Philip Ralph @philralph.bsky.social Screenwriter, recovering actor, rites of passage guide. Advocate for positive change in UK TV and the arts.
philipralph.com
emergence-uk.org
Adam Golub @adamgolub.bsky.social American Studies professor at Cal State Fullerton. Popular culture, true crime, monsters, music, creative work, the history of childhood. Writing a cultural history of the doppelgänger. Also a dad and a runner. https://www.everydayfictions.com/bio
Extended Techniques @extendedtechniques.bsky.social a monthly listing of new music events in New York City
a podcast and resource about contemporary music
https://extendedtechniques.com
Chris Barrett @mrchrisbarrett.bsky.social Cameraman/Librarian/Music Lover
Cycling/Walking Everywhere
https://heathcoatstreet.blogspot.com/
Nottingham, UK
Mahan Esfahani @mahanesfahani.bsky.social "But the Righteous are as bold as a lion."
www.mahanesfahani.com
David Kirby @homophoni.bsky.social The one who walked away from Omelas
Flow Stereo @flowstereo.com 'Hear The Difference'
We are a post-production sound company specialising in high-quality audio for commercials, TV and film.
www.flowstereo.com/about
Thomas @tradingfours.bsky.social Jazz - audiophile - drums - jazz. No politics please
Christopher Dean Sullivan @bassistcds.bsky.social Groove Architect delivering deep, rich vibes that swing.
"Sullivan’s a bassist whose authoritative and bluesy bending’s of the notes honor his affection for legends such as Slam Stewart as well as Ray Brown.” ~ Steve Monroe, Jazz Journalists Association.
Michael @mrgb19.bsky.social Some time actor. Professional cynic whose heart's not in it.
Probably joking (albeit badly).
(he/him)
Edinburgh/Scotland
School Reading List @schoolreadinglist.bsky.social #1 UK children's booklisting website according to Ubersuggest. We recommend children’s and YA books to teachers, parents, librarians and schools. Free resources, free reviews and no paywall. #GoAllIn
https://schoolreadinglist.co.uk
Fraser Robertson @fraserfistral.bsky.social Instructor, Speaker, Author, Dr, Music Lover, Sports Fanatic…
“The PhD Handbook” available now…
https://www.mheducation.co.uk/the-phd-handbook-how-to-take-care-of-yourself-your-research-project-and-your-future-9780335252091-emea-group
Fans of the Edinburgh Fringe @fotef.bsky.social For all things Edinburgh Festival Fringe!
https://linktr.ee/fotef
(NB: We are not affiliated to the Edinburgh Festival Fringe Office.)
JourneyDude in Scotland @scottishinsider.org 🪬🧿 Freemason | Traveller | Historian | Novel Author | Filmmaker & Photographer
www.youtube.com/c/journeydude
www.weescotland.com
www.sendmeonadventure.com
🇸🇰 living in 🏴
🕊️ Love you all!, Photos taken by me - NO AI!
I follow people who love art & nature
Mark Perna Music @markpernamusic.bsky.social Bass Player - Jazz Musician - Producer
📍Pittsburgh, PA
MarkPernaMusic.com
Dr Sophie Hay @pompei79.bsky.social Just an archaeologist who works at the Archaeological Park of Pompeii
Julien Manuguerra-Patten @julienmanu.bsky.social Audio Producer - Journalist - He/him 🇫🇷+🇨🇦+🏴
https://linktr.ee/JulienManuguerraPatten
Producer @Novel #Sideways @BBCRadio4
Amy @amzomac.bsky.social I'm Amy. I spend time running, protesting, asking questions, finding beauty in the mundane and refusing to be neutral in situations of injustice. Socialist.
Free Palestine 🇵🇸
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Arlene Schar Leffler @arlene-leffler.bsky.social I am the jazz violinist with MY ROMANCE JAZZ COMBO (bandleader) and DR. DAVE'S JAZZ MOJOS (member). https://www.gigsalad.com/my_romance_jazz_combo_fairfield
Mo Hume @mohume.bsky.social Glasgow based academic interested in Latin American Politics | Personal account with usual disclaimers.
Neil Barton @rogerneilbarton.bsky.social Myanmar Observer | Former carer, quant, researcher, etc. | PhD Urban Planning @TheBartlettUCL | Glasgow’s Green & White | 🏳️⚧️🇲🇲🏴
Davenant 📸 @marcdavenant.bsky.social Award-winning photographer and writer. Big Issue Top 100 Changemaker 2026.
Website is https://marcdavenant.com
Rachel Lankester @rachellankester.bsky.social Ageism disrupter, author, podcaster, mentor, gerontologist in training
Magnificent Midlife, The Mutton Club & MenoClarity
Philip Clark @musicclerk.bsky.social Author-journalist (Prospect, NYRB, Spectator, The Wire); Brubeck biographer; new book “Sound and the City" 2027, White Rabbit & Hachette; Eccles Centre & Hay Festival Writer's Award Winner, 2022.
Info: curtisbrown.co.uk/client/philip-clark
Oxford/London
Malcolm MacWatt Music - folk/americana singersongwriter @malcolmmacwatt.bsky.social Celebrated Scottish🏴 songwriter based in London. Folk, americana, acoustic, roots, multi-instrumentalist. Latest album 'Dark Harvest' "the sentiments that bolster this outstanding album will burn bright in the heart"Folk Radio/KLOF
Music on Bandcamp
Ben Craggs @havechalk.bsky.social Have chalk, will travel. Primary supply teacher. Occasional writer. Mamil.
Posts usually incoherent ramblings to myself, bookmarking & general brain dumps.
Steam-engine.co.uk
Substack: @benniel
The Onion @theonion.com America’s Finest News Source. A @globaltetrahedron.bsky.social subsidiary.
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B. Burton @trumpetdust.bsky.social The trail leads to here
Philip Booth Media @philipboothmedia.bsky.social Writer/Ed. Music, film, books. String bass, bass guitar, horn. Husband, dad. Bylines: Jazziz, Relix, JazzTimes, Wash Post. Past: Billboard, Variety, DownBeat, St. Pete Times. Jazz Journ. Assoc. Florida Film Critics Circle. Hemingway Society. Culturepop.net
Ewald P. Palmetshofer @ewaldpalmetshofer.bsky.social husband | software developer | musician | composer | cat lover
Scottish Beacon @scottishbeacon.bsky.social The Scottish Beacon is a collaborative journalism project, showcasing quality journalism from independent community-based local news publishers.
Visit our website: scottishbeacon.com
Our Newsletter: thescottishbeacon.substack.com
Stuart Braithwaite @plasmatron.bsky.social Plays guitar. Hates fascists. Just confused by life.
Alec Finlay @alecfinlay.bsky.social artist and poet; ecological remediation and human recuperation; landscape, tea, limit and creativity; lives by the sea in Edinburgh; mostly sharing a daily poem here.
Monorail Music @monorailmusic.bsky.social Glasgow-based independent record shop.
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Kathleen Jamie @kathleenjamie.bsky.social Poet, essayist. Author of 'Findings', 'Sightlines', 'Surfacing' and 'Cairn'. Erstwhile National Poet of Scotland. Terrible at art, alas. What else? Today is all low winter sun and jackdaws.
NorthLan Heritage @nlheritage.bsky.social Connecting you with North Lanarkshire's industrial & social heritage | Explore museum, archive & local studies collections | Visit our museums & search rooms
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
Alistair Fair @alistairfair.bsky.social Reader in Architectural History, University of Edinburgh. C20 architecture in Britain. New towns. Theatres. Book 'Building Modern Scotland' available open access. Own views. No age ID so no DMs but I can do e-mail!
Joe McAlinden @joemcalinden.bsky.social ジョー・マカリンデン
DIY Musician / Cult Hero™️
Bands: Superstar, Boy Hairdressers, Linden, Groovy Little Numbers, BMX Bandits.
Collabs: Teenage Fanclub, Rod Stewart, Edwyn Collins, Alex Chilton, Jim Lambie, Alan Warner, Iain Forsyth & Jane Pollard, Captain America.
TnmntTiles @tnmnttiles.bsky.social An archive of historical design. Discoveries from Scottish tenements & beyond. Originally a Twitter project, est 2015. Now found on Instagram, FB, & here!
Images taken by myself, unless otherwise credited. Happy to share your finds? Give us a tag.
Robert Fergusson (1750-74) @rfergussonpoet.bsky.social 'The Works of Robert Fergusson: Reconstructing Textual and Cultural Legacies', Leverhulme Trust-funded project at University of Glasgow
PI Prof Rhona Brown.
Chemikal Underground @chemunderground.bsky.social Independent record label est. 1995 in Glasgow. We’ve released albums by Mogwai, Arab Strap, The Delgados, The Phantom Band, Adrian Crowley, RM Hubbert, Broken Chanter, Chrysanths to name a few.
https://linktr.ee/chemikalunderground
RM Hubbert @rmhubbert.com Retired tea towel salesman.
https://rockaction.scot/collections/aidan-moffat-rm-hubbert
https://chemikal.co.uk/artists/rm-hubbert
https://elhombretrajeado.bandcamp.com
Glasgow Film Festival @glasgowfilmfest.bsky.social The film festival for audiences.
#GFF26
25 February - 8 March 2026
Glasgow Women's Library @womenslibrary.bsky.social The only Accredited Museum in the UK dedicated to women’s history, with a lending library and innovative programmes of public events and learning opportunities
flakebelly @flakebelly.bsky.social Indie, Acoustic & Psychedelic music from The Western Isles of Scotland.
"Tired of selling records, probably just make them for me from now on" - flakebelly, Out Loud In His House
https://flakebelly.com/
Grant Mason @grantmason.bsky.social Chief Executive PACE Theatre (http://www.pacetheatre.com @pacetheatre.com). Opening a new theatre for young people (http://www.exchangetheatre.org)
Archaeology Scotland @archscot.bsky.social Inspiring people to discover, explore, care for and enjoy Scotland's archaeological heritage! We are an independent charity: https://www.archaeologyscotland.org.uk
Maureen ☆Moe☆ Rocksmoore @weerocksy.bsky.social Artist 🎨 Painter , Curator. Art Specialist in Education ☆Board of Directors @Artpaisleyltd.
Artist @briggaitglasgow ☆ I'm not the droid you're looking for...☆
john // obladada // industry cottage @johnjnicol.bsky.social Graphic designer who loves nature (especially fungi + slime molds), seldom visited places, mountain biking and writings about weird music.
Bonnie Scotland (he/him)
Music reviews + mixes: https://obladada.com
Graphic Design: https://industrycottage.co.uk
K I N B R A E @kinbraemusic.bsky.social Sound / visual project of Scottish twins Andy & Mike Truscott
https://linktr.ee/Kinbrae
Shorelarking @shorelarking.bsky.social Aka hpsvanessa - here for beachcombing and drift archaeology. Find me as @shorelarking on insta. 🏳️⚧️
Dr Bryony Coombs @bryonycoombs.bsky.social Art Historian ¶ Medieval & Early Modern PhD, FSA Scot, FRHistS
¶ Edinburgh Uni writing about Scottish MSS
¶ Visual Arts and the Auld Alliance (EUP, 2024)
¶ Anselm Adornes (Brepols, 2026)
https://edinburgh.academia.edu/BryonyCoombs
https://bryonycoombs.com
Libby Brooks @libbybrooks.bsky.social Guardian First Edition writer
contact: libby.brooks@theguardian.com
insta: @libbyjbrooks
extracurricular: books, hills, standing stones, gingerbread, Labradors
Alison Phipps አሊሰን @alisonphipps.bsky.social UNESCO Chair for Refugee Integration through Education, Languages & Arts at University of Glasgow
Valerie Wright @vawright10.bsky.social Historian of modern and contemporary Scotland: deindustrialisation, regional policy, housing, new towns, women and work | Feminist, mum and Paisley Buddy | she/her
https://www.ed.ac.uk/profile/dr-valerie-wright 
claire biddles @msclairebiddles.bsky.social “the glamorous node of glasgow” –grant morrison / writing about music + films @ the wire, the guardian, tribune, the quietus, little white lies, singles jukebox + / big opinions @ overinvested podcast / zines @ everywhere / https://clairebiddles.carrd.co/
Damian Shields @damianshields.bsky.social Scottish Landscape Photographer and Deputy Picture Editor at the Herald,Times & National. Prints and enquiries at www.damianshields.com
Wiebke McGhee @wiebkemcghee.bsky.social Archivist, North Lanarkshire - history, nature, literature - auch auf Deutsch
Dylan Nardini @dylannardini.com Scottish Landscape Photographer
www.dylannardini.co.uk
Scottish Landscape Photographer of the Year 2021, British Photography Awards Landscape Category Winner 2021.
Also known to dunk toast in my tea/coffee.
CREATe @create-glasgow.bsky.social Centre for Regulation of the Creative Economy, University of Glasgow
SNACK magazine @snackmag.bsky.social Independent arts and culture magazine for Scotland and beyond
Art | Noise | Community
hello@snackmag.co.uk 💛
snackmag.co.uk + https://linktr.ee/SNACKmag
Neil Cooper @neilcooper.bsky.social Writer & Critic The Noise of Art - neilcooper.substack.com
coffeetablenotes.blogspot.com
The Herald, The List, The Drouth, Scottish Art News, MAP, Hungry Beat.
Andrew Reid @ajreid93.bsky.social Applied Games Researcher & Lecturer in Games Production, @abertayuni.bsky.social.
Member, @royalsoced.bsky.social Young Academy of Scotland.
Mentor, @mcrpathways.bsky.social.
Views my own.
https://rke.abertay.ac.uk/en/persons/andrew-reid/
Katie Hughes (Alba Astro) 🔭 📷 @albaastro.bsky.social Award winning Astro Photographer, living in Loch Lomond, Scotland General Photographer. Lover of the night sky. Member of STELA and 1/3 of Scotslasstro Admin of Astronomy Scotland
Caroline Hack @carolinehack.bsky.social UK based artist making things about Moby-Dick, British Arctic Whaling, S Atlantic whaling research & other museumy shenanigans. Projects with museums a speciality - DM me if you’ve got an idea! Current obsession - the Continuous Plankton Recorder. She/Her
Grant Bulloch @bulloch.photography Landscape Photographer and Architect based in Edinburgh, Scotland.
www.linktr.ee/grantbulloch
www.bulloch.photography
UK LPOTY shortlisted 2021 & 22
British Photo Awards finalist 2022 & 23
Scottish LPOTY shortlisted 2017-24
Iain Sarjeant @iainsarjeant.bsky.social Photographer & publisher based in the Scottish Highlands
iainsarjeant.com
Editor of @anotherplacemag.bsky.social and runs @anotherplacepress.bsky.social
Sequential Scotland Comic Con @sequential-scot.bsky.social Glasgow’s comic con with a focus on small press and indie creators
www.sequentialscotland.co.uk
Organised by @pondi.bsky.social
2026 artwork created by @mortiscausa.bsky.social
Part of @smallpress.scot
Quindrie Press @quindriepress.com 🐉 Multi-award-shortlisted, Eisner- & Ignatz-nominated indie comics publisher
📍 Edinburgh, run by @evegwood.com
📚 quindriepress.com
✉️ quindriepress@gmail.com
📢 Closing December 2026
Live Music Now Scotland @livemusicnowscot.bsky.social LMNS brings high-quality live music to people who wouldn't normally have access to it, while supporting the careers of outstanding emerging musicians.
Read more about our work:
🌐 livemusicnow.scot
Veryan Music @veryanmusic.bsky.social Female electronic musician based in the West Coast of Scotland. Latest album 'One Universal Breath' available at https://quietdetails.bandcamp.com
veryan.bandcamp.com
https://youtube.com/@VeryanMusic
https://instagram.com
Phil Dodds @phildodds.bsky.social Cultural and historical geographer and director of the Sound Environment Centre at Lund University, Sweden. Researching music, colonial history, aesthetics, audism, cities, sound, scale, Scotland. https://portal.research.lu.se/en/persons/philip-dodds 
Hubworld Scotland @hubworld.bsky.social Open community network for the Scottish games industry • The gang behind the #DundeeGamesMeetup #HubQuiz #Playapalooza #XPExchange We run events every month! Join the club!
enquiries ✉️ info@hubworldscotland.com
Jim Ross 🏴🎞 @jimgr.com Professional cynic, but my heart's not in it • Scottish, part-time film critic • Editor-in-Chief @TAKEONECinema.net • ✍️ Vague Visages, Film Inquiry, Cultured Vultures, Little White Lies & ++ •🎙️📻 Co-producer Cinetopia on EH-FM • he/him
Chris Kumar @chriskumar.bsky.social Glasgow Film Festival // Film Programmer
Scottish Co-operative Discovery Centre @scotco-ophistory.bsky.social Project based in the old bake house in West Calder to create a new home for the history of the Scottish Co-operative Movement. 
Samuel Tongue @samueltongue.bsky.social Poet, Editor (samueltongue.com) and Co-Director of Kalewater Cottage Creative Retreat kalewatercottage.co.uk
School of Innovation & Technology @sit-gsa.bsky.social The School of Innovation & Technology at The Glasgow School of Art
Dominic Corr @dominiccorr.bsky.social Film and Theatre Critic 🎭
Sarcasm is the default setting.
Editor of https://corrblimey.uk freelance writer and critic for The List, BBC Radio Scotland, Reviews Hub, In Their Own League. Film Critics UK and Critics Awards for Theatre in Scotland judge
Scottish Games Network @scottishgames.bsky.social The only community dedicated to Scotland’s games ecosystem.
Harry @harrymould.bsky.social 🏳️🌈🇯🇲🏴 Writer and Wellbeing Facilitator @UnitedAgents & @PFDAgents. Finalist: Studio21 Drama Series '23, Merky Book Prize '24, PFD Queer Literary Fiction '24. Royal Court Intro to Playwriting 2025. They/she.
Leslie Hills @skylinefilm.bsky.social Film producer. Book 10 Scotland Street - an opinionated history of one house over two centuries now out in paperback
Nicola Walls @nicolawalls.bsky.social Architect, Art Explorer, Board Member for Tron Theatre Glasgow tron.co.uk & WASPS waspsstudios.org.uk Assistant Design Manager at University of Edinburgh Estates Department ed.ac.uk/estates promoting #InclusiveDesign 
Doric Studio @doricstudio.bsky.social Clothing and Apparel brand from Aberdeen Scotland. Find us at doric.studio
Jo Gilbert @mucklewriting.bsky.social Spikks Doric. Avid scribbler o wirds. https://linktr.ee/jogilbert
Hannah Nicholson 🦭 🖤🩶🤍💜🇵🇸 @tooriekep.bsky.social Scottish Book Trust New Writers Awardee 2021. She / her / hers / shö. Shetlander in Aberdeen. Writer, library assistant, archivist, book and music enthusiast, views my own because who else's would they be? https://linktr.ee/tooriekep
Iona Fyfe @ionafyfe.bsky.social Rector of University of Aberdeen 🎓 Scottish singer | MG ALBA Musician of the Year | @rcstweets alumna | Join my Patreon for exclusive content: http://www.patreon.com/ionafyfe
POST | Aberdeen Culture @postabdn.com Celebrating Aberdeen's rich culture, creative community, and remarkable people. Visit us at: https://postabdn.com
North Ages @northages.bsky.social Early medieval northern Britain, taking in Picts, Gaels, Britons, Angles and Norse. On this day, feast days, place-names, archaeology news and book releases. Posts by Dundonian bookworm Craig. https://northages.wordpress.com/
Dr Margaret Maitland @margaretmaitland.bsky.social Egyptologist by training. Principal Curator of the Ancient Mediterranean at National Museums Scotland, Edinburgh. Researching inequality in ancient Egypt and histories of excavation/collecting/museums. She/her.
https://linktr.ee/eloquentpeasant
Adrián Maldonado @archaeonado.bsky.social Galloway Hoard Researcher at National Museums Scotland. Author of Crucible of Nations: Scotland from Viking Age to Medieval Kingdom and other archaeology content. https://www.nms.ac.uk/profile/dr-adrian-maldonado See also @almostarch.bsky.social
RCPSG Heritage @rcpsgheritage.bsky.social News, events and stories from the library, archive and museum at the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Glasgow
https://heritage.rcpsg.ac.uk/ #histmed #libraries #archives #museums
Scottish Council on Archives @scotsarchives.bsky.social We provide leadership for the archives and records management sector in Scotland. Lead. Inform. Inspire.
Website: https://www.scottisharchives.org.uk/
Nicola Meighan @nicolameighan.bsky.social Arts Writer & Broadcaster 🏳️⚧️
Friday Afternoons, BBC Radio Scotland
A Kick Up The Arts podcast
akickupthearts.org
Interviews: Dolly Parton, Patti Smith, Martha Reeves, Joan Collins 
Roseanne Watt @roseannewatt.bsky.social Writer, poet, musician from Shetland. Minoritised language, islandness and illness. She/shö/her. Author of multi award-winning poetry collection 'Moder Dy' (Polygon, 2019). Jerwood Poetry Award Winner 2024.
https://linktr.ee/roseannewatt
What We Do in the Winter @wwditw.bsky.social A podcast about the lives of the people of Mull, Iona, Ulva, Gometra, Erraid & Little Colonsay off the West Coast of Scotland. Oral history podcasts and films. Hosted by Alasdair Satchel 
Paul MacDonald-Taylor @pauldtaylor.bsky.social Film watcher. Cinema programmer for Eden Court Theatre and the Inverness Film Festival.
Casiomtb @casiomt.bsky.social Pop electronica or lofi ambient depending on mood & weather outside Edinburgh tenement. Was/am in/on/did the Mirry album.
Spotify: casiomtb, mirry, tantrum, fake tan.
linktr.ee/casiomtb
Floppyrecords.co.uk
Number Stations @numberstations.bsky.social Number Stations make haunted electronica and future-rock noise in the wintry depths of Scotland. They take their name from the enigmatic broadcasts that haunt shortwave radio.
https://number-stations.bandcamp.com/