Tarquin 'Howling Mad' Holmes @tarquinhh.bsky.social Oxford Law Research Admin, dabbler in history, philosophy & sociology of the life sciences & medicine.
Catherine Sutherland @cathjsuth.bsky.social Special Collections and Academic librarian, views my own.
Juliet Shaw @julietshaw.bsky.social
John Rowan @jrowanbxl.bsky.social Artisanal bureaucrat. Faceless, unelected. Ex-Whitehall, now does apocalypse preparation for the European Commission.
Oboista Alli @oboistaalli.bsky.social Oboist (modern & Baroque), musicologist, former research fellow; production coordinator for Texas Early Music Project; film database manager for Austin Jewish Film Festival צדק צדק תרדף Leguminati 🫘
🐘 @oboistaalli@babka.social
Dr. H @dr.h.winesky.app Wine drinker 🍷 Building @winesky.app
Will continue posting only here going forward, and may post some old Vivino reviews for context.
Expect lots of #spanishwine reviews, plus some assorted stuff.
Sarah Davies @sarahdavieslaw.bsky.social Lawyer particularly interested in tax legislation and policy.
Jess O'Thomson @jessothomson.co.uk Legal researcher, writer, journalist | Trans Rights Lead @ Good Law Project | PhD student @ University of Leeds
Views my own. Not your lawyer; not legal advice.
They/them
hello@jessothomson.co.uk
Jonathan Potts @uccellolirico.bsky.social I post mainly about politics, especially immigration and asylum, and the arts, especially music and sometimes poetry. Ex-civil service and volsec. HO Asylum Director 1996-2000, plus ça change.
Tom Adshead @tomadshead.bsky.social Director of Research at Macro-Advisory Ltd. Eurasian economics and politics
andrew phillips 𒅆 @herfst.bsky.social þe hıne æꞇ ꝼꞃumꞅceaꝼꞇe ꝼoꞃð onꞅenꝺon
ǽnne oꝼeꞃ ẏðe umboꞃƿeꞅenꝺe
Callum May @callummay.co.uk News person. The usual stuff.
More English Reservoirs @more-reservoirs.bsky.social Petition: Fund new reservoirs to increase future water supplies
https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/776762
Gautam Kambhampati @gautampk.com Lawyer, writer, magazine publisher. Formerly physicist.
@tamarindlit.co.uk
🇬🇧 London & Hull
🌹 for my sins
James Willem @willempa.bsky.social Employment and labor lawyer posting about the law and Pennsylvania courts. Formerly legal aid. KNVB fan. Cider fan. Allentown, by way of Boston, DC, Gujarat, New Haven, and Chicago, but Berkshires at heart.
@richardblyth.bsky.social @richardblyth.bsky.social Chartered town planner and trainee theologian
Sara B @sarabuschova.bsky.social Artist, writer and …
Francis Deblauwe 𒉺𒊏𒀭𒋛𒄑 𒊌𒉡 @fdeblauwe.bsky.social Mesopotamian archaeology (PhD UCLA); heritage (The Iraq War & Archaeology); digital humanities (Alexandria Archive Inst./Pleiades); spatial analysis of buildings; doodles; Belgian/American
Christopher W. Jones @cwjones.bsky.social Historian of the ancient world. Working on imperialism, elite competition, Global Assyria. North Carolinian.
Dr Anke Marsh @ankemarsh.bsky.social Palaeoecology, natural history, science, flora, fauna, microfossils. Researcher, writer, editor, photographer, and crocheter apparently, she/her
Blog: https://www.marshscapes.online/
Online shop: https://marshscapes.teemill.com
gerrarrdus @gerrarrdus.bsky.social Lives in Historic Northamptonshire. Chemist, IT bod, priest, stunt-archdruid
Jo VanEvery @jovanevery.bsky.social I help academics protect time for writing and resist overwork. Meaningfulness matters. You are more than your job. I also make things with textiles, read romances, sing alto in a choir. Subscribe to my newsletter: JoVanEvery.co.uk/newsletter
@theotheories.bsky.social @theotheories.bsky.social
Melinda Haunton @melindahaunton.bsky.social Archivist historian train travellers perennially anxious frequently cooking always interested
Tbh if you RT more than you comment I'm unlikely to follow back. I like to chat. UK based. Can't talk politics.
Keir Stitt @keirstitt.bsky.social Electrical and Electronic Engineer.
Owen Massey @oweninoxford.bsky.social /'əʊɪn 'mæsiː/
librarian・pedestrian・own views・they/them・Net Zero・Vision Zero・pro-trans・pro-trains・not my king・no gods・no masters・no borders・no statues・no heroes・❄️
Caroline Potter @carolinefrmus.bsky.social Award-winning author of books on Boulez, Satie, Boulanger and Dutilleux/ Visiting Reader in French Music, Royal Birmingham Conservatoire/
Contributing writer at I Care If You Listen/ https://substack.com/@carolinefrmus
Leonora @toomuchsinging.bsky.social Expert procrastinator with a tendency to think about music rather than work. Often found humming random bits of Bach or Purcell while walking down the street.
HangryGannet @hangrygannet.bsky.social Always digressing …
Fr Edward Barlow @edwardrhbarlow.bsky.social Scenery-chewing suburban vicar.
#DoctorWho Fan. Knitter. Dad to #SEND/PDA child. Husband. Non-Driver. #Philosophy graduate. Former RE Teacher. #AcousticNeuroma. Liability.
#Bexley
He/Him
All stunts my own.
madeline odent @oldenoughtosay.com chaos feed. heritage, history, old buildings, social justice. 🏴🇺🇸🏳️🌈. sea witch, professional gargoyle, teller of tales. (she/her)(Oxford, England)
Stephen Smith @gsds3.bsky.social
Jo Parmenter @jo-the-botanist.bsky.social Norfolk-based consultant ecologist (semi-retired, in order to spend more time looking at plants). Hobbies/Interests: looking at plants. Oh, & I cook things, too (mainly plants). #BSBI VC28 Jt Recorder. Woke Lefty.
Need help with a plant? Try #WildFlowerID
Petrus Crinitus @petruscrinitus.bsky.social Byzantium, Renaissance humanism, battery materials, apiculture...or any combination of the above.
Alan Pennie @telston.bsky.social Historical dilettante
Elizabeth Acheson @eacheson.bsky.social Maven and a firm believer in reasoned discussion as the solution to all things (unless the other side is just wrong!).
Kent Current @kentcurrent.news Independent journalism helping you understand what’s happening across Kent.
📩 Free editions every Monday & Thursday.
kentcurrent.news
Robert Levack @robedward90.bsky.social
Samuel Romilly @samuelromilly.bsky.social
Joe Baubles @joeborges.bsky.social MA World Heritage student, interested in magical objects, museum collections and meaning-making. Formerly British Museum Loans and Exhibitions. (he/him)
Estelle Wolfers 🇬🇧 🇪🇺🫶🦈 @firetower.eurosky.social Courts, cats and cars; she/her
@edmundpatioset.bsky.social @edmundpatioset.bsky.social
Cambridge Family Law Centre @camfamilylaw.bsky.social We are a centre of excellence at @cambridgelaw.bsky.social for research & teaching in all aspects of family law & policy, domestic, comparative & international. Website: https://www.family.law.cam.ac.uk
Dr Mark | 北马克 |🍉🇦🇺🇲🇾🇹🇭 @ajaanmark.bsky.social From Australia, have also spent time in Malaysia and Thailand.
Sociologist, educator, flaneur, SFF appreciator
Starting a new Linguistics research project in intercultural pragmatics
Interested in Asia things and languages. Also: Buddhism.
He/Him
Roger Protz @rogerprotz.bsky.social Edited 24 editions of CAMRA Good Beer Guide. Founder British Guild of Beer Writers. Twice winner Glenfiddich Drink Writer of the Year. 20 plus books including Family Brewers of Britain. West Ham fan
protzonbeer.co.uk
Matthaeus Tomasevici 🥨 馬太 @covrig.bsky.social Historian of Chinese religions
Religion, philosophy, West Europe, East Asia and everything in between. Mostly dad jokes, bad humor and memes - mostly memes. Curious, asking questions and using this platform to know more people.
Alex @skyblue1967.bsky.social Homebrewer, tea drinker, dog walker, grandparent, tired.
Hop grower and organiser of @mcrhopproject.bsky.social
Footie fan Man City and Exeter City.
Opinions mostly mine.
Phil C 🕉️ @phil-c.bsky.social Retired wordsmith, now living on a hill-top in the West Riding | Vānaprastha | Green Socialist | English European
🎶 The paradise that you will find
Lies deep within your very own mind
Know the Seer, know the Seer 🎶
Itsmotherswork @itsmotherswork.bsky.social Old Woman who lives in a Shoe.
Cheese. Books. Music. Politics. Children’s Services. Cocktails. Random ❤️❤️❤️
Do I think “Big Thoughts” about the issues of the day? Yes, I do. Do I share them here? Mostly not. Why not? What purpose would it serve?
Natalya D @natalyad.bsky.social Deaf and disabled cis queer woman. Interests in law, disability justice, cats, technology. Drinks a lot of tea.
Miguel Crunia @miguelcrunia.bsky.social - Talking about Galician Wines at Galician Sommelier: galiciansommelier.substack.com
- #7 in the Top 50 Best Sommeliers in the UK in 2024 & 2025
- Spanish wine specialist at Wine Scholar Guild
- Based in Scotland, where I own Fìon: fionwines.co.uk
Heather Burns @heatherburnstech.bsky.social freelance UK tech policy x human rights / midlife MPhil student @ Strathclyde Law School, researching US tech policy x Christian Nationalism / IANAL / https://heatherburns.tech / 💬 on Signal / open to work, hire me pls / "bad ass Glaswegian" apparently
Boak & Bailey (Jess & Ray) @boakandbailey.bsky.social In Bristol. Beer blogging in the UK since 2007. Also wrote some books about beer and pubs. Header image shows a detail from the cover of one. Won't repost if you don't use alt text. Find us at boakandbailey.com
Carl Rosman @carlrosman.bsky.social Unquestionably one of the clarinettists of his generation. Suddenly father of two. As surprised as you are.
www.carlrosman.com
Catherine Max @catherinemax.bsky.social Health equity, sustainability, place.
www.catherinemax.co.uk for consultancy + place and wellbeing blog.
Nick P @nerpish.bsky.social Mostly here to listen. Medieval literature, music, politics if I can bear it. Should be reading or writing a book instead.
Doro|河文 @faeydoro.bsky.social She/them|
Nerd for a variety of things, such (East Asian) History, K-&J-pop, and Ships (the water kind)
Currently Studying my BAs in Sinology and History at the University of Vienna
Student Union Person
NOT AMERICAN
DE|EN|一点中文
Adam B. Forsyth @adambforsyth.bsky.social PhD student at Cambridge / rotulet reader. I study the legal, political, ecclesiastical, & intellectual history of England in the 16th & 17th centuries, & history of the book! Views strictly my own.
独立之精神,自由之思想
www.hist.cam.ac.uk/people/adam-b-forsyth
Dr Gem Dale @gemdale.bsky.social Academic and researcher. Writes things, usually about flexible work and HR. Frequently over caffeinated. Mostly found in the gym.
May you have long days and pleasant nights.- U Un Publiciste @unjuriste.eurosky.social Un publiciste français / A french public lawyer
Intérêt malsain pour les droits américain et du commonwealth / Unhealthy interest for American and Commonwealth law
Judith Freedman @judithfreedman.bsky.social Tax academic, writer and editor, grandmother of 5.
Dr Matt Lodder @mattlodder.com Senior Lecturer in Art History, University of Essex. Trustee, Bishopsgate Institute. Law Student. Historian of tattooing. Podcaster @beneaththeskinpod.history.tattoo. 'Painted People' and 'Tattoos' out now. ADHD.
Hugh Jones @hbsj.bsky.social I work with universities to help them work better. #HigherEducationPostcard #FreyaDog Liable to proselytize about #ClimateChange #HigherEducation #Consultant #Swansea #Deltiologist #SWFC
UK Critics' Circle Music @ccmusicuk.bsky.social The Music Section of the UK Critics' Circle criticscircle.org.uk
Tom Lewis @tomlewiscambridge.bsky.social Professional bean-counter; amateur wine-writer
@musicrepublic.bsky.social @musicrepublic.bsky.social I launched my MusicRepublic blog to share my passion for the great traditional and folk musics of the world, very much at risk of being lost or forgotten.
C20 Society @c20society.bsky.social The national charity campaigning to protect Britain’s modern architectural and design heritage. Reuse Them or Lose Them!
www.c20society.org.uk
Financial Times @financialtimes.com The best of FT journalism, including breaking news and analysis.
https://www.ft.com
The users this account follows are verified FT staff or contributors.
Tom Edney @tomedney.bsky.social Conductor 🎶
Editor and orchestrator ✍️
PhD student at Royal College of Music, London
Artistic director, Odiham Music Festival
🏳️🌈 🌱
He/Him
Vin de Plume @vindeplume.bsky.social Swirl. Sniff. Sip. Taste. Spit. Repeat.
The Hampstead Village Voice Columnist for Wine 🍷 🍾 & Pubs🍺 🪵
IWFS Capital wine blogger chasing decent drops.
Tottenham Hotspur tragic.
#Wine #Food #Hampstead #Pubs #COYS #SpokenWord #ActionForME
Sam Hill @samwesthill.bsky.social Winemaker at Beare Green Winery Nr Dorking. Fermentation fanatic. Gimme Hot Sauce and good music.
Sue Wilkes @suewilkesauthor.bsky.social FRHistS. Europhile. Author of Regency Spies, A Visitor's Guide to Jane Austen's England, and more. Young Workers of the Industrial Age, out now! Please be kind. https://www.pen-and-sword.co.uk/Sue-Wilkes/a/1893
riffle @riffle.bsky.social Skeltering, without helter, in place. That place is US America.
I'm less likely to reskeet your post with screenshots or images if you don't include alt text.
Eleanor Robson @eleanorrobson.bsky.social Social Media Manager and Volunteer Assistant Warden at Kingfishers Bridge Nature Reserve; here for cats, crochet, jam and water buffaloes 😸🧶🐃
Recovering academic and Emeritus Professor of Ancient Middle Eastern History, missing Iraq but not much else 🤷🏼♀️
David McArdle @davemcardle.bsky.social Sports Law, Employment Law, Head of Stirling University Law School, Scotland. Trustee @ spireitestrust. I do other things too. Insert specious disclaimer here.
Lincolnshire @lincolnshireuk.bsky.social News and updates from the county of Lincolnshire, UK - we originally started this service on another app in 2012 and now here on Bluesky
Thesecretfarmer @thesecretfarmer.bsky.social Farmer (part tennant, part non tennant) ,East of England growing wheat, daffodils, cabbages, cauliflowers. Big cricket fan (Durham CCC) plus punk rock, Pearl Jam, diesel engines, comedy and history. Very much anti Ref*rm
Dave Coulter @osage2024.bsky.social Urban horticulture and forestry in/beyond Chicago region. American hedgerow aficionado. Still waiting for my ANTIFA Decoder Ring. Readers are Leaders.
Chris Bertram @crookedfootball.bsky.social Political philosophy and theory, migration, refugees, Rousseau, photography, French literature, Crooked Timber, books, Bristol ... Wrote "Do States Have the Right to Exclude Immigrants" (Wiley/Polity, 2018). Pensioner.
The Statutes Project @statutes.bsky.social Opening up Historic British Law and Legislation and digitally deforming it
Kristin Baumgartner @kbaumgartner.bsky.social Content manager & researcher for @AJRefugeeVoices and Holocaust Testimony UK, transcription/ translation/research and archiving of 19th & 20th century German letters & documents.
kristinbaumgartner.com
Bart⚓️ @bartgonnissen.bsky.social Senior Maritime Pilot | Master Mariner - unlimited | Master's degree Nautical Science | Forensic Medicine | Glass blower |
https://www.amazon.nl/dp/B0H7RMV7Q2
@sherrynotes.bsky.social @sherrynotes.bsky.social
Leah Broad @leahbroad.bsky.social Writer | Presenter | Historian
I write about music, women's history & cultural history.
QUARTET out now at https://linktr.ee/leahbroadwriter
Substack: http://leahbroad.substack.com
Website: http://leahbroad.com
Instagram: https://instagram.com/leahbroad
Corbin Keep @cellocorb.bsky.social Cello, with a strong focus on music by women composers.
http://www.wildcellist.ca
https://corbinkeep.bandcamp.com/album/unspeakable-beauty-works-by-historical-women-composers-arranged-for-unaccompanied-cello
John Levin @anterotesis.bsky.social Digital History, Radical History, Social History.
Dadaists, Anti-Artists, Cultural Deserters.
Coin clippers, Debtors escaping and imprisoned, Londoners.
Critics and Critiques of Political Economy.
Open Access, Public Domain, Hacking Around.
And Cats.
Sarah Roberts @sarahlovesopera.bsky.social Still going to lots of operas. Always manage to find some when visiting grandchildren in Australia and Norway. Still angry about Brexit.
Nobody. That's me. @karabergkara.bsky.social Barbarism is the natural state of mankind. Civilization is unnatural. It is a whim of circumstance. And barbarism must always ultimately triumph.
Claire Lomas @clairelomas.bsky.social Books (reading and writing) *Winner WriteMentorAwards 25 | Highly Commended Yeovil 24 | SL Wells 24 | SL Guppy 2023 | Honorary Mention UV2024* @TheGEAcademy alumni. Ex-lawyer. Music teacher 🎶
Marta Iljadica @martailj.bsky.social Researching (intellectual) property and the built environment at the University of Glasgow @create-glasgow.bsky.social and School of Law
Dominic Dean @drdominicdean.bsky.social Researcher, teacher and author (Killing Children in British Fiction - SUNY Press, 2024).
I work on contemporary British fiction and film, children, Kazuo Ishiguro, migration, intergenerational conflict. All views my own.
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.
Andrew Mitchell @chaconato.bsky.social 🇺🇳 🏳️🌈 classical music audience member since 1976, insufficiently gay, greenish-socialist, CPTSD survivor #InsertTibetanFlag
Ruth Elleson @ruthelleson.bsky.social Church/choral musician (alto), massive opera nerd, surtitle operator, and project planner working in public transport. Idiots not tolerated. She/her.
Daniel @hackloon.bsky.social Music, food, wine, history…
Neal Hockley @nealhockley.bsky.social Senior Lecturer in Environmental Economics & Policy | land, forests, conservation, equity, Madagasikara, Cymru. Climber, runner. "Trech gwlad nag arglwydd". https://www.bangor.ac.uk/staff/natural-sciences/neal-hockley-011884/en
Rob Blundell @blundell.eu Legal stuff. Wind farms. Biotech. Sometimes agriculture.
מתן גולדבלט @matanchic.bsky.social - C Chris Davies @crd37.bsky.social Complexity, politics, public policy and helping things be better. Welshman in south London.
Efrex @efrex.bsky.social Father of 4, Orthodox Jew, Liberal Zionist (probably doesn’t mean what you think it does), ADHD, straight musical theater queen, tired. Posting barbershop quartet content until the timeline improves…