Peter Mandler @petermandler.bsky.social Historian. Fellow, Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge.
Chris Addison @mrchrisaddison.bsky.social Spy. Dammit! Ex-spy.
Not in the Epstein Files, but in Alan Bennett's Diaries
Is it about work? Please contact: Rob Aslett roba@avalonuk.com
Avi pic by Clara Wolden. Background pic designed by Gentleman Jim Gloster.
This account mutes killjoys.
Jonathan Simons @jonathansimons.bsky.social Partner, Public First and Head of Education Practice. Education strategy + policy advisory. Former civil servant + think tanker. Occasional loud LFC. Centrist Dad, so naturally I also have a Substack.
Will Cooling @willcooling.bsky.social Writes & Hosts the It Could Be Said substack & podcast; https://itcouldbesaid.substack.com/
Has contributed to a variety of outlets on politics, sport or pop culture
Contact email is w.cooling[at]gmail.com
All opinions his own & not of any employer
Tony Vaughan KC MP @tonyvaughanmp.bsky.social Proud to be the Labour MP for Folkestone, Hythe and Romney Marsh.
Follow me on Instagram @tonyvaughanmp
Adam Wagner KC @adamwagner1.bsky.social Barrister specialising in human rights, public law and public inquiries. Views my own https://www.doughtystreet.co.uk/barristers/adam-wagner
Alex @m-ttpa.bsky.social 
Polly Smythe @pollysmythe.bsky.social Reporter @londoncentric.media | stories and tips to polly@londoncentric.media | signal: pollysmythe.92
Rebecca Montacute @beckymontacute.bsky.social Research Director at cross-party think tank @smfthinktank.bsky.social, prev @suttontrust.bsky.social. Expert on educational inequality/social mobility.
Trustee @inquest-org.bsky.social. MH campaigner in memory of mum. Views own. linktr.ee/beckymontacute
Ben Wealthy @benwealthy.bsky.social Acting Director and Head of Policy and Public Affairs, World Wellbeing Movement.
Chair, Harrow Cycle Hub.
The back catalogue -
https://www.linkedin.com/in/ben-wealthy-73927449/
Teakei @teakei.bsky.social I'm literally just some guy.
Iain Mansfield @igmansfield.bsky.social Current affairs, politics, education and miscellany. All views my own.
Substack at edrith.co.uk 
Nick Gray @path-dependent.bsky.social Political economy & place‑based policy
Fellow of things at Teesside University
That's not Teesside in the banner photo
https://research.tees.ac.uk/en/persons/nicholas-gray
@annasophiegross.bsky.social @annasophiegross.bsky.social 
Emanuele Midolo - The Times @manumidolo.bsky.social Investigations @thetimes. Author: Murder in Cairo.
Nominated British Journalism Awards 2024, 2017. Media Freedom Awards 2024. BSME Best Print Writer 2019, 2018.
Story? 📧 emanuele.midolo@the-times.co.uk
https://timesbookshop.co.uk/murder-in-cairo-978178
Aaron H. Ellis @aaronhughellis.bsky.social https://threehostages.substack.com/
Alan Rusbridger @arusbridger.bsky.social EX Editor, the Guardian/ prospect magazine. The New World. ARusbridger.com/ Speaking: karen@chartwellspeakers.com.
Altreik @altreik.bsky.social A very social democrat
Hannah Dawson @fairlysadpanda.bsky.social Senior Backend Engineer at a company formerly called CCP Games London. Games developer and artist. Liberal Democrat, former agent of said party.
I use she/her pronouns, and I hope you have a lovely day.
Cat Neilan @catneilan.bsky.social Whitehall Editor for the Observer & chief investigative reporter for BBC R4's The Naked Week. Politics, investigations and taramasalata
Globe Emoji Žižek Capital @cesigno.bsky.social one of the london borough of lambeth's middlemost public intellectuals.
@aspirationalbob.bsky.social @aspirationalbob.bsky.social I'll come up with something later
Bob Melling @bobmelling.bsky.social Low Salience, Huddersfield
Proverbs 7:7
Tom Railton @tomrailton.bsky.social Head of Comms and Politics at Prospect union. Mainly politics and Newcastle United on here.
Rachel Holliday Smith @rachelholliday.bsky.social managing editor at The City Reporter (@thecity.nyc) • news if I must, local joy where I can find it • bird enjoyer • tell me something good: rsmith@thecityreporter.nyc // @rachelholliday.77 on Signal
📍 queens / fun hell
Henry Dyer @direthoughts.com Investigations Correspondent, The Guardian | Tips: henry.dyer@theguardian.com/henrydyer.01 (Signal) | Interested in Politics/Media/🚂/CofE
https://www.theguardian.com/profile/henry-dyer
http://direthoughts.com
Pawel Swidlicki @pswidlicki.bsky.social Probably the only Wisła Kraków fan on bluesky.
Hugo Rifkind @hugorifkind.bsky.social Writing in The Times Thursday and Saturday, talking on Times Radio Monday-Thursday. Also, other things. Latest novel, Rabbits, found here: https://amzn.eu/d/hUQTsSW
John @johnlk.bsky.social @johnlk_80 on twitter. Comics, history, politics and such.
David Beech @davidbeech.bsky.social Yorkshire based. Interested in politics.
John Payne @johngpayne.bsky.social Game developer, currently working for a Big Tech Company doing stuff. Interested in UK politics with a generally liberal / moderate leftish outlook. Also keeping an eye on the Rust language for game development one day.
Alexander Clarkson @aphclarkson.bsky.social Senior Lecturer for European Politics and History at King's College London. Opinions my own. RT not always endorsement.
Also to be found at @APHClarkson
https://www.ullstein.de/werke/die-macht-der-diaspora/hardcover/978354910
Employment Law & Settlement Agreement Solicitors @employmentlaw77.bsky.social www.theemploymentlawsolicitors.co.uk
We provide the full range of employment law and settlement agreement services on behalf of both employers and employees
Polly Mackenzie @pollymackenzie.bsky.social Co-founder and CEO, Zinc Innovation Partners - helping turn science into real-world change. Fomerly Demos, UAL, MMHPI, No10. Adviser at Future Governance Forum, Family Business UK, Door10 Recruitment. Writes at https://howtorunacountry.substack.com/
Pete Apps @peteapps.bsky.social Inside Housing + freelance elsewhere. Author of Orwell Prize winning Show Me The Bodies - How We Let Grenfell Happen. https://peteapps.substack.com
Neil Atkinson @knoxharrington.bsky.social Turns meetings into pints and pints into meetings. Host of The Anfield Wrap and occasional writer of things. Author of Transformer for the good people at Canongate.
Sam @spinebusterkeaton.bsky.social I enjoy all the meats of our cultural stew.
London-based. Film, television, games, politics, Charlton Athletic Football Club.
He/him.
Colm O'Cinneide @colmocinneide.bsky.social Professor of Constitutional and Human Rights Law, UCL. Irishman in London (and sometimes Brussels).
Seán MacGabhann @seanmacgabhann.bsky.social Immigrant. And proud of it
Armando Martino @bouncymandy.bsky.social Professor of Maths at Southampton University. Geek, somewhat Italian. Opinions are my own.
Paul Bernal @paulbernal.bsky.social Professor of IT Law at UEA Law School. Geek. Privacy, Politics. Wolves. Irish and British. Not always polite. Expect herons.
Alex Thomas @alexgathomas.bsky.social Executive Director, Institute for Government. Ex-Cabinet Office, Defra, Dept of Health. Interested in all things good government
Rick Burin @rickburin.bsky.social I write stuff (i Paper, Empire, Sight & Sound, Guardian, Line of Best Fit, Indicator Blu-ray). I like old movies, old books, old buildings and new music. Rep’d by The North Literary Agency.
John Self @john-self.bsky.social Book jockey
Matthew Hamlyn @matthewhamlyn.bsky.social Ex-House of Commons official. Parliament, project delivery, heritage buildings, urban green spaces, food, travel, cats. Trustee at The Woodfield Project: www.thewoodfield.org Chair, Tooting Commons Management Advisory Committee tootingcommons.wordpress
Sam Leith @questingvole.bsky.social @spectator lit ed. “Clock-white, still friendly to the earth.” https://bit.ly/TheHauntedWood
Sean Wilken KC @swilkenkc.bsky.social KC, mediator and arbitrator specialising in international, commercial, construction and energy law. GB FIS rep. May post about international law, politics and various security issues. Also skis, climbs, dives, fences, reads & writes the odd book.
Mary Aspinall-Miles @mambarlife.bsky.social Running from the Law 
Familoo (Lucy Reed) @familoo.pinktape.co.uk Family barrister
Author @nofamilylawyer
VC @familylawbar.flba.co.uk,
trustee @seethrujustice.transparencyproject.org.uk,
Crocheter of unneeded thneeds
“Not really a wine drinker…”
www.pinktape.co.uk
Dinah Rose KC @dinahrose.bsky.social President of Magdalen College, Oxford. Barrister. Speaking only for myself.
Alexander Horne @legalmusings.bsky.social Barrister. Commentator. Visiting Prof @ Durham University. Former parliamentary lawyer & special adviser UK Parliament (JCHR, EU, Women & Equalities; International Agreements). Musings on law, politics & restaurants . Personal views.
🇬🇧🇧🇪🇮🇱
📍LDN/BX
Legal Bizzle @legalbizzle.bsky.social 
Nearly Legal @nearlylegal.co.uk Solicitor. Done housing law since 2006. The Guardian says top 5 for squalor. Legal Aid Housing Lawyer of 2018. Co-author of Homes (Fitness for Human Habitation) Act 2018. ‘Not an academic authority’ - Judge Carr. https://nearlylegal.co.uk
Ishan Kolhatkar @ishankolhatkar.com Website: ishankolhatkar.com
Global Evangelist in the Ed Tech Industry
Cooks a bit
Former Academic. FHEA
Former Barrister.
Pun positive / Pun forward
Dad to 9 & 18
Adam Creme @adamcreme.bsky.social Ex Director of Legal at UNISON. Mancunian in London. Tries to be lighthearted on social media. Often fails. Dad of twins. Hates antisemitism. Hates islamaphobia. Hates racism. Not a member of 10cc but related to someone who was.
The Secret Barrister @barristersecret.bsky.social Wears a black cape and fights crime. Not Batman.
Sunday Times No.1 Bestselling author•The Secret Barrister•#FakeLaw•Nothing But The Truth•
Also writes thrillers. The Cut Throat Trial out now at all good bookshops.
Kill All The Lawyers coming July 2027…
Black Belt Barrister @blackbeltbarrister.bsky.social The original Black Belt Barrister.
Called to the Bar in 2002 and currently practicing in England & Wales. Also a practicing Black Belt, 4th Degree, in Taekwondo, registered with the British Taekwondo Council.
Specialises in all fixed costs.
Michelle Heeley KC @brummybar.bsky.social Head of No 5 Chambers. Leader of the Midland Circuit 2021-24, Criminal Silk, wife, mother to two boys, and chief tummy tickler to our dog Clemmie
James Turner KC @jamesturnerkc.bsky.social Lawyer & pedant (1 King’s Bench Walk)
Schona Jolly KC @womaninhavana.bsky.social All sorts of reluctance. From there to here. Barrister. Writer. Flâneuse.
Law. Human rights. International affairs. Opinions mine. 
Sonia Nolten KC @sonianoltenkc.bsky.social Barrister; Bencher of the Inner Temple; also UK Labour Party 🌹, houserabbits, North London, East Anglia (not invariably in that order). 
Jonathan Easton KC @jonnye47.bsky.social Dad.
Husband.
Dog wrangler.
Planning Silk at Kings Chambers.
Occasional punster.
Living with bowel cancer, which I'm hoping will f*** off.
Views are entirely my own, which should be pretty clear from the nonsense I spout 99% of the time.
Deshpal Panesar KC @deshpalpanesarkc.bsky.social Barrister, Old Square Chambers, King's Counsel, Bar Council, PastChair Employment Law Bar Association. Views, my own. This is a schadenfreude free zone.
Alexander Chandler KC @familybrief.bsky.social Family Law Silk at 1KBW | Fellow of Chartered Institute of Arbitrators | PFDR evaluator | FRJ board | IAFL Fellow | Father of 3 | Long Distance Runner
Blog | https://familybrief.org/
Free Representation Unit @freerepunit.bsky.social Relieving poverty by training aspiring lawyers to represent clients in tribunal hearings for free. Please support us at https://www.thefru.org.uk/donate
The Inner Temple @innertemple.org.uk We're an Inn of Court.
innertemple.org.uk
James Lee @jamessflee.bsky.social Law Professor. I research and teach in the areas of judges, law reform & private law. Views, and any errors, are my own, not those of my employer.
Charlotte John @lottiejohn1.bsky.social Barrister at Gatehouse. Private Client, COP, trusts, probate and property.
She/her
🏳️🌈 ally
Here for a bit of The Archers chat too. 
Caoilfhionn Gallagher KC @caoilfhionn.bsky.social Human rights lawyer.
Catherine Rowlands @cjr1968.bsky.social Barrister, Cornerstone Barristers, housing, care, public law
Travel, cats and reading are my other passions.
Likes or re-posts do not indicate endorsement. All opinions are mine, and not those of Chambers.
Tom Mitcheson @tommitcheson.bsky.social Intellectual property KC and occasional tenor in the London Oriana Choir.
Zoë Saunders @zasaunders.bsky.social Barrister, Mediator & Arbitrator specialising in family law, co-ownership & inheritance disputes. Bencher of Gray’s Inn. Fan of Louboutin heels. RT not necessarily endorsement
The Empty City @davidallengreen.bsky.social Writes about law, history, policy.
At The Empty City blog and elsewhere.
Birmingham/London. Janeite. #AVFC
www.theemptycity.com
Chai Patel @chaipatel.net Migration, human rights, public law. He/him.
Anurag Deb @anuragdeb.bsky.social PhD candidate at Queen's University Belfast. Looking at legislative drafting. Research Officer at the Northern Ireland Assembly. Looking at the Windsor Framework. Interested in devolution, public law, politics and climate change. He/him
Catherine Barnard @cbarnard.bsky.social Professor of EU law and Employment law, Trinity College Cambridge, senior fellow, UK in a Changing Europe. Knows a little bit about EU and Brexit things. 
Crime Girl @crimegirl.co.uk “Well-known tweeting Barrister” Bar Council “Popular anonymous Barrister” Daily Mail “Possibly cabin crew” my neighbour
Jane Furniss @mjanef.bsky.social Non Exec @ Supreme Court; former Trustee @Cumberland Lodge; mentor. Supporter of Overgate Hospice, Streetwise Opera, Sophie Hayes Foundation
Posts about things I care about or make me smile & photos of Yorkshire & London
Jane Casey @janecasey.bsky.social Author from Ireland. Responsible for the Maeve Kerrigan series and Everything She Didn't Say (out 16 July). Also owner of the world’s least cooperative spaniel.
Hugh Johnson @medneglaw.bsky.social Partner | Head of Medical Negligence at Osbornes Law | Supporting injured people following birth injury, brain or spinal injuries. ⚠️ Some cycling content...
Alison Harvey @aliromah.bsky.social Barrister One Pump Court Chambers. Frome. London. Trustee of Kalayaan. Tweeting personal views on rule of law, nationality, immigration, asylum, Court of Protection, passion & whimsy. Views my own. Unafraid.
Gabor Kovacs - ex @HampshireLawyer @gaborkovacs.bsky.social Lawyer. From Hampshire. Retired from private practice, now supervising solicitor in the University of Portsmouth General Legal Advice Clinic.
Law - photography - music - stuff.
I was @HampshireLawyer on X/twitter, but left that cesspit in 2023.
Gordon Exall @civlittweet.bsky.social Barrister, author, blogger. Guitar and mandolin player. https://www.civillitigationbrief.com/ 
omemiserum2 @omemiserum2.bsky.social Criminal Solicitor with probably more time in than you have lived. Very grumpy. Remembers when cases were prepared properly. @omemiserum@mstdn.social
Joe Hodson @joehodson.bsky.social Paralegal with masters in international maritime law, interested in languages, ethics, governance, environmental protection and human rights. Mythology-loving humanist.
Joanna Hardy-Susskind @joannahs.bsky.social Barrister. I defend people.
Vishal Misra | विशाल मिश्रा @viziervish.bsky.social Criminal barrister at Great James Street Chambers. Lover of literature, nature, canines, corvids, poetry, purple things and Chelsea FC. Views my own. Interaction ≠ endorsement.
Hey Jude @judew.bsky.social #ChildlessCatLady #SaveTheTricorn Solicitor/TOG/Former Wren/sparkly crafter/gardener/angry feminist/parkrunner/loves history, country music, cream teas & Mr W
Max Hardy @maxjlhardy.bsky.social Barrister | TV legal consultant (Mr Bates, Landscapers, Criminal UK, Defending the Guilty) | Legal blogger & media commentator |
Kalisher Trust Trustee
Blogs, lectures, podcasts, profiles here:
https://linktr.ee/MaxJLHardy
Jacky Rose @jackyrose.bsky.social Family lawyer. Socialist. Battleaxe
Jonathan Duffy @sixjbd.bsky.social Barrister
(exclusively criminal defence)
Liverpool
eXiteer
www.7hs.co.uk/personnel/jonathan-duffy/
Jay Oberoi @jayobe.bsky.social Lefty lawyer, cat and dog besties, cooking and eating are my thing
Oliver Conway @oliverconway.bsky.social Neurodivergent Solicitor specialising in complex family matters. Legal Aid Lawyer of the Year finalist 2021 & 2024. Lawyers Who Care Champion. #Legalsky #Neurodivergent #Legalaid 🏳️🌈
Marc Livingston @marclivingston.bsky.social Glaswegian lawyer in London with a weird niche in the law of contempt. A fan of politics, law, Jews, the Tube, pizza, football, Celtic, cats & tacos. Someone once gave me an LLM in International law so I occasionally know what I'm talking about
Kirsty Brimelow KC @kirstybrimelow.bsky.social Human rights, criminal & international law barrister Doughty Street Chambers. Chair Bar Council 2026. Chair Criminal Bar Association 2022-2023. Chair Bar Human Rights Committee 2012-2018. Bencher Gray’s Inn. Trustee of WWF-UK.
@uncivil-s.bsky.social @uncivil-s.bsky.social Barrister, ex-public sector, semi-demi-retired, various legal part time jobs. Legal interests public law, housing and some property, crime, statutes, and most other things. Lives Birmingham and on Dartmoor, works London and South. Owns 26 suits. Has sons.
Jen Hendry (文林言) @jenhendry.bsky.social Professor, CUHK Law | Visiting Professor, University of Leeds School of Law | Co-Editor-in-Chief, German Law Journal | Academic Associate, 23ES Chambers | Scot in Hong Kong, occasionally Yorkshire.
AndyJ @andyljack.bsky.social Sometime lawyer, dipping my toe in from the other place!
Asha Vekaria @ashavekaria.bsky.social Clinical Negligence Solicitor (non-practising)
Food-eater, margarita/gin-drinker, sports-watcher
Here for the joy 😊