Paula Surridge @psurridge.bsky.social Professor of Political Sociology, University of Bristol
British politics, elections, public opinion and (a lot of) political values.
SubStack: https://pollingsnippets.substack.com/?r=4a6d0z&utm_campaign=pub-shar
Jill Rutter @jillyrutter.bsky.social Policy and programme adviser at Belong, the Cohesion and Integration Network. Associate fellow at British Future
Interests: employment, immigration, integration and cohesion policy, heritage, elections, Ukraine, textiles, ceramics.
Mum. Posts are personal
Tom Baldwin @tombaldwin66.bsky.social Journalist, once a senior Labour Party adviser, and author of the best-selling biography of Keir Starmer, now out in paperback with a new chapter on the election and first weeks in power.
Jonn Elledge @jonnelledge.bsky.social Annoying journalist, bestselling author, sweary podcaster and so forth. New Book: 31 Inventions That Built Our World (UK, out now) / A Brief History of Cities in 32 Inventions (US, 13 October).
nor(DEV): Norfolk Developers @nor.dev Norfolk's #developer community
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🔸 East Anglia's Biggest Tech Conference #nordevcon https://nor.dev/con
Alan Wager @dralanwager.bsky.social 
Darren Leader @studiogram.bsky.social Graphic designer, researcher and educator.
http://www.darrenleaderstudio.co.uk
Bookbugs and Dragon Tales @bookbugs.bsky.social Bookshop specialising in inspriing children to read. Events, outreach, customer orders and a large selection of books for grown ups too!
Check out our 3d map here:
https://bookbugsanddragontales.com/the-virtual-tour 
Hugh Aldersey-Williams @hoooaw.bsky.social Books: Dutch Light: Christiaan Huygens and the Making of Science in Europe, Tide, The Adventures of Sir Thomas Browne in the 21st Century, Periodic Tales and other things. And some exhibitions.
Aodhán Michael Connolly @michaelaodhan.bsky.social
Father, politico, foodie, linguist, runner, etymologist
Wearer of the Brex-hat! Beard of Ireland 21/22/23/24
Broads National Park @broadsnationalpark.bsky.social The official account of the Broads National Park in Norfolk and Suffolk, looked after by the Broads Authority. Follow us for news, facts, stunning images and things to do in Britain's most iconic wetland landscape.
www.visitthebroads.co.uk
Earlham Institute @earlhaminst.bsky.social Combining world-class technology and interdisciplinary expertise across genomics, engineering biology and data science to accelerate solutions for health, biodiversity, and food security.
📍 Norwich, UK
🔗 earlham.ac.uk
Juergen Maier CBE @juergenmaier.co.uk Austro-British Industrialist. Chair of Great British Energy, Co-founder @vocl_uk, Former CEO #Siemens UK. Views my own. 🏳️🌈
Norfolk @norfolkuk.bsky.social News and updates from the county of #Norfolk, UK - we originally started this service on another app in 2012 and now here on Bluesky
Norfolk Screen (Official Film Office for Norfolk) @norfolkscreen.bsky.social The Official Film Office for Norfolk providing a one-stop shop for film enquiries. Make Norfolk your next filming destination. #Locations #crews #facilities
Make Norfolk your next destination for filming.
www.norfolkscreen.co.uk 
Quadram Institute @quadraminstitute.bsky.social At the forefront of research into food, the gut microbiome, and human health.
Partnership between Quadram Institute Bioscience, @nnuh.bsky.social , @uniofeastanglia.bsky.social and the Biotechnology & Biological Sciences Research Council
TallBikeGuy @thetallbikeguy.bsky.social Just a tall guy, on a bike | Recent(ish) émigré to the fine city of Norwich | Occasionally drives a car. Saving up for an e-cargo bike | Chair of norwichcycling.bsky.social
Megan Streb @meganstreb.bsky.social Head of Outreach at @whatworksgrowth.bsky.social Non-Exec Director at @theied.bsky.social Also, fan of good planning, transport, and local gov. American living in Southampton, UK with ADHD. she/her
Marios Richards @mariosrichards.bsky.social Frequently wrong. Please correct (effort involved appreciated).
Experiments with Data Visualisation:
https://github.com/MariosRichards/BES_analysis_code
https://medium.com/@mariosrichards
https://mariosrichards.substack.com/
Callum Ringer @callumringer.bsky.social 🔶North Norfolk District Councillor representing Gresham ward (cabinet member for environmental & waste services) and chair of Bodham Parish Council🔶
Anna Clarke @annaclarke.bsky.social Interested in UK housing policy, planning, economics, housebuilding, energy, social policy. Cambridge based.
The Rialto @rialtopoetry.bsky.social Leading independent poetry magazine and award-winning poetry publisher.
https://therialto.co.uk
Robert Dorschel @robertdorschel.bsky.social Assistant Professor in Digital Sociology @ University of Cambridge; researching tech workers, digital economy, class, and culture
https://research.sociology.cam.ac.uk/profile/dr-robert-dorschel
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.
Cath Hodsman @cathhodsman.bsky.social Ret'd entomological artist, illustrator & teacher. Active conservationist & wildlife gardener, No pesticides, no-mow, no dig. Green voter. UK based.
Pascal Jacquemain @jacquep.bsky.social French citizen in Brexitlandia.
Married to a Brit, 2 great daughters.
Left of centre.
Dislike the right.
SQL specialist
Garvan Walshe @garvanwalshe.org Civic entrepreneur building broadsheet social media at kronkite.social. Lobbyist for electric planes.
I chair Unhack Democracy, do green libertarianism @ epicenternetwork.eu
My substackSurvival & Success on liberalism and globalisation: garvanwalshe.org
Michael Carty @mjcarty.bsky.social HR data, research and content solutions consultant ♦ Editor ♦ Writer ♦ Data analyst ♦ Blogger
https://www.linkedin.com/in/michaelcarty/
May today be nothing but kind to you and yours.
Ruth Brandt @ruthabrandt.bsky.social Writer & creative writing tutor.
Words: Fly on the Wall Press, Bridport Prize 2018, Bristol Short Story, Litro, The Phare, Ellipsis Zine, Fictive Dream, Aesthetica Creative Writing Anthology and other lovely folk ...
website: www.Ruth@ruthbrandt.co.uk
Dr Viviane Gravey @vgravey.bsky.social Senior Lecturer in European Politics, Queen's University Belfast - #Brexit #Environment #Devolution #Agriculture #Trade #EuropeanStudies and #teaching polsci/EU
Secretary @uaces.bsky.social
Co-chair @brexitenv.bsky.social
Also music, knitting and cats..
Daryl DSC @darylchef.bsky.social Retired #Chef.
Love #art,reading, #music 🎶, #tech whats left of the #planet & much more . #politics.
#Norwich #UK.
Our world is doomed unless we do something now.
Holger Hestermeyer @hhesterm.bsky.social Professor of Int’l & EU Law, Diplomatic Academy Vienna. Past: Prof., founding Director CIGAD at King's College London, specialist adviser House of Lords EU Select Committee, Référendaire CJEU 
Phil Syrpis @syrpis.bsky.social Professor of EU Law at the University of Bristol.
On here mainly for inexpert political noodling and discussion, with occasional forays into EU law. And, puns. Sorry. 
Redskies @redskies.bsky.social Books, art, maths, knitting, embroidery, gardening, cats, hens, Early Medleval history, the Western Isles, good food, sea swimming, shells, birds & wildlife. 
Vintage Pelham Puppets @pelhampuppets.bsky.social I sell vintage Pelham Puppets from my online shop. 
Barbara Rich @barbararich.bsky.social Retired barrister (England + Wales) https://www.5sblaw.com/news/all-at-5-stone-buildings-wish-barbara-rich-well-on-her-retirement-from-practice/ law, legal history, public understanding of law. Londoner
https://bleakhouserevisited.substack.com
Elinor Elliot @elinorelliot.bsky.social Tired of this shit.
Gavin Esler @gavinesler.bsky.social Writer, broadcaster, new book “Britain Is Better Than This” gavinesler.substack.com
Contact: lfennimore@noelgay.com
Sarah @sarahhopkins.bsky.social Interests: Nature, books & the arts, politics/current affairs, social justice.
UK citizen - EU heart.
Disabled. Housebound.
No DMs please.
David Chance @davidchance.bsky.social ‘Resting’ journalist. Cat is Bob and we live in Liverpool. He likes chasing things, eating and sleeping. I like LFC, The Archers and making my way round on a bike. 🚲
Otto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social Pen name of Andrew Scott.
Fake History, Fake Heroes and Notorious.
Represented by Pew Literary
Links:
https://linktr.ee/OttoEnglish
Linda H Matthews Artiste Peintre EI @broadskiesgal.bsky.social Maison des Artistes Official: English artist painter living in the “real” south of France. Plein Air Painter, Oils mainly. Bespoke Group & individual Tuition, residential or nonresidential
Www.lindahmatthews-artiste.fr
Kit de Waal @kitdewaal.com Optimist, writer, swearer. common person. Co-founder Big Book Weekend with @MollyFlatt. Proud Primadonna. Professor, University of Leicester. FRSL. Photo by Paul Chambers. No DMs please. To email use contact@kitdewaal.com
Jihed Ncib @jihedncib.bsky.social Machine Learning Researcher (Post-doctoral) at the Connected Politics Lab and the School of Computer Science (University College Dublin).
www.jihedncib.net
Peter Geoghegan @petergeoghegan.bsky.social Irishman in London. Founder of award winning investigative news site Democracy for Sale https://democracyforsale.substack.com/
Mareike Kleine @mkleine.bsky.social Prof for EU studies and international politics at the London School of Economics. 
Richard Evans @richardev.bsky.social #Butterflies, wildflower meadow restoration in Lancaster and the Lune valley.
More information on our restoration of Hermitage Field at https://hermitagefieldcommunitymeadow.com
#wildflowers #rewilding
Michiel van Hulten @michielvanhulten.eu Democracy defender. Former EU/NL politician and official. No longer on Twitter, Facebook or Whatsapp.
Kathy Love @kathylove.bsky.social Commercial lawyer, lifelong engagement with the European project. Newnham, Gray’s Inn, College of Europe. Now, Dutch citizen. Appreciative European. Lifelong choral singer. Mum of three. Now studying legal aspects of the Gascon wine trade 1152-1453
Sean Jones KC @seanjones.org King’s Counsel. Serious about Law, but only about Law.
General Editor of Tolley’s Employment Handbook.
Trustee of FRU
Member of Chelsea Pitch Owners board
Co-founder of Billable Hour Appeal.
French Studies @frenchstudies.bsky.social Society for scholars and students of French in higher education
https://www.sfs.ac.uk
Catdorrell.bsky.social @catdorrell.bsky.social I live in Norfolk and plan my walks around friendly cats and cups of tea. Avid Archers fan and keen reader. Not great at bios. NCFC #herGameToo Don't always reply to DMs.
Roger Everett @yachtlily.bsky.social Retired. Married for 52 years to Mrs Crew. We sail our classic yacht together on the Norfolk Broads. Other passions? Opera, ballet, walking, eating well, cooking and our 6 wonderful grandchildren
Leigh Turner Diplomacy @leighturnerwriter.bsky.social Author ✍️ of “Lessons in Diplomacy: Politics, Power and Parties”. Inspirational speaker. Former British Ambo to 🇺🇦 and 🇦🇹.
Charles Julian @molynj.bsky.social Politically homeless. Refugee from what was Twitter.
Can be very sweary, depending on my mood. If you don't like the "f" word and the "c" word then don't follow me.
Reposts are not endorsements.
Andrew Stronach @aistronach.bsky.social Recovering journalist. Powered by caffeine and cortisol. Chart. PR. and Head of External Relations at the @QuadramInstitute.bsky.social in Norwich. Scottish 🏴 via Zambia 🇿🇲 Hedgehog champion 🦔
Julien Hoez @julienhoez.eu ✉️ Contact@julienhoez.eu | ✍️frenchdispatch.eu
🇫🇷Social-libéral politologue fighting for a stronger EU 🇪🇺
🧠 Reformed think tanker | 📰 Editor
💻 Political Consultant |🌍 Political & foreign affairs
Zamira Rahim @zamirarahim.bsky.social Staff editor for The New York Times (in London). Previously writing for CNN and Time Magazine. One of those Brits who ended up in American media.
Doc Sarah Lonsdale @sarahjlonsdale.bsky.social Books, history & nature. Politics, 48%. Writer, Lecturer, History of journalism City University. My book Wildly Different, about women and nature is now in paperback!
Financial Times "Best Books" Summer 2025
Of course I'm a feminist!
I Never use AI
Anna Alexandrova @annaalexandrova.bsky.social Philosophy of science, methodology of social sciences, wellbeing, evidence based policy, measurement.
Professor @hpscambridge.bsky.social
Fellow @kingscollege.bsky.social
Russian Brit
She/her
https://philpeople.org/profiles/anna-alexandrova
Iain Robinson 🌳 @iainrobinson.bsky.social Writer, lecturer, and accidental activist. Trees, woods, nature, landscape, environmental matters, guitars, and fictions of all sorts, though I’ll mostly just upload cat pics and undertake academic moaning.
https://thispartysover.substack.com
Andrew Sissons @acjsissons.bsky.social Day job: climate change, heat pumps, energy at Nesta
Other stuff: low-fi economics on growth, cities & economic geography, general UK policy, occasional basic charts
Bristol, he/him, lots of parenting / caring.
Personal account.
Simon H @simonbim.bsky.social Innovate UK & UKRI Head of Supply Chain & Cyber Systems Resilience. Delivering R&D in Digital & Tech @InnovateUK, wrangling startups and policymakers. Personal views.
The Productivity Institute @productivity.bsky.social ESRC-funded research organisation bringing together world-leading experts from a range of disciplines and backgrounds. Headquarters at Alliance Manchester Business School.
Jennie Jordan @jenniewren.bsky.social Certified ADHD-affirming positive intelligence coach, facilitator & trainer. Creative industries researcher. Love to help others thrive. Let’s talk:
https://www.coachaccountable.com/offering/PEbti6zoyesdfkRhV3Fb0735awIkaJE
Mark Byrne @markobroin.bsky.social Dir of External Affairs at Centre for Cities. Irish in London. Politics, policy, books, cats. Yimby. Trustee at Stonewall Housing 🏳️🌈
Elaine Bracken 🇺🇦 🇬🇧 @elainebracken.bsky.social Retired finance lawyer (acq fin, workouts). Then in my 50s retrained as a primary school teacher-quite fascinating-now retired from that. Wife of Jonathan. Live in Kent. Please no DMs.
Simon Hix @simonhix.bsky.social Stein Rokkan Chair in Comparative Politics, EUI. President of @epssnet.bsky.social. FBA, FRSA. Democracy, parties, elections, electoral systems etc. Live music. COYI
Iain Aitch @iainaitch.bsky.social Author, journalist, thought leadership, copywriter, ghost, PR ideas man, artistic working class histories, subculture, THFC fan. Trouble caused or solved. VG+, some surface noise. https://www.iainaitch.com & https://thisidea.co.uk/ London via Margate
Chris Kendall @ottocr.at Anglo-Schwäbisch eurocrat | maker of EU foreign policy & spätzle | guerrilla knitter | cross-Channel commuter | was once @ottocrat | personal capacity
Toby Litt @tobylitt.bsky.social Writer. Mentor. Activist.
I teach Creative Writing at Southampton University.
https://awritersdiary.substack.com/
Maria Abreu @mariaabreu.bsky.social Prof. of Economic Geography and Fellow of Pembroke College, University of Cambridge. My work is on labour markets, migration, planning, and regional policy. I also love photography and baking, and have a crazy cocker spaniel called Fonzie.
Gillian🇺🇦🇬🇧🇩🇪 @gilliancarrin.bsky.social Brit in Berlin, law.
James Ball @jamesrball.com Political editor @ The New World
Opinion @ The i Paper
Fellow @ Tech Policy Press
Fellow @ Demos
PhD researcher @ UCL Laws
newsletter @ techtris
Latest book: The Other Pandemic – How QAnon Contaminated The World. 🏳️🌈
https://www.jamesrball.com/
Suffolk Broad (aka Anna) 🇬🇧🇵🇱🇪🇺 @annadamski.bsky.social East Anglia Bylines Editor-in-chief and director at Bylines Network. Also Chair of Suffolk for Europe. All voluntary. My quiet retirement is going well.
Howell Harris @trefeca.bsky.social Retired (US, business & technology) historian. Twitter escapee. Hope this doesn't go the same way. Welsh & European. Durham resident. Gardener & cyclist.
Ann Hawkins @annhawkins.bsky.social Egalitarian, insatiably curious, critical thinker, writer, reading as art, literature, philosophy, blues, Easily bored, not easily offended. Member of Citizen Collective.
www.annhawkins.com
Cambridge UK
Niall Ó Conghaile @nialloconghaile.bsky.social 🇪🇺
European.
Views my own; RT = interest, not endorsement.
Tim Bale @timbale.bsky.social Professor of Politics at Queen Mary University of London & author of The Conservative Party after Brexit: Turmoil and Transformation (now out in paperback). The bits and pieces I do for websites and newspapers turn up eventually at https://proftimbale.com
Lisa Quattromini @lisaq.bsky.social Verdazurine 📚🇪🇺🐕🐕💛💚⚽️🏏🎾🐝🐈⬛🐈⬛🎶🏛️ complicated 🇮🇹🇮🇪🏴🏴
Pete Morgan @mobymooby.bsky.social Football, politics, bad jokes, music. Welsh person who has ended up calling Norwich home. NCFC💚💛
Catriona Seth @catrionaseth.bsky.social 18th-century cultural history, French literature, art etc. Currently Marshal Foch Professor of French Literature, University of Oxford/All Souls College
Rajesh Thind @rajeshthind.bsky.social Filmmaker, writer, gospel choir-boy etc.
Links: https://linktr.ee/rajeshthind
Agent: www.sternwild.com/film-makers/rajesh-thind
Nick Stone @typejunky.bsky.social Traffic island castaway.
https://www.invisibleworks.co.uk/
Mike Hill @meadowend.bsky.social Brit. Passionate European. Studied physics at Imperial College, London. Formerly of ICBC. Retired tech marketer. Chorister, cyclist, skier. Refugee from the bird site.
Dallied on Threads (as @meadowend51) but that’s going the way of X…
Ben Tonra @bentonra.bsky.social Professor of International Relations at UCD Dublin; Dundrum Methodist Church; Royal Irish Academy; Azure Forum, IDSA and Gym Dad. Mix of Mayo, Kerry, West Virginia and suburban Maryland.
@celinawords.bsky.social @celinawords.bsky.social I write & edit for @eastangliabylines.co.uk , I also scribble as a copywriter. Daydreamer, love food, Europe & life.
Arthur Snell @snellarthur.bsky.social Writer, podcaster and former diplomat.
Buy my book👇
https://tr.ee/ElementalBookshopOrg
https://tr.ee/ElementalAmazon
https://tr.ee/ElementalWaterstones
If you don't want to buy my book, you could buy me a coffee👇
https://ko-fi.com/snellarthur
Lucy F Parker @lucyfparker.bsky.social Editor, Responsible Investor. Sustainable finance, CEE, sailing. 
Iain McLaughlin @iainmclaughlin.bsky.social Politics, economics, trade, advocacy, AIO/SEO, the Curious things of life & Dartmoor stomper.
Celtic FC & Plymouth Argyle, F1. 🛸
EFTA4UK's resident lefty.
Perfection is the enemy of good.
Will Adams @willadams.bsky.social It is not the being paid money in advance that jars the sensitive artist: it is the having to work. https://www.willadams.co.uk/
Giles Wilkes @gilesyb.bsky.social Former politico, comment writer, spread betting dealer, editor, now think tanker, consultant, former baker of overly dense loaves.
Prof. Elaine Chalus @profelainechalus.bsky.social Historian of 18C/19C women, politics, sociability and cosmopolitanism. Frequently infuriated by politics. Reposting not necessarily a statement of personal beliefs.
Claire Adler @cladle.bsky.social Heritage, Culture & Communities Consultant: NLHF Mentor; supporting and developing NLHF museum & community heritage projects, audience development research and also Chair of Queen Edith’s Community Forum, Cambridge (she/her) www.claireadler.co.uk
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
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
IG @kimwillsher_journalist
*views own;repost≠endorsement
Kevin Hjortshøj O’Rourke @kevinhorourke.eurosky.social Economist and economic historian. Directeur de Recherche, CNRS and Professor of Economics, Sciences Po, Paris.
Website: kevinhorourke.com
Chris Jones @chrisjones1.bsky.social London UK
Politics, finance, LFC, Red Sox, snark
Lately ChrisJones_1 on the Bad Place