt. NB: It is illegal to search the tidal Thames Foreshore, for any reason, without a valid permit from the Port of London Authority.
Instagram: @lizanderson2
Blog: A Mudlark’s Diary https://amudlarksdiary.com/
Jimmy @stink67.bsky.social Music, film, humor & everything tubular. Purveyor of fine Trash.
Stop supporting Elon and blow up your Teslas, you hypocrites.
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Jonathan Liew @jonathanliew.bsky.social 100% pure nuance.
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Kennington Observer @kennintonrunoff.bsky.social We are a famously wonderful blog about all things in Greater Kennington, encompassing Kennington, Vauxhall, Oval, Elephant and Castle and Walworth.
Ken Cheng @kenchengceo.bsky.social CEO, the biggest brain on LinkedIn
Contestant on ITV's #GeniusGame
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Yard Act @yardact.bsky.social 
Steve Mannion @ghostfoodpro.bsky.social Designer, Developer and devoted Playlister (90% music posts tbh)
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statjam.org
freakytrigger.co.uk
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Carole Cadwalladr @carolecadwalla.bsky.social Investigative journalist. Ex-Guardian/Observer. Now co-founder brand new all-women journalist collective, www.thenerve.news. Tech justice stuff: www.the-citizens.com. Personal newsletter: www.broligarchy.substack.com
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Adam Rutherford @adamrutherford.bsky.social I had a marvellous time ruining everything.
Professor of Genetics @UCL, Public Humanities Fellow @SAS. Ex-President of @Humanists_UK Genetics, race, eugenics, books, cricket, +–=÷×
@kbjmanagement
adamrutherford.com
Josh Wardle @josh.powerlanguage.co.uk I created Place and The Button @reddit. And more recently Wordle.
www.powerlanguage.co.uk
Michael Rosen @michaelrosenyes.bsky.social Writer, performer, broadcaster, university professor
Website: www.michaelrosen.co.uk
YouTube Channel: 'Kids' Poems and Stories with Michael Rosen'
Radio show: BBC Radio 4 'Word of Mouth'
Goldsmiths University of London, Prof Children's Lit., teaching MA
Parseword @parseword.com A daily cryptic crossword game - www.parseword.com
Emma Monk @monkemma.bsky.social Molecular Biologist. Debunker of myths. Proud European. 🇩🇰🇪🇺🇬🇧
www.emmamonk.co.uk
https://monkdebunks.substack.com
www.linkedin.com/in/emma-monk-780686190
https://medium.com/@info_28174
Michael Avery @mikeyavery.bsky.social First class English cousin in Stockport, dogs, beer, all the quality sports.
Dr. Peter Paul Rubens @peterpaulrubens.bsky.social All-around genius working for peace, beauty, and intelligent thought.
IRL: professor of art history. Occasionally write things about Rubens. Also Dutch art, the Bruegel family, and Elizabethan visual culture.
Reader of many novels. DC & Amsterdam.
Lewis Baston @lewisbaston.bsky.social Author of ‘Borderlines’ (Hodder, 2024) and previously Reggie Maudling, John Major. Psephologist, cat ‘owner’, flâneur. Against cruelty, which used to be a consensus position. https://www.hodder.co.uk/titles/lewis-baston/borderlines/9781399723763/
Michael Stevens @vsauce.bsky.social 
LiberalDespot @druidic.org Likes Photography, Italy, Whisky, The Magnetic Fields, Autonomy, Glasgow, &c
Je voudrais, et ce sera le dernier et le plus ardent de mes souhaits, je voudrais que le dernier des rois fût étranglé avec les boyaux du dernier prêtre.
Glasgow, Yr Hen Ogledd
Kumail Nanjiani @kumail.bsky.social My new special Night Thoughts is out NOW on Hulu.
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Mark Diacono @markdiacono.bsky.social Award winning writer but doesn't like to mention it. Photographer, walker, substacker
Peter Gabriel @itspetergabriel.bsky.social 'Looking For The Happy' is out now.
Geoff @geoffdeburca.bsky.social 
Stuart Houghton @stuarthoughton.bsky.social Writer. Geek. Mononippled gadabout.
I made SWEARDLE http://sweardle.glitch.me You're welcome.
Listen to or read the play what I wrote http://erislabs.net/stu/nigel/
I am hagbardsapple on B3ta.
Second Mentions @secondmentions.com The Little Book of Second Mentions, out now https://amzn.to/43oYehw | secondmentions.com | secondmentions@gmail.com
Angry People in Local Newspapers @apiln.bsky.social Angry People in Local Newspapers - Weird news - Bizarre headlines - Wild animals and ghosts which are actually cats - Bonkers billboards. Regret to report that people are still taking this account seriously. Avatar image by @tpneenan.bsky.social.
Michael Cragg @mcragg.bsky.social Journalist. Author (Reach For The Stars). Tall person. My book about Kylie is out in September 2026 via Faber
Ben Ansell @benansell.bsky.social Professor of Comparative Democratic Institutions, Nuffield & University of Oxford, FBA. http://benansell.substack.com. BBC Reith Lecturer 2023. Host BBC Radio 4 Rethink. Columnist for Prospect. Director, Centre for Advanced Social Science Methods (CASSM).
Nick Walker @nickwalker.bsky.social Aw, here it goes…
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
Ian Mundell @mundellian.bsky.social Film and arts writer, journalist, hiding from London in the Low Countries. Romania curious.
Cinema blog: https://mundellian.wordpress.com/
Art blog: https://ianmundell.wordpress.com/
Terrible Maps @terriblemapshq.bsky.social The home of terrible maps with a pinch of humour
terriblemaps@gmail.com
David Bryant @23daves.bsky.social "I don't mean half the things I say/ So just ignore the half that you don't like"
All views expressed are personal, not those of my employer.
Writer of "Everybody's Number 1 to Someone", about NME Indie Chart toppers: https://indienumber1s.blogspot.com
GreenPartyHan @greenpartyhan.bsky.social Green MP for Gorton and Denton
Plumber, runner, multiple greyhounds 🏃🏼♀️🔧🐾
STP Guy @stpguy3.bsky.social Reviewing the UK's Sticky Toffee Puddings
70k on Instagram (with full review backlog)
90k on Tiktok
Joanne Harris @joannechocolat.bsky.social Writer. Yes, that one.
(she/they)
Toilets With Threatening Auras @scarytoilet.bsky.social oh no scary toilet
Reposting from the original account.
Michael Hogan @michaelhogan100.bsky.social Writer/author/editor/dad/doofus. Fan of cricket, ITFC, telly, tunes, old tut. Literary agent @julietpickering.bsky.social. My debut novel is out now. Order links: https://www.penguin.co.uk/books/469431/the-dogwalkers-detective-agency-by-hogan-michael/9781
Simon @hungryhatter.bsky.social I was born at a very early age and now I'm here. Some things happened in between, but they're probably not important.
Dr Bendor Grosvenor FRHistS @bendorgrosvenor.bsky.social Art historian. New book The Invention of British Art, out now.
UK Prime Minister, Some Say Sinister @joemuggs.bsky.social
JOEMUGGS.UK
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Like Icarus ascending on beautiful foolish arms
I have bad dreams and I poop a lot.
#MDANT
bassmidstopsandtherest.substack.com
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etc
Jemaine Clement @jemaineclement.bsky.social 
Simon Pegg @simonpegg.bsky.social Same name, not *that* one though. 49, Movie lover, lives in the East. (UK) Rarely manages a serious post on any social media platform.
'Drinking Chololate Enthusiast' - Not my words, but the words of Hotel Chocolat
Jeff Overs @jeffovers.bsky.social Stills photographer @BBCNews, on duty and off
M@ @mattfromlondon.bsky.social London explorer. Chief pilot of Londonist: Time Machine, a Substack about London History. Follow for lots of geeky observations about London.
Tinfoil Matt @tinfoil-matt.bsky.social The brain worm infestation caused by living next to Telegraph opinions every day
Greg Jenner (Historian) @gregjenner.bsky.social ~Public Historian 📜🤓
~Host & creator BBC YOU’RE DEAD TO ME podcast😆🧐🎙️📻📜🏛️
~ Author of 8 funny books for kids & adults ✍️📚
~ BBC HORRIBLE HISTORIES (2008-19)
📺🤣
~Hon. Dr & Fellow, University of York IPUP 🧑🎓
~Spurs fan #COYS ⚽️
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Ewan Pearson @ewanpearson.bsky.social Producer, Mixer, Remixer
linktr.ee/ewanpearson
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Andrew R @excelpope.net Shortly to be replaced by Microsoft Co-pilot
Justin Chang @justincchang.bsky.social Film Critic, The New Yorker and NPR’s Fresh Air | 2024 Pulitzer Prize for Criticism | Chair, National Society of Film Critics | Programmer, New York Film Festival
Radosław Sikorski @radek-sikorski.bsky.social Minister Spraw Zagranicznych 🇵🇱🇪🇺
Lev Parikian @levparikian.bsky.social Words, birds, music. Usual nonsense. South London. linktr.ee/levparikian
Odd This Day @oddthisday.bsky.social Chris Coates, purveyor of niche drivel: https://substack.com/@oddthisday
Dan Neidle @danneidle.bsky.social Founder of Tax Policy Associates Ltd. Tax realist. @danneidle on Twitter
Ed Yong @edyong209.bsky.social Writer, journalist. Science, health. Pandemics, animals. Birder, photographer. Many words, some awards. AN IMMENSE WORLD, I CONTAIN MULTITUDES. Married to Liz Neeley, parent to Typo. he/him
📷 Canon R6mkii + RF 800mm
Edyong.me
Garry Kasparov @garrykasparov.bsky.social Vice-president of the World Liberty Congress. Founder & Chair of the Renew Democracy Initiative. Board of the Human Rights Foundation. Father, activist, author, speaker, 13th World Chess Champion.
Channel 4 News @channel4news.bsky.social Stories that reveal and inspire, challenging expectations.
Weekdays 7-8pm on Channel 4.
Got a story? C4Nstories@itn.co.uk
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Londonopia @londonopia.bsky.social Celebrating London. News and history. #London
londonopia.co.uk
Saint Etienne Disco @stetiennedisco.bsky.social Discography and news page for UK band Saint Etienne Since 2002
SaintEtienneDisco.com
Saint Etienne @bobpetesarah.bsky.social Pop group. New album The Night out now. 
Saint Hoax @sainthoax.bsky.social 
CineCalendar @cinecalendar.bsky.social When you absolutely, positively got to know every "On This Day" in movie history, accept no substitutes.
10+ years & 50,000 followers on Twitter, making a new home for ourselves here. (formerly Dates in Movies)
Mehdi Hasan @mehdirhasan.bsky.social Editor and CEO, Zeteo
Author, ‘Win Every Argument’
British-American
Luke Turner @luketurner.bsky.social Author: Men at War - Loving, Lusting, Fighting, Remembering 1939-1945 on British masculinity, sexuality & the cultural memory of WWII on W&N Books/Orion. First 📖 Out of the Woods, 2019. Co-founder: The Quietus. My stuff: https://linktr.ee/luketurner ⚒️🏳️🌈
Simon Mayo @simonmayo.bsky.social Nil desperandum
🇨🇦🇺🇦🇬🇱🇩🇰🇬🇧
Sophie Ellis-Bextor @handle.invalid Automated posts about new music and videos from Sophie Ellis-Bextor
🌉 bridged from ⁂ https://music-social.com/@sophieellisbextor, follow @ap.brid.gy to interact
The Author, Séamas O'Reilly @seamas.bsky.social Author, very professional.
Buy my debut novel PRESTIGE DRAMA at https://geni.us/Prestige_Drama.
Get my extremely good memoir at www.mammybook.com
Harry Davies @harryfoxdavies.bsky.social Investigations correspondent @theguardian.com
(harry.davies@theguardian.com or hd.gnm@proton.me) theguardian.com/tips
theguardian.com/profile/harry-davies
Jessica Elgot @jessicaelgot.bsky.social I'm the Guardian's deputy political editor in Westminster.
Story? Email - jessica.elgot@theguardian.com
Signal - jessicaelgot.51
Always #lufc
https://www.theguardian.com/profile/jessica-elgot
Brendan May @brendanmay.bsky.social Entrepreneur, investor, board member & advisor on communications, sustainability & geopolitics to firms across the world. Pragmatist.
Found mainly in London & SE Asia.
Anne Billson @annebillson.bsky.social Auteur en filmcriticus, screenwriter, vertaler, fotograaf, evil feminist, wicked spinster, international cat-sitter. Likes frites, beer & chocolade. The Low Countries.
Dezeen @dezeen.com The world's most influential architecture, design and interiors magazine.
www.dezeen.com
Matt Jones @maffrj.bsky.social I ken a shallow bay
Ned Raggett @nedraggett.bsky.social Hi! I write about music at various spots (@thequietus.com, @thewiremagazine.bsky.social, Shfl and my Patreon, also in the past @allmusic.com, @pitchfork.com, @bandcamp.com etc. etc.). Plus podcasting about #Tolkien with friends at @bythebywater.bsky.social
Katie Mack @astrokatie.com Cosmologist, pilot, author, connoisseur of cosmic catastrophes. TEDFellow, CIFAR Azrieli Global Scholar. Domain verified through my personal astrokatie.com website. She/her. Dr.
Personal account; not speaking for employer or anyone else.
Felix van der Goot @guidodumez.bsky.social It was dark as i drove the point home
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
Paper Cuts @papercutsshow.bsky.social We read the papers so you don't have to
Every Monday and Friday 📆
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Dorian Lynskey @dorianlynskey.bsky.social Journalist, podcaster (Origin Story) and author (33 Revolutions Per Minute, The Ministry of Truth, Everything Must Go, Origin Story books). Anti-doomer despite everything. www.dorianlynskey.com
Jenny Colgan @jennycolgan.bsky.social Writeroonie
Kermode and Mayo's Take @kermodeandmayo.bsky.social Join Mark Kermode and Simon Mayo for your essential film and premium TV reviews, interviews and conversation 🍿
Chris Packham @chrisgpackham.bsky.social Broadcaster & environmental campaigner
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Susie Dent @susiedentwords.bsky.social Always in the Corner
Unseen History @unseenhistory.bsky.social Sharing real moments from history, both famous and forgotten. Posting daily here since I left Twitter.
Marcus Brigstocke @marcusbrig.bsky.social An absolute thundering great berk.
Ben Goldacre @bengoldacre.bsky.social Prof of EBM @UniOxford, author, Bad Science person, more... I run http://bennett.ox.ac.uk making tools+papers from data http://OpenSAFELY.org http://OpenPrescribing.net
Jim Al-Khalili @jimalkhalili.bsky.social Jim Al-Khalili CBE FRS. Academic, author, broadcaster. Distinguished Emeritus Professor of Physics @UniofSurrey,
https://jimal-khalili.com
https://www.youtube.com/@UnbaffledScience
Mark Kermode @kermodemovie.bsky.social LAST aisle seat on the left.
Emphasis on the FIRST syllable.
Damien A. Passmore @damien-a-p.bsky.social Singer. Guitarist. Actor. Director. Failed TV scriptwriter. One-time trainee pro-wrestler. Copywriter/marketeer by trade. Geek by choice. Opinions my own. Onions someone else's.
Simon Price @simonprice.bsky.social Biographer of The Cure & Manic Street Preachers
Music critic, ex-Independent/Melody Maker.
Podcaster with Chart Music
History Of Pop lecturer.
DJ at Spellbound
He/Him.
Welsh.
https://linktr.ee/simonprice
Mark Watson @watsoncomedian.bsky.social One of the Daily Telegraph 50 Funniest Comedians of the 21st Century (49th). Also an author. And producer. And a whole life away from work if you can imagine.
Jack Bernhardt @jackbern.bsky.social Informative and sexy at the same time!
Writes for Horrible Histories, Dogs In Space, Amazing World of Gumball; also talks a lot on podcasts (Taskmaster The People's Podcast, Football Book Club)
he/him
Musa Okwonga @okwonga.bsky.social Author, musician. Co-founder and co-host of the Stadio football podcast. musaokwonga.com
Joan Cornellà @sirjoancornella.bsky.social www.joancornella.net
Jason Okundaye @jaseokundaye.bsky.social Writer at the Guardian and assistant opinion editor
Londonist: Time Machine @londonist.com A playful look at London's history from Londonist.