Viz Comic @vizcomic.bsky.social Our readers have understood the concept of Buyer's Remorse since 1979.
Buy the Profanisaurus or Subscribe here: https://lnk.bio/vizcomicofficial
Gary Male @gjmale.bsky.social Artist, dog-lover and avid reader. Or something. I teach maths
@heroncrosswords.bsky.social @heroncrosswords.bsky.social Cryptic crossword setter: back page Daily Telegraph, Heron (Times Quick), Turnstone (Guardian).
Jonesy Cartoons @jonesycartoons3.bsky.social Cartoonist, illustrator. Private Eye, The Guardian, New Statesman, Prospect Magazine, Air Mail, American Bystander, Harvard Business Review, Weekly Humorist and others...
Count Binface @countbinface.bsky.social Space politician. ‘’Face of the Establishment’. Sane.
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
Glen O'Hara @gsoh31.bsky.social Historian. Writer.
Punch Cartoons @punchbooks.bsky.social From the archives of the greatest humour magazine of them all! Cartoons, caricatures, social & political history, artists, writers, @PontWorld & satire today.
Emily M. Bender @emilymbender.bsky.social Book: https://thecon.ai
Web: https://faculty.washington.edu/ebender
Rob Watts (RobWords) @robwords.com YouTube word nerd. Host of RobWords and Words Unravelled.
Rory Cellan-Jones @rorycj.bsky.social Technology, Parkinson’s, #sophiefromromania
Henri @henriwords.com I have never disembowelled myself (5)
I start to drum, interrupting Ringo! (3)
I judge, like dad (5)
Crossword setter: Guardian, Inquisitor, Times, Gnomon, henriwords.com and more. Puzzle editor at Unch. Rob Townsend, really
Rachel Cunliffe @rmcunliffe.bsky.social Associate Political Editor @NewStatesman. Devout classicist, "indulgent editrix", at one point the only Ancient Greek teacher in South Korea
Derek Bowman @derekxword.bsky.social Crossword enthusiast, pixie 🧚
RSPB @rspb.bsky.social Filling these blue skies with birds, and saving nature while doing it.
🦅🦆🦉🐦🐤🐧
Our Website: https://brnw.ch/21wQQ1O
Cover photo: Aintright 📷
Ian McMillan @imcmillan.bsky.social I was a New Face of 1984 in Harper’s and Queen magazine
Kent Tayler @taylertoons.bsky.social Cartoonist, family man and nerd.
Buy signed A4 prints here, you lovely people: https://www.etsy.com/uk/shop/Taylertoons?ref=seller-platform-mcnav
Moorfields Eye Hospital NHS @moorfields.bsky.social Moorfields Eye Hospital NHS Foundation Trust is a world-class centre of excellence for eye health services, research, and education.
Buseum @buseum.bsky.social
Charles Firth @charlesfirth.bsky.social Optics, Wankernomics, The Chaser
Banx @banxtoons.bsky.social Cartoonist for Financial Times, Private Eye, Spectator, New Yorker. Lost a tooth on a hovercraft
Paintings of London @paintingsoflondon.bsky.social London depicted by artists past and present.
“By seeing London, I have seen as much of life as the world can show.” Samuel Johnson.
Curated by @jamadden.bsky.social
https://linktr.ee/paintingsoflondon
Coot @coot.bsky.social Cryptic crossword setter in the Independent, the Times, the Times Quick Cryptic (as Loon), Unch magazine and on MyCrossword
PeterMF @petermoorefuller.bsky.social Crosswords - Chopin (mycrossword), Bard (Independent), Playfair (Economist) & Glyph (Guardian)
Scicomm (infohackit)
Music (peteplays12)
Panthera @pantherapuzzles.bsky.social Fiend in feline shape. Mostly cryptics, sometimes other puzzles. Still not panthchesh. they/he hella gay 🏳️🌈
Wocco @wocco.bsky.social He/Him
Not into NFTs
Stick your AI up your arse.
UCU University of Greenwich @ucugreenwich.bsky.social University of Greenwich UCU Branch. Supporting educators and staff members at the University of Greenwich. UCU is the largest post-16 education union in the world. Go to https://greenwich.web.ucu.org.uk/ for details on how to join UCU and get involved!
Private Eye Magazine @privateeyenews.bsky.social Britain's best-selling news and current affairs magazine with a unique mix of jokes and investigative journalism.
Website: https://private-eye.co.uk
Subscribe: http://subsonline.co.uk
Chris Williams (dink) @chriswilliams-dink.bsky.social Award winning (no honest) Cartoonist. Also an Illustrator, Designer... depending on what day it is.
Recently emigrated from Liverpool to Edinburgh.
https://linktr.ee/dinktoons
BainesDraws @bainesdraws.bsky.social Rob Baines, retaining his sanity by putting his weirdest thoughts onto paper (well pixels)
https://www.etsy.com/uk/shop/BainesCartoons?ref=seller-platform-mcnav
Pete Songi @songicartoons.bsky.social I'm a political cartoonist in London. Published in The Daily Mirror, Guardian, The Critic ,Private Eye, & the Morning Star. A proud member of the PCO and BCA. I'm the editor of The New Cartoonist.
Unch Crosswords @unchcrosswords.com "The clued-up crossword magazine"
Issue 4 available to order now! unchcrosswords.com/#shop
Sign up for updates - unchcrosswords.com
Anna Bod @annabod.bsky.social sea swimmer, psychologist, poet, reader, writer, parent and many other things.
Psychological publications under Anna Bodicoat
Poetry zine: Echoes of You
https://annabodpoetry.bigcartel.com
Sightsavers @sightsavers.bsky.social
Larry the Cat @number10cat.bsky.social Chief Mouser to the Cabinet Office. 17 year old tabby. Living with my seventh Prime Minister. Unofficial.
https://www.buymeacoffee.com/Number10cat
Tina Hagger @haggytea.bsky.social Printmaker, Artist & Human perpetually seeking wonder | Organiser of For the Love of Print | Printmaking Tutor | Commissions |
Shop etc at haggytea.com
Liari @liari.bsky.social Crossword setter - as Liari (The Independent, Unch); Apus (Times QC); Potoroo (Telegraph Toughie); Pavo (Guardian); Myself (Telegraph, Bonmo and elsewhere).
Unch magazine editorial team.
Super-duper Independent crossword setter? (5)
Off-Grid @offgridpod.offgrid.tlmb.net.ap.brid.gy ActivityPub profile of Off-Grid, the not-really-about-crosswords podcast. "A show that is almost entirely digressions from its notional subject." - The […]
🌉 bridged from https://offgrid.tlmb.net/@offgridpod on the fediverse by https://fed.brid.gy/
CrypticBlah @crypticblah.bsky.social Rubbish German half back (4)
www.mycrossword.co.uk/Blah
Adam Golberg @cash4questions.bsky.social Strategic Research Development Manager (Research Growth) @ University of Nottingham. Occasional Research Professional columnist. Bureaucratic realist. Soft Order Muppet. Runner. Blog at socialscienceresearchfunding.co.uk
Robert Macfarlane @robgmacfarlane.bsky.social Books: Is A River Alive? (May ‘25), 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
Ros Taylor @rostaylor.bsky.social Oh God What Now & More Jam Tomorrow; writer, reviewer (TV & books), editor; author, The Future of Trust (Melville House)
‘The most calming voice in the podcast world’
https://rostaylor.me
https://morejamtomorrow.com
https://rostaylor240051.substack.com
Dennis Duncan @djbduncan.bsky.social Associate Prof @ucl.ac.uk | FRHistS | INDEX, A HISTORY OF THE | NYT, LRB, Guardian, WaPo, TLS | Book history, Oulipo, translation | Rep: Anna Webber/A.M.Heath
Connor Scott-Gardner @connorscottgardner.bsky.social Writer, activist, public speaker. Disability and trans rights. I like to talk about books.
Led By Donkeys @ledbydonkeys.org Art, Activism and Accountability
https://linktr.ee/ledbydonkeys?utm_source=linktree_admin_share
Joseph Long @joseph-long-piano.bsky.social Concert pianist and piano teacher
Dr Amy Kavanagh @blondehistorian.bsky.social Blind activist, Mama, accessibility professional and Londoner. Guided by the Diva Retriever. Sharing my blurry world view
UCL Institute of Ophthalmology @ucleye.bsky.social We deliver cutting-edge research and teaching in ophthalmology and biomedical science. Part of the UCL Faculty of Brain Sciences.
Daily Word @wordsdaily.bsky.social A word a day, to help your mind stay sharp and slay.
QM_UCU @qmucu.bsky.social Local University & College Union branch at Queen Mary University of London. || Account checked only part-time; allow time for responses or reach us via email. https://qmucu.org/
Haggard Hawks @haggardhawks.bsky.social The bird with the words. // Obscure words, etymology & language facts // New book A WINTER DICTIONARY, a collection of obscure words for the festive season, is OUT NOW! // New look website haggardhawks.com launching soon...
Rosaleen O’Brien @drrosaleenobrien.bsky.social Freelance Qualitative & Health Services Research Consultant based in Scotland (former academic Medical Sociologist). Health experiences and evaluating health/ social care interventions & services| Website: https://rosaleenobrienresearch.com
Stephie Steph Jo Bef @stephaniefry.bsky.social Friend , Part time Philosopher, Singer , Poet and I have a “day job”.
Martin Rowson @martinrowson.bsky.social Cartoonist, illustrator, writer, ranter, poet & cook
MarshallNotFunny @marshallcartoon.bsky.social Inkfluencer
Michael Shallcross @michaelshallcross.bsky.social Wrote a book about G.K. Chesterton and literary modernism. Now working in uni admin, but still doing research - see pinned thread for info on my current project, 'Inscribing Pandemonium'. Also posting about music, culture, politics, random nonsense.
Jon Sopel @jonsopel1.bsky.social Host of daily podcast The News Agents. And author of Strangeland. Available at all good bookshops….
Hannah Fearn @hannahfearn.bsky.social Journalist and podcaster. Politics, social affairs and a little bit of Britpop. Once Independent, now independent.
Find me in The i Paper, The New World, Obs, The Lead, Yahoo and on Oh God, What Now? & The Bunker pods
https://muckrack.com/hannah-fearn
Friends of Moorfields Eye Hospital @moorfieldsfriends.bsky.social An independent charity supporting patients and staff at Moorfields Eye Hospital for over 60 years, through our volunteer service, Health Information Hub, and more.
friendsofmoorfields.org.uk
Tom Gauld @tomgauld.bsky.social Cartoonist and Illustrator. My book of science cartoons, PHYSICS FOR CATS, is available now! www.tomgauld.com
Maitlis @maitlis.bsky.social Co host @thenewsagents .
Formerly @bbcNewsnight - interviews with Prince Andrew Donald Trump Bill Clinton Mark Zuckerberg etc etc .
FundraisingJobs.org.uk @fundraisingjobs.bsky.social A friendly place highlighting non-profit job opportunities...
Roystoncartoons @roystoncartoons.bsky.social Royston Robertson, cartoonist, draws for Private Eye, The Spectator, Big Issue etc, plus commissions for businesses, greetings cards, books, live work etc
💬 Direct message or email roystonrobertson@gmail.com for commissions
linktr.ee/roystoncartoons
Jean Rhys @msjeanrhys.bsky.social Daily quotes from the author of Wide Sargasso Sea, Good Morning, Midnight etc. "If I could choose, I would rather be happy than write." Dead since 1979.
Viresh Ratnakar @viresh.bsky.social Cryptic crossword setter "Gussalufz" (The Hindu, The Browser, 1 Across, Object, IXL): https://gussalufz.com.
Open source crossword web apps: https://exolve.app, https://exet.app.
Engineer at (A) Large (Company). Intergalactic Interconnectedness Medium.
The Rasmus @taevakaabits.bsky.social A semiotician/culture-theorist. For the foreseeable future my personal feed is all about Hamlet. Use it as a resource if you're into Shakespeare. I'm going to un-pin items after I've written about them in my personal Hamlet-diary in my native Estonian...
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
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
Susie Dent @susiedentwords.bsky.social Always in the Corner
UCU University of Kent branch @ucukent.bsky.social UCU University of Kent
Fighting for a better Higher Education - staff working conditions are student learning conditions.
https://blogs.kent.ac.uk/ucuuok/
https://www.instagram.com/ucu.kent?igsh=MWRuZnZ5Y3k1ZXlhNQ==
Quiet Riot @quietriotpod.bsky.social More passion. Less shouting.
A Cooler Heads podcast by Naomi Smith @pimlicat.bsky.social, Alex Andreou @sturdyalex.bsky.social, and Kenny Campbell @mrkennycampbell.bsky.social.
Support us on https://ko-fi.com/quietriotpod
https://quietriotpod.com
Rachel Playforth @archelina.bsky.social The toast in the machine. NHS librarian, crossword compiler (Angel), Unch magazine editorial team, poet. Weekly crossword streams on Twitch @ crypticsunday. I like crime fiction, telly and cold water. She/her.
Matt @wyrd.systems 📖 Publishing Unch, a cryptic crossword magazine: unchcrosswords.com
📺 Streaming on Sundays: https://twitch.tv/CrypticSunday
🪑 Sitting on benches
☕️ Drinking coffee
🌍 Lewes, UK
Best for Britain @bestforbritain.org Evidence. Action. Hope.
CEO @pimlicat.bsky.social
Paula Clarke Bain @baindex.org Book indexer, editor, boss at baindex.org | Society of Indexers Chair and Fellow | CIEP APM | Cryptic crossword novice setter Pixie | Stockport, UK
🧚🏻 www.mycrossword.co.uk/Pixie
See also
@indexers.bsky.social
www.indexers.org.uk
#IndexSky
Patrick Kincaid @patrickkincaid.bsky.social Doctor of Shakespeare, Master of Writing. Author of THE CONTINUITY GIRL (“A wistfully entertaining romantic comedy” Jonathan Coe). Workshops for Prisoners for Stratford Literary Festival.
Rob Jacques @knutcrosswords.bsky.social Cryptic crossword compiler for The Indy & The Blizzard (as Knut), The FT (Julius), The Daily Telegraph (Toughies as Hudson), The Times (QC as Bjorn), The Observer (Calypso) and The Guardian (Hat)
Location: Freiburg, Black Forest
Sarah Matthews @sarahmatthews.bsky.social Reader, Braille tutor, interested in assistive tech, publishing and accessible art.
Trying to use this new place while totally blind so please be patient with me and add alt text to your photos
Storygraph: https://app.thestorygraph.com/profile/
RNIB @rnib.bsky.social We’re the Royal National Institute of Blind People.
Profile pic: Our logo, bold black capital letters spelling RNIB, with a bold pink underline.
Lewis Goodall @lewisgoodall.com Journalist, Reporter, Writer, Presenter @ Britain's biggest news podcast The News Agents (Mon-Fri) and Sunday with Lewis Goodall on LBC 10-12.
Website: lewisgoodall.com
Email: lewis.goodall@global.com
Substack: https://goodallandgoodluck.substack.com
Andrew Leland @quailty.bsky.social Signal: andrewleland.99
Email: aleland@fastmail.com
Writing about disability, language, technology, art, culture, ladybugs in sweatpants, etc
Low vision, long covid, bad faith, good times
https://www.andrewleland.org
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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Amy @click2carney.bsky.social Digital accessibility specialist. #a11y Freelance web developer & consultant. Mom. Visually-impaired. Climate concerned. Librarian in an earlier life. #AlaskaSky
A Way with Words @waywordradio.org Public radio's lively language show! On-air in US, free podcast worldwide. https://waywordradio.org words@waywordradio.org. Toll-free US/Canada 24/7 1-877-929-9673 or https://wa.me/16198004443 #linguistics #etymology #podcast #books #language
Lynne Murphy @lynneguist.bsky.social US linguist in UK. University of Sussex.
Newsletter: https://substack.com/@lynneguist
Blog: http://separatedbyacommonlanguage.blogspot.com
Linktree: https://linktr.ee/lynneguist
Ian Dunt @iandunt.bsky.social Journalist. Author. Podcaster. Liberal extremist.
I’m Dave Williams. You’re probably not @skirwingle.bsky.social Walking under the career ladder. Crossword clues, limericks, bad jokes, ambigrams, logos, fonts, passable cartoons.