Alex von Tunzelmann @alexvont.bsky.social Historian, writer, broadcaster. She/her. Latest book, FALLEN IDOLS, shortlisted for the Wolfson History Prize 2022. HISTORY’S SECRET HEROES and THE LUCAN OBSESSION on BBC Radio 4. One of the Silk Road Slippers https://www.silkroadslippers.com
Dorian Stuber @ds228.bsky.social Reader; newly in St Louis; always as Canadian as possible under the circumstances
https://eigermonchjungfrau.blog/
The Quietus @thequietus.com Black Sky Thinking since 2008.
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Karl Whelan @karlwhelan.bsky.social Professor of Economics, UCD. www.karlwhelan.com.
Macroeconomics, sports betting & prediction markets.
Book: Fine Margins: How Economics Explains Sports Betting.
Details on how to buy it are here
https://www.karlwhelan.com/sportsbetting/about/
Samuel M. Moss @perfidiousscript.bsky.social Novel: 'The Veldt Institute' (Double--Negative, 2025) https://asterismbooks.com/product/the-veldt-institute-samuel-m-moss
Pubs: Keep Planning, Always Crashing, StP, etc.
Runs: @ergot.bsky.social
More: perfidiousscript.com
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Vicky Spratt @vickyspratt.bsky.social Housing & Society Correspondent at The i Paper
Author of TENANTS (2022) & We Were Prommised The Moon (2026)
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Fossil Free Football @fossilfreefootball.bsky.social 💪 Kicking fossil fuels out of football! #DropAramcoFIFA
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Gareth Dennis @garethdennis.uk Rail engineer and writer. Hosts @railnatter.uk and @trainsatlantic.uk. HOW THE RAILWAYS WILL FIX THE FUTURE (https://bit.ly/HowTheRailways) available everywhere. He/him.
Megan Bryer @meganbryer.bsky.social 
Barney Ronay @barneyronay.bsky.social Sports journalist
Musa Okwonga @okwonga.bsky.social Author, musician. Co-founder and co-host of the Stadio football podcast. musaokwonga.com
Chise @sailorrooscout.bsky.social Senior Scientist | Vaccine Research & Development | NIH | NIAID | VRC | 🧬🧫🦠🔬💉🥼🥽 | 🏳️🌈 | @coralchimera.bsky.social 💍 | @phoenixnest.bsky.social & @multicolorbark.com & @likeapalette.com 🧵🪡
Zoe Gardner @zoejardiniere.bsky.social UK & EU refugees & migration. LGBTI+, feminism & generalised incoherent ranting to boot. She/Her. I do policy, research & campaigns.
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Tinnitus UK @tinnitusuk.bsky.social We are the only registered charity in the UK solely dedicated to supporting those with tinnitus.
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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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Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social Green Party Leader (England & Wales)
London Assembly Member.
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https://podcasts.apple.com/podcast/id1837201724?i=1000724643828
Jake Cole @jakecole.bsky.social Freelance critic and terminally online figure. Letterboxd: https://letterboxd.com/jakepcole/
David Ho @davidho.bsky.social Climate scientist; ocean carbon cycle and climate solutions. Professor @soest.hawaii.edu, University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa; Visiting Faculty, Arizona State University. https://linktr.ee/david_ho
Glen O'Hara @gsoh31.bsky.social Historian. Writer.
Kelsey O'Brien @kelseyobrienauthor.bsky.social Historical fiction writer based in Paris. Fierce feminist and chocoholic.
https://kelseyobrienauthor.com
https://kelseyobrienauthor.substack.com
CommonGroundOrgUK @commongroundorguk.bsky.social The billionaires and their media are using hate and fear to divide communities and win power. We believe there’s more that unites than divides us and we’re having the conversations that prove it. www.commongroundorg.co.uk
George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social Ungainly on land
Robert Dallas Gray @robertdallasgray.com Yr blowsy goth auntie. Life without buildings, Whin, Even Sisters & solo. He/him | https://robertdallasgray.bandcamp.com | https://whin.bandcamp.com | https://musicians.today/@rdg_music
David James 🍩 @funkentechno.bsky.social dad, writer, web dev, mixtapes https://www.mixcloud.com/OptimisticUnderground/
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Sleaford Mods @sleafordmods.bsky.social https://sleafordmods.os.fan/
Robert Saunders @robertsaunders.bsky.social Historian of modern Britain, singer and political nerd. Author of "Yes to Europe! The 1975 Referendum & Seventies Britain". "A jaw-dislocating page turner"(Andrew Marr). Deputy-director @mileendinstitute.bsky.social, Reader @QMHistory
Aimee Steinberger @aimeekitty.bsky.social Simpsons movie! Prev. Director on The Great North and Titmouse. WB Velma, Little Ellen, Apple and Onion, DisneyTV, Disenchantment, Futurama, Simpsons. I like drawing pirates and feelings.
Lewis @lgambrose.bsky.social Mostly football, mostly Arsenal. Bisschen Weltschmerz und BVB. He/Him. https://linktr.ee/lewisgambrose
Chops Top Fives @chopstopfives.bsky.social European. Music fan. Maker of Top Fives. Still dancing badly & losing my specs in mosh pits. Play ukulele, bass & kazoo. 
Precious Recordings of London @precrecs.bsky.social Let's make this precious. The artist formerly known as Nicholas Godfrey releasing lovingly curated BBC sessions on vinyl. Do something pretty while you can.
Radiohead @radiohead.wastehq.social https://radiohead.com
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Claire Richardson @clairehistory.bsky.social PhD candidate at ARU Cambridge studying the Norman Cross PoW material culture at Peterborough Museum. Author of Exploring the Lives of Victorian Prostitutes. Member of Peterborough Women’s History Group #ME/CFS
Automated Blonded Alerts @autofrankalerts.bsky.social Instant, automated alerts if there are any changes to http://blonded.co or http://blonded.world. This is just @blondedalerts
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Ed Davey @eddavey.libdems.org.uk Leader of @LibDems.org.uk, husband, father, carer, and MP for Kingston & Surbiton.
Promoted by Liberal Democrats, 66 Buckingham Gate, SW1E 6AU.
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Zohran Kwame Mamdani @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social Mayor of New York City
Jonny Singer @jonnysinger.bsky.social Views my own unless they are very clever in which case I stole them
MCC Laws of Cricket Advisor
David Collard @davidcollard.bsky.social Autheur. Unfluencer.
'The Beckett List' (2027)
'A Crumpled Swan' (2025)
'Multiple Joyce' (2022)
All published by www.saggingmeniscus.com
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And Other Stories @andotherstories.bsky.social Not-for-profit press led by readers, writers & translators. Consider subscribing to help us take publishing risks. http://andotherstories.org/subscriptions/
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
Billy Carpenter @billycarpy.bsky.social Write about Arsenal. I also write for SCOUTED. Here's my newsletter:
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Benjamin Myers @benjaminmyers76.bsky.social Extremely humble legend. Writer of JESUS CHRIST KINSKI, RARE SINGLES, CUDDY, THE OFFING, THE GALLOWS POLE (BBC/Shane Meadows), THE PERFECT GOLDEN CIRCLE etc. Books: https://bio.site/benjaminmyers
Rob Ford @robfordmancs.bsky.social Politics Professor, University of Manchester. Sky News Elections Analyst
Author of "The British General Election of 2024" & "Brexitland". All takes are mine only.
"The Swingometer", is here: https://swingometer.substack.com/
https://www.robertford.net/
EconomicsInTen @economicsinten.bsky.social We're an economics podcast that delves into the lives & ideas of famous economists. Once won the Independent Podcast of the Year in the PodBible Awards. Featured on Radio 2 & in The Times/Observer/City AM https://open.spotify.com/show/44pI1bcAKbrA2fLZpwJF4
John Burn-Murdoch @jburnmurdoch.ft.com Columnist and chief data reporter the Financial Times | Stories, stats & scatterplots | john.burn-murdoch@ft.com
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Tony Malone @tonysreadinglist.bsky.social Championing the wonders of translated fiction, one review at a time. Slightly older and more haggard than the photos suggest. Bitter at most things, really.
ottilie mulzet @ottiliemulzet.bsky.social translator Монгол/Hungarian to English, occasional poet, adoptee
Funeral, and Other Stories, by Edina Szvoren, Seagull Books, 2026
Zsömle Is Gone, by László Krasznahorkai, New Directions 2027
she/her/ő
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𝔻𝕖𝕔𝕝𝕒𝕟 𝕆'𝔻𝕣𝕚𝕤𝕔𝕠𝕝𝕝 @jacqbetula.bsky.social Woods. Words. Birds. Birch. Beech. Bach.
Reviewer of translated fiction for
@irishtimes.bsky.social
Co-curator of the poetry festival Circling The Square.
@circlingpoetry.bsky.social
@georgeszirtes.bsky.social @georgeszirtes.bsky.social 
Burp @ennuiandmalaise.bsky.social I am homo and I am lost
Phil Costa @philcosta.bsky.social 🎙️ Host - Football Vision Podcast. I also talk about Arsenal for Arseblog and Arsenal Vision Podcast. SCOUTED.
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
Luke Kennard @lukekennard.bsky.social Novelist, poet, lecturer at University of Birmingham. Latest novel BLACK BAG out March 12th 2026.
https://linktr.ee/lukekennard
David Henningham 郭大衛 🏳️🌈 🏳️⚧️ 💖💛💙 @henninghampress.bsky.social Artist, Author, Indie publisher
(he/him)
my novel Foulness is at the printers
https://linktr.ee/smallfortunepress
Dr Sophie Michell @sophiemhistory.bsky.social Death and crime historian, family researcher, teller of tales.
Visiting fellow at the Open University.
Obsessed with inquests.
Barack Obama @barackobama.bsky.social Dad, husband, President, citizen. barackobamabooks.com
Lucas Schaefer @lucaseschaefer.bsky.social Debut novel THE SLIP out now from Simon & Schuster. Winner of 2025 Kirkus Prize for fiction. Paperback 6/23/26.
New Directions @ndbooks.bsky.social Founded in 1936 by James Laughlin, New Directions proudly publishes great literature from around the world. ndbooks.com
Fitzcarraldo Editions @fitzcarraldoeds.bsky.social Independent publisher.
fitzcarraldoeditions.com
Keith Ridgway @rid9way.bsky.social writer
Dooneen - out now from Fitzcarraldo Editions and New Directions
previously - A Shock / Hawthorn & Child / Animals / etc
Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan @london.gov.uk Husband, father and Mayor of the greatest city in the world. He/Him.
JP Spencer @jpspencer.bsky.social 
Venus Bivar @vbivar.bsky.social 🇨🇦 Historian of capitalism, pollution, Marseille, farming, land use, plastics, climate, and economic growth; misanthrope; hockey player; expert baker; amateur gardener; works at St Anne's College at Oxford; lives in York (the old one).
Regina Johnys @reginajohnys.bsky.social Runner, Spurs Fan, Photographer, Optimist, Co-Founder of Databasix.
Dr Martin Bedrock @bedrocm.bsky.social Retired geologist, runner, humanist, ally 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️, adhd, annoyingly happy, tofu-eating wokerati. 🚫DMs.
Ellis @esgidiaurhedeg.bsky.social Started running late. Slow too.
Dr Ai Lyn Tan @drailyntan.bsky.social Associate Professor, University of Leeds | Consultant Rheumatologist, Director of Research and Innovation, Leeds Teaching Hospitals | Editor-in-Chief BMJ Connections Rheumatology
https://medicinehealth.leeds.ac.uk/medicine/staff/807/dr-ai-lyn-tan
Tony Tulathimutte @tonytula.com author n founder @crit.works
Nicholson Baker @nicholsonbaker.bsky.social Latest book: Finding a Likeness: How I Got Somewhat Better at Art. First book: The Mezzanine. https://linktr.ee/nicholsonbaker.
Jim Musil Painter @jimmusilpainter.bsky.social Modern Landscape Painter
JimMusil.com
Ivan Kreilkamp @ivan812.bsky.social English prof, easily distracted Victorianist
Writing: https://ivankreilkamp.com/
Mat Osman @matosman.bsky.social Suede bassist. Author - The Ghost Theatre out now via Bloomsbury. Producer/composer. Didz at Quietus for musical stuff, Victoria Hobbs at AM Heath for books
Tim Shipman @shippersunbound.bsky.social Chief Political Commentator, Sunday Times. Author of All Out War, Fall Out and Out (coming soon)
Una McCormack @unamccormack.bsky.social NYT bestselling and BSFA & Scribe award-winning writer. Cardassia’s resident anarchist. Intersectional feminist science fiction with Gold SF. Fighting the long defeat since December 1981. Chiefest and greatest of calamities.
https://linktr.ee/unamccormack
Sam Leith @questingvole.bsky.social @spectator lit ed. “Clock-white, still friendly to the earth.” https://bit.ly/TheHauntedWood
Sam Jordison @samjordison.bsky.social Mad as hell. Not going to take it any more. Journalist. Galley Beggar. 3AM Magazine Anti-Royal Correspondent.
Across The Pond podcast: https://www.buzzsprout.com/1728150/
Galley Beggar: www.galleybeggar.co.uk
Richard Murphy @richardjmurphy.bsky.social Economic justice campaigner. Professor of Accounting Practice, Sheffield University. Former chartered accountant. Political economist. Opinions all my own.
Mark Blyth @mkblyth.bsky.social 
Chris Curtis MP @chriscurtis94.bsky.social Proud Milton Keynesian and Labour MP for MK North. Can't spell, views my own.
Michael Rosen @michaelrosenyes.bsky.social Writer, performer, broadcaster, university professor
Website: www.michaelrosen.co.uk
YouTube Channel: 'Kids' Poems and Stories with Michael Rosen'
Radio show: BBC Radio 4 'Word of Mouth'
Goldsmiths University of London, Prof Children's Lit., teaching MA
Tomas Hirst @tomashirstecon.bsky.social Founder & Principal, Crosscurrent Capital. Queasy metropolitan liberal. “Economist” -
@t0nyyates. Starting something new. tomas.hirst[at]crosscurrentcapitallimited.com
https://crosscurrentcapitallimited.com/
Ben Yong @bymyong.bsky.social "Estimable" Sir Jonathan Jones KC
Associate Prof in Public Law, Durham Law School. Looks at how legislatures and govt works. https://www.durham.ac.uk/staff/benjamin-y-yong/
Mastodon: @bymyong@mstdn.social
The Mild Ones (SUEDE Fan Group) @themildonessuede.bsky.social Official @suedehq.bsky.social Fan Club. A welcoming place for all fans of Suede and all their inspirations
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Suede @suedehq.bsky.social #ComingUp30 out 25 September. Suede & Manic Street Preachers UK co-headline tour tickets on sale now.
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Tim Leunig @timleunig.bsky.social Policy thoughts: http://timleunig.substack.com Chief Economist Nesta, Director Econ PublicFirst, Vis Prof LSE Sch Public Policy, Vis Fellow Inst for Govt
Jonathan Liew @jonathanliew.bsky.social 100% pure nuance.
https://www.theguardian.com/profile/jonathan-liew
Greg Jenner (Historian) @gregjenner.bsky.social ~Public Historian 📜🤓
~Host & creator BBC YOU’RE DEAD TO ME podcast😆🧐🎙️📻📜🏛️
~ Author of 8 funny books for kids & adults ✍️📚
~ BBC HORRIBLE HISTORIES (2008-19)
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~Hon. Dr & Fellow, University of York IPUP 🧑🎓
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Tom Sasse @tomsasse.bsky.social South Asia bureau chief at The Economist
Alex Thomas @alexgathomas.bsky.social Executive Director, Institute for Government. Ex-Cabinet Office, Defra, Dept of Health. Interested in all things good government
Bullaun Press @bullaunpress.bsky.social New independent publisher. Ireland's first press dedicated to literature in translation.
#artscouncilsupported
Centre for Cities @centreforcities.bsky.social The Centre for Cities is an independent think tank dedicated to improving the economies of the UK's largest cities and towns
Gita Ralleigh @gitaralleigh.bsky.social Writer/Poet/Lecturer/ex-doc
Kids' novels:
Minou Moonshine / Sam Singh @kidsbloomsbury.bsky.social
Poetry:
Empirical
@thebraag.bsky.social
Siren @brokensleepbooks.bsky.social
A Terrible Thing Bad Betty Press
https://linktr.ee/gitaralleigh
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"
Carole Cadwalladr @carolecadwalla.bsky.social Investigative journalist. Ex-Guardian/Observer. Now co-founder brand new all-women journalist collective, www.thenerve.news. Tech justice stuff: www.the-citizens.com. Personal newsletter: www.broligarchy.substack.com
Steve Akehurst @steveakehurst.bsky.social Politics, policy, public attitudes. Work in polling and comms. Director, Persuasion UK. ex- Shelter, civil service and various other things. 🏳️🌈
https://persuasionuk.org/about
https://strongmessagehere.substack.com/
Marc Palen @mwpalen.bsky.social Historian. Editor, The Imperial & Global Forum. Author, Pax Economica: Left-Wing Visions of a Free Trade World https://press.princeton.edu/books/hardcover/9780691199320/pax-economica. New Yorker “Best Books” list. Financial Times “Best Books.”
Frank Wynne @terribleman.com Irish literary translator, editor, writer, 2022 International Booker Chair. he/him/oi, you! 🌈
Sam Freedman @samfr.bsky.social Writes the most popular UK Substack (samf.substack.com)
Author of Sunday Times bestselling book "Failed State". (An Economist and Financial Times Book of the Year for 2024). Working on book two.
Senior fellow: Institute for Government
johnclegg37.bsky.social @johnclegg37.bsky.social bookseller