Lev Parikian @levparikian.bsky.social Words, birds, music. Usual nonsense. South London. linktr.ee/levparikian
UK Archive Sector Leadership @uknatarcsector.bsky.social Archive Sector Leadership department at The National Archives UK. We support archives of all types and sizes across England.
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Ian McMillan @imcmillan.bsky.social I was a New Face of 1984 in Harper’s and Queen magazine
Franglaise @franglaise.bsky.social Franglaise. Languedoc 🇫🇷 Introvert. Shitposter. Pics: Calvin, dodgy food, sweary reno & random nice stuff I see (France). Prone to occasional ranty outbursts. Here for cats/floofs/nice views/cheese/daft shit. Fed up of AI & the smug anti-AI purists
Bodega Cats @bodegacats.bsky.social https://www.bodegacats.nyc
Dirk Puehl @wunderkammertales.eurosky.social Storyteller and Mother of #WyrdWednesday
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Buseum @buseum.bsky.social 
Veronica @veronicaf.bsky.social She/Her. Soapmaker. I foster lots of cats and kittens, usually focusing on feral rehab. Autistic/ADHD. Disabled-cEDS. Tasmania, Aus.
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Anne-Marie Creamer @amcreamer.bsky.social Exploring the interstitial spaces of #Artist-Researcher-Patient. Or, knowing from the body’s edge lands
Dear Friend -Soane Museum
R&D 🗣️Ghostbodies
IRL-Lived Experience Lab UAL
Better Making CSM
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Mark Hamill @markhamillofficial.bsky.social Believe in yourself! Work hard, never give up & anything's possible! OR: Kick back, relax & aim low: You'll never be disappointed...😜
Dr Miranda Kaufmann @drmirandakaufmann.bsky.social #Historian. Author #BlackTudors #Heiresses (out September 2025) Collaborative educator #TeachingBlackTudors
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Abbey @abbeythelab.bsky.social Abbey the silver lab of Abingdon
- Writer of #AbbeyHaiku and #AbbeyGuide
- A Very Good Girl
- Vexed by Jethro the cat next door
- Always trying to make fetch happen
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Jonathan Edward Durham @thisone0verhere.bsky.social Writer. Reader. Sometimes funny. Author of WINTERSET HOLLOW (1st edition out of print, 2nd edition coming October 2026!) HOLLYWOODLAND coming 2027!
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Elizabeth Rose Dunne @erdunne.bsky.social Writing and scrabbling around early 19th-century 🇨🇦 + 🇮🇪. Interested in churches, kitchen gardens, language, rebellions. N'hésitez pas à dire bonjour.
Lucy No @lucyno.bsky.social Part cat, part potato
El hopaness romtic
Suw @suw.bsky.social Writer, creative ecologist, owned by Grabbity & Copurrnicus. Currently writing an eco-sitcom podcast, Fieldwork, about four ecologists studying a rewilding project. https://fieldworkpodcast.substack.com/
BookWormSat @bookwormsat.bsky.social Celebrate literature every Saturday with BookWormSat. Hosted by @signemaene.com and @racheldeering.bsky.social
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Neglected Books @neglectedbooks.com Brad Bigelow, Missoula, MT
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Author, Virginia Faulkner: A Life in Two Acts
Editor, Recovered Books series @ Boiler House Press:
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Editor, neglectedbooks.com. Champion of reading off the beaten/AI path.
BookTrust @booktrust.org.uk We are the UK’s largest children’s reading charity. We get millions of children & families reading together from the earliest possible age.
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Dinah Rose KC @dinahrose.bsky.social President of Magdalen College, Oxford. Barrister. Speaking only for myself.
Shayan Sardarizadeh @shayan86.bsky.social BBC Verify senior journalist | verification, AI, disinformation, conspiracy theories, open source investigations | shayan.sardarizadeh@bbc.co.uk
Royal Exchange Theatre @rxtheatre.bsky.social Bringing theatre in-the-round and in communities within Greater Manchester.
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Sara Sheridan @sarasheridan.bsky.social Writer. Mapped Scotland according to women's history. Also writes novels. Over-enthusiastic. She/her. YES. Insta:@sarasheridanwriter X: @sarasheridan All links: https://linktr.ee/sarasheridanwriter
Alex Hay @alexhaybooks.bsky.social Author | THE QUEEN OF FIVES (2025) | THE HOUSEKEEPERS (2023) | Published by Headline (UK) Graydon House (North America) | Rep’d by Alice Lutyens at Curtis Brown
PeculiarSusan Invisible @peculiarsusan.bsky.social A War of Chaos and Ennui
Did I do that right?
Do not vex the grimalkin.
Jon Carling @joncarling.bsky.social Pen & Pencil
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Pclou @ckendall.bsky.social I can't even.
Justin Ng @justin-ng.bsky.social Australian freelance photographer in NW London covering news, entertainment, music, arts.
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Merrymac Farm Sanctuary @merrymacsanctuary.bsky.social We are a GFAS-accredited farm sanctuary & donor supported 501c3 nonprofit located in Charlotte, Vermont. We provide healthy, happy, permanent homes and lifelong care to 100+ rescue farm animals & humane education programs. https://linktr.ee/merrymacfarm
BTO | British Trust for Ornithology @btobirds.bsky.social BTO is the UK's leading Registered Charity working with volunteers to improve our knowledge of birds through monitoring and research. www.bto.org
Deborah Meaden @deborahmeaden.bsky.social Investor, TV Dragon, Planet Hugger and admirer of many things.
John Finnemore @johnfinnemore.bsky.social Writer, comedian, actor, puzzle-maker. I'm not really sure what the right word for that last one is.
For now, I'm only here to bags my name in case this one takes off. But I hope it does. 
Mary Jo Foley @maryjofoley.bsky.social Microsoft reporter, craft beer fan, owned by SorachiAce the cat
Brian Groom @groomb.bsky.social Ex-Financial Times Assistant Editor. Ex-editor Scotland on Sunday. Author of 'Made in Manchester' and 'Northerners: A History'. 'These Isles' due Feb 2026.
The Booking Club podcast @bookingclubpod.bsky.social Podcast with @jackaldane.bsky.social | Today’s best authors discuss their latest books at their favourite restaurants
🔗 https://www.youtube.com/@bookingclubpod
Darren Henley @henleydarren.bsky.social CEO Arts Council England. New book ‘The Arts Dividend: How Investment in Culture Creates Happier Lives’ out 30th January. 
Newham Book Girl @newhambookgirl.bsky.social Just a girl in Newham who loves books, reading and her local library 📚 Scottish born wae Caledonia constantly calling … #NewhamReads
Joe Vaughan @joevaughan.net writer, podcaster, social media lead at The Museum of English Rural Life
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Ashmolean Museum, Oxford @ashmoleanmuseum.bsky.social 🖼 🏺 World famous collections, from Egyptian mummies to contemporary art
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Clover @cloveroverover.bsky.social Here for anything public libraries, early literacy, local government & opportunities-for-young-people related.
Sticks googly eyes on things 👀 Loves a cheeseboard. 🧀 She/her.
Caroline Sanderson @carosanderson.bsky.social Reader. Writer. Associate Editor & #nonfiction previewer @thebookseller.com. Royal Literary Fund Writing For Life Fellow. Honorary President @indexers.bsky.social. Also on Substack: "What to Read Now"
Arts Council England @artscouncilengland.bsky.social Your national development agency for creativity and culture
• Awarding @dcmsgovuk & @tnluk funds
• Got a question? ☎️ artscouncil.org.uk/contact
Sue Williamson @librarychampion.bsky.social Passionate reader and library lover. Worked in and for public libraries for 25 years. Retired not retiring. Trustee for The Reading Agency
,CILIP and the Ancient House Museum, Clare.
Michelle Hodgson @michellehodgson.bsky.social Director of the Huddersfield Literature Festival, event organiser and presenter. Hopeful novelist. Left of centre. Loves cheesecake.
she/her
Dr Jessamy Carlson @jessamycarlson.bsky.social Archivist. Historian. Knitter. Walker. Guider. Mama. Half deaf.
ArtyAbid @artyabid.bsky.social Dad, Muslim, Diversity & Arts Yoda @StateIVLP 🇺🇸 Alumnus, Blackburn Rovers, Wrestling Historian & Inauthentic Narrator of Pakistani Wisdom Quotes 🇬🇧🇵🇰
Catherine Curzon @madamegilflurt.bsky.social Bestselling author and creator of #frockingfabulous. I write WW2 sagas as Ellie Curzon and 18th century history/old Hollywood books as myself! Always gandering.
Chloë R McKenzie @chloermckenzie.bsky.social Assistant Prof. in Medieval History @northeasternu.bsky.social (NU London) | Visiting Fellow at CMRC @unisouthampton.bsky.social | Book on Ladies of the Garter
Backlisted Podcast @backlisted.bsky.social Giving new life to old books since 2015. Bookshop.org Indie Champion. Find us: backlisted.fm, Apple Podcasts, Spotify. Support us: patreon.com/backlisted.
Maria Turley @mariaconyard.bsky.social Arts and creativity for children and young people. Mam. Teessider. Londoner. Spiritual Northumbrian. My opinions. She/her. Conyard & Turley
dan smith @danjpsmith.bsky.social Lost Geordie. Dog dad. Lesser half.
Comms dir @ arts council.
Views mine, but I’ll share.
Andrew Tucker Leavis @andrewtuckerleavis.bsky.social EIC + founder - New Nottingham Journal
Words in Radio Times, Under the Radar, Nottingham Post
Jay Rayner @jayrayner1.bsky.social Eats and writes for The Financial Times. Piano for the JR Sextet; chairs Kitchen Cabinet for R4. Doesn’t accept comps. jay.rayner@ft.com
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Neil Fisher @neilfisher81.bsky.social Exec culture and books editor of The Times 
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
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Sarah Crown @sarahcrown.bsky.social Director of Communication at Arts Council England (all views my own). Books; politics; journalism; walks; trees. Won’t balk at the occasional cat
IcheKitties ≽ܫ≼ @ichekitties.bsky.social All pics of my rescues/fosters/clients
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National Trust @nationaltrust.org.uk All kinds of spaces. All sorts of feelings. All at the National Trust.
Nigel Slater @nigelslater.bsky.social A cook who writes.
Observer columnist. Author. Gardener.
Books: The Kitchen Diaries,
The Christmas Chronicles, A Cook’s Book,
A Thousand Feasts.
Instagram.com/nigelslater 
Clancy Mason @clancym.bsky.social Regional Development Manager for Libraries Connected.
Book loving, sci-fi consuming, judo playing, Rush listening, Jane Austen fan-girl and Blackpool sandgrowner. Vegetarian coeliac.
Helen Osborne @helen-o.bsky.social Librarian in Liverpool. Libraries Relationship Manager North @ Arts Council England. All views my own!
Beth Underdown @bethunderdown.bsky.social Novelist with Penguin Viking, creative writing teacher with the University of Manchester and Faber Academy. Hiking, gardening, crochet, coeliac disease: old-person stuff.
Luke Burton @biblioluke.bsky.social Director, Libraries at Arts Council England. Data, emerging tech, literacies, reading for pleasure and the joy of libraries. ‘Libraries gave us power.’ Personal views only.
Pet Shop Boys @handle.invalid Since 1984. "Dreamworld" concert film out now on Blu-ray & 2CD. “Volume” & “Annually“ books available now. “It’s a sin” dance show dates announced.
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Tiny cat @tinycatvideos.bsky.social Fun, wholesome, mostly animal videos, just trying to brighten your day.
Claire Churchard @clairechurchard.bsky.social Editor, Benefits Expert, Definite Article Media. Journalist, podcaster, events chair. Here for finance, HR and history… and politics.
Jen Hillyard @mininglibrarian.bsky.social Library & Archives Manager at The Common Room in Newcastle and Business Development Manager for NAG. Ex Carnegie-Greenaway judge. Mobility issues thanks to MCTD - I’m the one with the purple crutches...
Disabled 🏳️🌈 parent.
Anna Pallai @annapallai.bsky.social Literary agent and PR at AMP Literary
www.ampliterary.co.uk
Specialising in women’s narrative non-fiction
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 
Phryne (and Lyra too) @onlyphrynes.com The floofiest calico Maine in London. And her sister. Not a small cat. But I am starving. Feed me. Now!
Sam Baker @theothersambaker.bsky.social One of the millions of journalists who’s defected to Substack and started a podcast. https://theshiftwithsambaker.substack.com/
Joanna Hardy-Susskind @joannahs.bsky.social Barrister. I defend people.
Tracy Chevalier @tracychevalier.bsky.social Author (Girl with a Pearl etc). Maker. Best advice: Less is more.
Website: https://tracychevalier.com/
Fi Bowler @fibowler.bsky.social Cold War Historian | Research Associate at the University of Oxford | views and cat pictures my own
Dr Owen Emmerson @drowenemmerson.bsky.social Historian & Assistant Curator at Hever Castle. Consultant: #WolfHall (BBC, 2024). Broadcaster: Boleyns: A Scandalous Family (BBC); Blood, Sex, & Royalty (Netflix).
Diane Coyle @dianecoyle1859.bsky.social Bennett Professor of Public Policy, University of Cambridge; economist
Sali Hughes @salihughes.bsky.social Journalist & Author.
Bang in to clothes, films, cults.
Alistair Green @mralistairgreen.bsky.social 
John Bull @garius.bsky.social He/Him. Writer. Historian. Host of "The Untitled History Podcast." Strategy streamer. Tech Strategist. Founding Editor of @lonrec. Orient fan. Business/Writing: business@longformist.co.uk. Agent: @pastpreservers.bsky.social
Harry Wallop @harrywallop.co.uk Consumer journalist | Feature writer | Columnist for Times Business | Make TV progs, chats on radio | Host conferences, panels etc.
Agent: Knight Ayton
Mousecow @mousecow.bsky.social Being the adventures of a young cat whose principal interests are naps, washbaskets, and skritches. When born, I looked like a cow but was the size of a mouse. (She/her)
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Dr Lindsey Fitzharris @drlindseyfitz.bsky.social NYT Bestselling Author. Medical Historian. Breast Cancer Survivor.
Next book: SLEUTH-HOUND, a whirlwind tour of Victorian forensics from the perspective of the man who loaned a voice to Baker St.’s famous resident: Sherlock Holmes. Out October 20.
marybeard @wmarybeard.bsky.social Classicist
Toby Earle 🇺🇦 @tobyontv.bsky.social TV critic, Greenlit podcast creator/host, still trying to write a book
John Crace @mrjohncrace.bsky.social Political sketch-writer for the Guardian. Author. Latest book out now 'Taking the Lead: A Dog at Number 10'.
@laeldred.bsky.social @laeldred.bsky.social Nordic Walking, books, cake, tea, museums, art, cooking, environment, gardens, cocker spaniels. Views my own etc.
Sarra Manning @sarramanning.bsky.social Reader, writer, chopped liver
Representation: Rebecca Ritchie at A.M.Heath, London.
Lego Lost At Sea @legolostatsea.bsky.social Writer, beachcomber, all at sea. Founder of the award-winning Lego Lost At Sea project. Current Archaeology Rescue Project of the Year. Author of Adrift, The Curious Tale of the Lego Lost At Sea. Cornwall. MD ANT.
Fox Lane Books 🦊 @foxlanebooks.bsky.social 🦊Indie bookseller with an online shop📚Lots of signed books & special editions 🦊 Sale sections all year round with book bargains📚Gift packages, book subscriptions & E-gift cards available🦊Bookish gifts📚 FoxLaneBooks.co.uk 🦊
Lissa Evans @lissakevans.bsky.social Novelist (My Name is MacKenzie Bly, Old Baggage, Small Bomb at Dimperley, Wed Wabbit etc), ex TV producer (Room 101, Father Ted), voracious reader, owner of an adored and ancient dog.
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
Abi Hynes @afahynes.bsky.social Drama and fiction writer. GANGS OF LONDON S4. MONSTROUS LONGING out with Dahlia Books.
Agents: Independent Talent / The Ampersand Agency
Brit List 2022 / BAFTA Connect member
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weird medieval guys @weirdmedieval.bsky.social fibre arts enthusiast
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