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Carrie O'Grady @carrieog.bsky.social Guardian comma shepherd. Formerly Hackney Fiction Doctor. Still playing all day in my green cathedral
Jon Henley @jonhenley.bsky.social Paris-based writer of European allsorts at the Guardian
Tony Paley @tpaleyfilm.bsky.social Guardian staffer; author of Capital Celluloid daily blog guide to London repertory film scene (http://capitalcelluloid.blogspot.com/?m=1); book, vinyl and DVD/Blu hoarder and proud of it.
Rajeev Syal @syalrajeev.bsky.social Home affairs editor, The Guardian. 
Emily Mackay @emilyrosemackay.bsky.social Rhymes with pie. Guardian homepage editor, and writer/editor of various things.
Matthew Kilburn @matthewkilburn.bsky.social Freelance writer, editor and consulting historian - Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Doctor Who Magazine - and now former Alzheimer's carer. Ex-History of Parliament, also liable to write about North-East England and Oxford as well as television.
Timothy Snyder @timothysnyder.bsky.social Temerty Professor of Modern European History, Munk School, University of Toronto; Permanent Fellow, IWM Vienna; Emeritus Levin Professor, Yale. Author of "On Freedom," "On Tyranny," "Our Malady," "Road to Unfreedom," "Black Earth," and "Bloodlands"
Amit Lennon @amitlennon.bsky.social Professional portrait photographer.
Likes talking to people.
www.amitlennon.com
Dani Garavelli @danigaravelli.bsky.social Freelance journalist & writer. Bylines at the Herald, the Guardian, the London Review of Books, the Big Issue, Prospect Magazine et al. Radio 4 documentaries, including Waiting for the Van & Prosecuting Polmont. Shortlisted for the Orwell Prize.
Citizens’ Climate Lobby Canada @citizenslobbyca.bsky.social Empowering citizens to advocate for pollution pricing and climate-aligned finance. Building a liveable world since September 2010. Focus is our superpower.
canada.citizensclimatelobby.org
Allegra Kirkland @allegrak.bsky.social Politics @ TPM // Previously @ Teen Vogue
Xan Brooks @xanbrooks.bsky.social Novelist, journalist. THE CATCHERS (https://tinyurl.com/TheCatchers2024)
Christine Buckley @mschrisbuckley.bsky.social Editor of the NUJ's The Journalist and the CSPA's The Pensioner magazines. Former Times Industrial Editor, FT journalist and regional news reporter. Mum to a girl and a dog
Robert Dingwall @rwjdingwall.bsky.social Consulting sociologist, researcher, writer and entrepreneur. Medical sociology; sociology of law; STS; ethnomethodology; CA. Re-post does not imply endorsement.
Daisy Cooper MP 🔶 @libdemdaisy.bsky.social Member of Parliament for St Albans.
@libdems.org.uk Deputy Leader and Treasury Spokesperson.
📧 Daisy.cooper.mp@parliament.uk
Mueller, She Wrote @muellershewrote.com Owner of MSW Media, host of The Daily Beans, UnJustified, and Cleanup on Aisle 45 podcasts. #Leguminati. Veteran. She/Her Substack: muellershewrote.com Secure contact: FedOath@pm.me
Signal: muellershewrote.23
Podcast: https://link.chtbl.com/TheDailyBeans
John Cusack @johncusack.bsky.social Apocalyptic shit disturber elephant trainer -
This is the only account . 👈 If I share something it doesn’t necessarily mean I agree
Founding board member
@Freedom.press please follow https://linktr.ee/freedomofpress
@johncusack on twiiter
Jonathan Watts @jonathan-watts.bsky.social Author of The Many Lives of James Lovelock, founder of Sumaúma.com and the Rainforest Journalism Fund. Guardian environment writer. 
Jakub Frankowicz @jakubfrankowicz.bsky.social Guardian US web production coordinator and two time geography bee champ
Jim Waterson @jim.londoncentric.media Journalist. Editor of @londoncentric.media, a modern news outlet covering London in the old-fashioned way: www.londoncentric.media jim@londoncentric.media
Rafael Behr @rafaelbehr.bsky.social Political columnist, The Guardian
Author, Politics, A Survivor's Guide
Website: https://rafaelbehr.com/
Anand Menon @anandmenon.bsky.social Director @ukandeu.bsky.social Bitter and twisted observer of politics. ‘Not yoda’ (DC) ‘Slightly matey politics don' (Q. Letts) Trustee, @fullfact #LUFC Most views someone else’s
James O’Brien @mrjamesob.bsky.social Broadcaster @lbc.co.uk
Author: https://www.waterstones.com/book/how-they-broke-britain/james-obrien/9780753560365
Adam Bienkov @adambienkov.bsky.social Political Editor of Byline Times and Online Editor of BylineTimes.com. Lobby journalist in the House of Commons. 📩Adam@bylinetimes.com
Subscribe to my Substack ⬇️
https://www.adambienkov.co.uk
Andrew Rawnsley @andrewrawnsley.bsky.social Chief Political Commentator & Associate Editor, The Observer
https://observer.co.uk/contributor/andrew-rawnsley
Niels de Hoog @nielsdhg.bsky.social Visual journalist, formerly @Guardian
Catherine Mayer @mayeroflondon.bsky.social Author, journalist, activist, reluctant music biz participant. DIVIDE & RULE: Royal Women and their Battles out now. Novel TIME/LIFE published 2025.
Amyn Merchant @amynmerchant.bsky.social Musician, Bookworm, Europhile, Family Man & #AutismParent. All views are personal. 
@sangitamyska.bsky.social @sangitamyska.bsky.social Journalist & Presenter | 📻 Formerly LBC ‘Sangita Myska 1-4pm Weekends ’, BBC @Radio4 Documentaries & 📺@BBCNews TV | @JSchofieldTrust | RTs not an endorsement
Owen Jones @owenjones.bsky.social Socialist, antifascist, writer in various places, geriatric millennial, GQ's 9th Worst Dressed Man in 2016. He/him. YouTube channel http://bit.ly/33iARb3 🏳️🌈
Carla Denyer @carladenyer.bsky.social Green MP for Bristol Central.
Former Co-leader of the Green Party of England and Wales.
Engineer. Bi 🏳🌈. She/Her.
Need to get in touch?
📧 carla.denyer.mp@parliament.uk
Juliette Garside @juliettegarside.bsky.social European financial affairs editor at the Guardian newspaper https://www.theguardian.com/profile/juliette-garside
Steering committee for https://antislapp.uk/
Lucy Siegle @lucysiegle.bsky.social Nothing bad can happen, it can only good happen.
Writer/broadcaster/host been on the case of this beautiful planet (nature and climate beat) since 2000.
Rob Davies @byrobdavies.bsky.social Guardian reporter and author of Jackpot: How Gambling Conquered Britain.
Peter Robinson @peterrobinson.bsky.social Working with popstars and music people as a BACP-registered integrative counsellor and on media training, artist development etc. Semi-ex-music journalist (Popjustice etc). Hello!
www.peterrobinson.net / www.peterrobinsontherapy.com
Frances Ryan @francesryan.bsky.social Guardian columnist and journalist. Commentator of the Year 2024. Author of Who Wants Normal? (paperback out now) and Crippled.
E: frances.ryan.freelance@guardian.co.uk
Hannah Newton @hannahnscribbles.bsky.social Freelance Journalist | Content | Social Media
Travel | Lifestyle | Interiors | People | Design | Climate | Earth
hannah@snook-design.com
https://hannahnewton.contently.com/
Tim Hughes @gotimmy.net Brighton-based doer of stuff at the Guardian
Now proudly on Eurosky
Husband of @elainehills.bsky.social
“Extremist” - K Starmer
Phil Harrison @mrpmharrison.bsky.social Journalism, constructive moaning, weird music, telly, LUFC, all the usual shit.
PCS Press @pcspress.bsky.social Official press account for the UK’s largest union for civil servants https://www.pcs.org.uk/contact-us/press-media-contacts
Nick Harkaway @nickharkaway.com Author: Karla’s Choice, Gnomon, Titanium Noir etc. Also husband, dad, clothing-repairer, dog-walker. Decreasingly rigorous on social media. Greta not Peter. Cuan cuan. Brit logging in via Eurosky.
www.linktr.ee/harkaway
He/him
Eve Livingston @everebecca.bsky.social Journalist mostly covering inequalities for Guardian, Observer, Bureau of Investigative Journalism, BBC & more.
Author of Make Bosses Pay. 2x Orwell Prize nominee. She/her.
📧 evelivingstonjournalist@gmail.com
🔗 everebeccalivingston.com
📸 eve__rebecca
Yassin El-Moudden @el-moudden.bsky.social Journalist
www.sheffieldwire.co.uk
University of Sheffield, UK
Peace - Paix - Paz - سلام ☮
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
Mike Holderness @holdernesseu.bsky.social Among the things I edit is www.londonfreelance.org
Photo © @rosesrebellion.bsky.social
Isaaq Tomkins @isaaqtomkins.bsky.social Scott Trust Trainee at the Guardian
Journalism masters at MMU
Classics graduate New College Oxford- T Tania Branigan @taniabranigan.bsky.social Foreign editorials writer at the Guardian. Author: Red Memory: The Afterlives of China's Cultural Revolution, winner of the Cundill History Prize. UK paperback: 1 February https://linktr.ee/redmemory and US: https://wwnorton.com/books/9781324051961
Peter Walker @peterwalker99.bsky.social Guardian senior political correspondent. New book, Stress tested, out now: https://tinyurl.com/mhn82a7m
Email: peter.walker@theguardian.com Secure email if needed: peter.walker.guardian@protonmail.com
Stefan Stern @stefanstern.bsky.social Journalist and author. Writes for FT, Guardian, Prospect and The Conversation. New book: Fair or Foul - the Lady Macbeth Guide to Ambition, out now. Visiting Prof at Bayes Business School
Chris McGreal @chrismcgreal.bsky.social Journalist. London. Formerly New York, Jerusalem, Johannesburg, Mexico City, Perranporth. Author of 'American Overdose, The Opioid Tragedy in Three Acts'.
Helen Davidson @heldavidson.bsky.social Foreign corro previously for the Guardian in Taiwan. Via Guardian Australia covering immigration and the Pacific and three wild years as the Northern Territory corro.
https://www.theguardian.com/profile/helen-davidson
helendavidsonreports@gmail.com
John Simpson @johnsimpsonnews.bsky.social BBC lifer since 1966, international affairs editor since 1982. Presenter of ‘Unspun World’ on BBC Two, BBC World & World Service. Two daughters, one son, six grandchildren, a loving wife, lots of books, and an Irish terrier. Defender of the Oxford comma.
Paul Waugh MP @paulwaughmp.bsky.social Labour and Co-operative MP for Rochdale
paulwaugh.co.uk
Susanna Rustin @susannajrustin.bsky.social Guardian journalist; author of Sexed: A History of British Feminism. Londoner
Campbell Stevenson @campbells.bsky.social Long in the tooth, short of attention, neither rough nor rowdy. Ex-Observer hack 
The Rest Is Politics @therestpolitics.bsky.social A view on politics at home & abroad, while bringing back the lost art of disagreeing agreeably with Rory Stewart & Alastair Campbell. Powered by Fuse Energy⚡
https://linktr.ee/RestIsPolitics
Sachin Nakrani @sachinnakrani.bsky.social Deputy Football Editor at @theguardian.com I Random thoughts & rubbish jokes
Kate Connolly @kateconnolly.bsky.social International Correspondent, The Guardian
Mike Galsworthy @mikegalsworthy.bsky.social Chair of European Movement UK. 🇬🇧 🇪🇺
Founder of the Bylines Network.
Founder of Scientists for EU.
Lover of science, Europe and humanity. 🙌
Jonathan Liew @jonathanliew.bsky.social 100% pure nuance.
https://www.theguardian.com/profile/jonathan-liew
Jay @jayelwes.bsky.social Dep ed, the New World.
Catherine Bennett @catherinebennett.bsky.social Journalist. Former (just) Observer and Guardian columnist. 
Iain M @iainm.bsky.social Hack, girly swot, he/him. Lives by the (new) river.
The New World @thenewworldmag.bsky.social Read: TheNewWorld.co.uk
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Mark Kerrison 📷 @markkerrison.com Photojournalist focused on the environment, human rights & social justice. NUJ. Occasional posts about music, languages and 父.
www.markkerrison.com/portfolio
https://www.instagram.com/markkerrisonphoto/
All images © Mark Kerrison.
Sammy Gecsoyler @sammygecsoyler.bsky.social news reporter @guardian - reach me on sammy.gecsoyler@theguardian.com
Kim Willsher @kimwillsher.bsky.social Europe Correspondent - The Observer
Foreign Correspondent - The Guardian
Journalist. News and feature writer.
Former Reporter of the Year: UK Press Awards
https://muckrack.com/kim-willsher/articles
IG @kimwillsher_journalist
*views own;repost≠endorsement
@olivialeejourno.bsky.social @olivialeejourno.bsky.social Journalist at Mill Media
Damien Gayle @damiengayle.bsky.social Guardian environment correspondent
Sophie Heawood @heawood.bsky.social Journalist, including property for the FT. Wrote a bestselling memoir for Penguin Random House about the time I moved to Hollywood and accidentally became someone’s mother. heawood.substack.com
Stevie Chick @steviechick.bsky.social Writer, sub-editor, pizza-maker. The Guardian, MOJO, Loose Lips Sink Ships. Books. The good shit. steviechick.com
Jack Monroe @jackmonroe.bsky.social I have opinions and bylines and plenty of snacks.
Tim Dowling @timdowling.bsky.social Guardian writer, sad sack. Police Dog Hogan's banjo player.
MꙬse Allain @mooseallain.bsky.social Historically inaccurate
He/him
https://www.mooseallain.co.uk
jamiejackson @jacksonjamie.bsky.social BEAUTY. Scriber. LIFE: COME ON!!! Manchester footie corr The Guardian https://jamiejackson.substack.com/ https://www.instagram.com/jamiejackson___ NOVEL out now::: Adventures In LovE https://www.amazon.co.uk/Adventures-LovE-Jamie-Jackson/dp/1917005458
Max Tundra @maxtundra.com https://linktr.ee/maxtundra innit
Emily Thornberry MP @emilythornberry.bsky.social Labour MP for Islington South, Finsbury & De Beauvoir.
Chair of the Foreign Affairs Select Committee.
https://www.emilythornberry.com
Nadia Whittome MP @nadiawhittomemp.bsky.social Labour MP for Nottingham East • Nottingham born and bred • she/her 🌹🏹🏳️🌈
Rebecca Long-Bailey @rebeccalongbailey.com Member of Parliament for Salford • Wife, Mother & Proud Socialist • This is my only Bsky account and all views are my own • Want to get in touch? Email me at: rebecca.longbailey.mp@parliament.uk
Website: rebeccalongbailey.com
Kim Johnson MP @kimjohnsonmp.bsky.social Labour Member of Parliament for Liverpool Riverside🌹
Mattzki @mattzki.bsky.social Audiohead. Video refusenik. Formerly BBC/SE/Guardian/News UK. The man in the hills. Nice with the blah blah blah.
Jamie Fahey @jamiefahey.bsky.social Left-sided utility player: Journalist. Author. Uefa B coach & technical report writer. Mentor. Evertonian
https://www.theguardian.com/profile/jamiefahey
Lisa O’Carroll @lisaocarroll.bsky.social Guardian correspondent covering international trade from European perspective, also post Brexit affairs and Ireland Former Brussels corr, Brexit corr + former media corr. Find me at lisa.ocarroll@theguardian.com
Luke Haines @lukehaines.bsky.social Currently - Luke Haines and Peter Buck. Black Box Recorder. Minus 5 (when called into service) Swell Maps (occasionally)
Formerley - The Auteurs,
Writes a bit, paints a bit. Strums guitar.
ITV News (Official) @itvnews.bsky.social Original news from across the UK and around the world. Available on ITVX 24/7. National news: ITV1 weekdays at 1:30pm, 6:30pm and 10pm. Regional news: ITV1 weekdays at 6pm.
Website: https://www.itv.com/news
Newsletter: https://itvnews.substack.com
Chaminda Jayanetti @cjayanetti.bsky.social Freelance journalist covering British politics and public services - NHS, education, care, housing, disability, benefits. Not a tribalist.
I like good things and I don't like bad things.
Ian McCullough @ianmac08.bsky.social London-based football writer for various national dailies. Covering Brentford, Chelsea, Crystal Palace, Fulham, QPR.
Andrew 🇬🇧🇪🇺🏳️🌈 @aoinyork.bsky.social Enjoying life in York, UK 🇬🇧. I like my walks in nature 🌿 and getting to the North Yorkshire coast 🏖️. I work in the charity sector 🫶. I try to shop ethically 🛍️. Gaining body confidence through naturism. British Naturism member. Always #BeKind.
Richard Baker @bakerpictures.bsky.social Photography projects from south London https://www.bakerpictures.com/about
Channel 4 News @channel4news.bsky.social Stories that reveal and inspire, challenging expectations.
Weekdays 7-8pm on Channel 4.
Got a story? C4Nstories@itn.co.uk
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Substack: https://channel4news.substack.com
Website: www.channel4.com/news
YouTube: www.youtube.com/@Channel4News
Miranda Sawyer @msmirandasawyer.bsky.social Writer, broadcaster, host of @papercutsshow and other chatty bits, I HAVE A BOOK OUT! Uncommon People - Britpop and Beyond In 20 Songs here it is https://amzn.eu/d/g2WxjyS
Clive Lewis MP @labourlewis.bsky.social MP for Norwich South “The ultimate hidden truth of the world is that it is something we make and could just as easily make differently” - David Graeber
Michelle Hodgson @michellehodgson.bsky.social Director of the Huddersfield Literature Festival, event organiser and presenter. Hopeful novelist. Left of centre. Loves cheesecake.
she/her
Simon @barryshawkins.bsky.social Formerly @BarryShawkins on twitter
Mainly retweet things I agree with. Active Travel, Horses, Darlington FC. Extremely right-wing. Blocked by Nick Knowles.
StephenBright;🦻🏻🥄🐈 🐝🏳️🌈🇺🇸 @sebright.bsky.social Resist BlueDot VoteBlue LiberalDemocrat LGBT NoH8 CatDad BLM GrGuncle DisabledSpoonie FamilyCaregiver4Mom GayGenX HeHim RevZeal MeCFS Fibro CPS CPTSD Scoliosis HOH ADHD NEISVoid FBR TeamPeteKHive
IA->GA/MO/KS/FL->IA
Patrick Smith @psmithjournalist.bsky.social Digital News editor for @bloomberg.com in London. Former NBC News, BuzzFeed News and was psmith on Twitter. SWFC and St Albans City fan. Mancunian. Likes memes.
David Batty @david-batty.bsky.social Senior reporter at The Guardian: visiting journalism lecturer at City St George’s University. http://www.theguardian.com/profile/davidbatty
Damian Carrington @dpcarrington.bsky.social Environment editor at The Guardian
Send info confidentially via Signal: dpcarrington.35
Or via this link👇
https://www.theguardian.com/tips
Mark Thomas @markthomasinfo.bsky.social Older artiste.
He/Him
https://www.markthomasinfo.co.uk