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Birmingham 81 @birmingham81.bsky.social Music, architecture, photography, design etc. Sharing my concert photos taken in Birmingham in 81/82 (hence the name). Plus other stuff I've hoarded
Amy Swift @aswiftceramics.bsky.social Ceramic artist & maker.
Norwegian Farm Life.
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Sense International @senseinternational.bsky.social Sense International is a global charity supporting deafblind people in Bangladesh, India, Kenya, Tanzania, Peru, Romania and Uganda.
Will Sergeant @willsergeant.com I do music art and books, you got a problem with that?
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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.
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Dickon Edwards @dickon-edwards.bsky.social Writer-dandy. PhD. St Leonards-on-Sea. dickonedwards.substack.com
Richard Horsman @leedsjourno.bsky.social Former radio news ed. Proud to have *trained* 400+ journos. Reviewer, traveller, observer. Loves #radio. Likes wine, art & sunshine. Needs coffee
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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Private Eye Magazine @privateeyenews.bsky.social Britain's best-selling news and current affairs magazine with a unique mix of jokes and investigative journalism.
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Jake Kanter @jakekanter.bsky.social Investigations for Deadline. Former The Times media correspondent. Email: jkanter@deadline.com
The Empty City @davidallengreen.bsky.social Writes about law and policy at The Empty City blog and elsewhere.
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Threatening Music Notation @threat-notation.bsky.social Cataloguing threatening music notation. DM submissions welcome—please include source whenever possible.
North East Bylines @northeastbylines.co.uk We are a not-for-profit citizen journalism publication. Our aim is to publish well-written, fact-based articles and opinion pieces on subjects that are of interest to people in the North East and beyond.
Tracey Thorn @traceythorn.bsky.social Singer, songwriter, writer
Lauren Laverne @laurenlaverne.bsky.social Broadcaster. Slow eater, fast reader.
Rock ‘n’ Roll Book Club @rnrbook-club.bsky.social We host great author events and have a podcast called Music Maps @musicmaps.bsky.social
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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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Liam Thorp @liamthorp.bsky.social Political Editor, Liverpool Echo. UK regional journalist of the year 2025. 4 x Specialist Regional Journalist of the Year winner. Orwell Prize and Paul Foot nominee. Proud dad who loves overpriced craft ale.
Neil Henderson @hendopolis.bsky.social Cat slave and journalist 
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Pete Paphides @petepaphides.bsky.social It may look to the untrained eye, I'm sitting on my arse all day.
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Jennifer Williams @jenwilliamsft.bsky.social Northern correspondent, Financial Times
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Mike Batt @mikebatt.bsky.social Ginger singer/songwriter/artist/composer. I've conducted more orchestras than you can shake a stick at
Helen Barnard @helenbarnard.bsky.social Director of Policy, Research, Impact, TrussellTrust Trustee NatCen. Former JRF & Pro Bono Economics. Author: Want (Giants: A New Beveridge Report) http://amzn.eu/d/hk1ojO6
Cʜʀɪs Sᴛᴇɪɴ @chrisstein.bsky.social Guitar with Blondie 50 years. Wrote those songs. Writer, photographer, animist etc
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Martin Lewis @martinlewis.moneysavingexpert.com Founded MoneySavingExpert, @moneyandmentalhealth.org, (ish) the Martin Lewis Money Show ITV & Martin Lewis Podcast
Richard Murphy @richardjmurphy.bsky.social Economic justice campaigner. Professor of Accounting Practice, Sheffield University. Former chartered accountant. Political economist. Opinions all my own.
Paula Gooder @paulagooder.bsky.social New Testament Scholar - Chancellor of St Paul's Cathedral, London; lover of chocolate, novels and impossible questions!
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simone marie @simonemarie4.bsky.social bass player - primal scream
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Russ Jones @russincheshire.bsky.social Author. The Wolf That Chews Rocks (Sept 2026 https://www.amazon.co.uk/Wolf-That-Chews-Rocks-ebook/), the Erin Callahan thrillers, and some politics nonsense. Wulferhampton interloper. Twat.
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Kwajo Tweneboa @kwajo.bsky.social The landlords’ Landlord - Tearing the singlets of Housing Providers across the U.K. and more 🇬🇧🧏🏽♂️ Email: Kwajohousing@gmail.com
Robert Smith @robert.thecure.com The Cure : founder & writer & singer & guitarist & : shake me up
Larry the Cat @number10cat.bsky.social Chief Mouser to the Cabinet Office. 17 year old tabby. Living with my seventh Prime Minister. Unofficial.
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London Centric @londoncentric.media A modern news outlet for London, covering the city in the old-fashioned way. Edited by @jim.londoncentric.media. Subscribe now for a 25% discount: www.londoncentric.media
Henry Zeffman @hzeffman.bsky.social BBC Chief Political Correspondent
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Tim Burgess @tim-burgess.bsky.social Charlatan, solo artist, producer, DJ, coffee drinker, author & award winning radio presenter.
Kenneth Williams @diarieskenneth.bsky.social Diary entries by Kenneth Williams, posts by @michaelglasper.bsky.social
Dave Haslam @davehaslam.bsky.social Hacienda DJ, journalist (Guardian, LRB, etc), writer (recent books about Sylvia Plath, Keith Haring, Picasso). “An exceptional writer” - Olivia Laing.
Generation Rent @generationrent.bsky.social The voice of private renters. We campaign to make our homes safe, secure and affordable. Team behind #VentYourRent and #HomesNotHotels
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Susan J. Smith @sjs1869.bsky.social President,The British Academy.
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Life Fellow at Girton College, Emerita Honorary Professor in the Dept of Geography, Cambridge University, UK.
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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
Severin Carrell @severincarrell.bsky.social Scotland editor for the Guardian (currently on sabbatical). A personal account. Likes and reposts ≠ approval or endorsements (with thanks to Dr Seuss)
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The News Agents @thenewsagents.co.uk Lifting the curtain on the biggest stories in the UK, U.S. & beyond.
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Evan Davis @evanhd.bsky.social The bloke who presents the BBC Radio 4 PM programme as well as the Bottom Line. And Dragons Den on BBC1. I try to be reasonable, but it is sometimes a struggle.
Francis Elliott @franciselliott.bsky.social Journalist and author, editor of The House. 
Cat Neilan @catneilan.bsky.social Whitehall Editor for the Observer & chief investigative reporter for BBC R4's The Naked Week. Politics, investigations and taramasalata
Tom Irwin @tomirwin.bsky.social Member of the public.
John Harris @johnharris1969.bsky.social Guardian. Free Substack pieces at maybeimamazed.substack.com Plus music writing in MOJO. Maybe I'm Amazed, my new memoir about autism & music, out now. Order here https://linktr.ee/maybeimamazed
Helen Lewis @helenlewis.bsky.social Staff writer, The Atlantic | Author, Difficult Women (2020) and The Genius Myth (2025) | Podcaster, Page 94 | Doom scroller, the internet | uk.bookshop.org/shop/helenlewis
Rachel Cunliffe @rmcunliffe.bsky.social Associate Political Editor @NewStatesman. Devout classicist, "indulgent editrix", at one point the only Ancient Greek teacher in South Korea
Frances Ryan @francesryan.bsky.social Guardian columnist and journalist. Commentator of the Year 2024. Author of Who Wants Normal? (paperback out now) and Crippled.
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Helen Barrett @helenbarrett.bsky.social Features journalist. Book: 'Something: The Women Who Made the Beatles' - May 2027.
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Peter Jukes @peterjukes.bsky.social Co founder @Byline.com and @BylineTimes.bsky.social. “Destructive British media” according to the Kremlin. Six nominations for sanctions from their Mofo MFA! An Oscar record
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Municipal Dreams @municipaldreams.bsky.social Social historian of housing. Author of 'A History of Council Housing in 100 Estates' (RIBA Books) and 'Municipal Dreams: the Rise and Fall of Council Housing' (Verso). I blog at https://municipaldreams.wordpress.com/.
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
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